Preseason No. 1 Grace (Ind.) returns 100% of its roster from the 2025-26 season as the Lancers open a new campaign in Winona Lake, Ind. Grace picked up 14 first-place votes in the Gared-NAIA Men’s Basketball Preseason Coaches’ Top 25 poll, with No. 2 Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) collecting four and No. 3 Arizona Christian earning the final first-place vote to open the 2026-27 season.
