CANTON, Ga. — The Millsaps College men's basketball team was picked to finish fifth in the 2026-27 Southern Athletic Association Preseason Poll, earning 45 points in the rankings released by the league office on Wednesday.

The Majors will look to prove the conference wrong after finishing last season with a 15-11 overall record and a 6-8 mark in SAA play under head coach Connor Kuykendall and assistant coach Griffin Levine. Seniors Jaxon Toney and Davion James will lead the Millsaps College men's basketball this season after both earning All-SAA Honorable Mention recognition a year ago.

Trinity claimed the top spot in the preseason poll with 71 points and seven first-place votes, followed by Centre in second place with 64 points and one first-place vote. Rhodes rounded out the top three with 58 points and the remaining first-place vote. Millsaps secured fifth place with 45 points.

The Majors open the 2026-27 campaign in Memphis, Tenn. in the Rhodes College Classic, Nov. 7-8. Millsaps faces Eureka College on Saturday before challenging Austin College on Sunday, both beginning at 1 p.m.

2026-27 SAA MEN'S BASKETBALL PRESEASON POLL RESULTS 

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Founded in Jackson, Mississippi in 1890, Millsaps College is a national liberal arts college dedicated to academic excellence, open inquiry and free expression, the exploration of faith to inform vocation and the innovative shaping of the social, economic and cultural progress of our region. Consistently ranked as one of the best values in higher education, Millsaps has been praised by Colleges That Change Lives, The Princeton Review, Forbes Magazine, U.S. News & World Report, The John Templeton Foundation, and The Fiske Guide to Colleges.