The 2025–26 Cal Poly Mustangs men's basketball team represented California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Mustangs, led by second-year head coach Mike DeGeorge, played their home games at the Mott Athletics Center in San Luis Obispo, California as members of the Big West Conference.
Previous season The Mustangs finished the 2024–25 season 16–19, 8–12 in Big West play to finish in a tie for seventh place. They defeated UC Davis and UC Riverside before losing to UC Irvine in the semifinals of the Big West tournament.
Preseason On October 16, 2025, the Big West Conference released their preseason coaches poll. Cal Poly was picked to finish seventh in the conference.
Preseason rankings +Big West Preseason Poll Place Team Points 1 98 (8) 2 93 (3) 3 76 4 69 5 63 6 58 7 Cal Poly 54 8 31 9 26 10 20 11 17
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Preseason All-Big West Team No players were named the Preseason All-Big West Team.
Roster
Schedule and results
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!colspan=12 style=""| Regular season
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