The 2025–26 SMU Mustangs men's basketball team represented Southern Methodist University during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Mustangs, led by second-year head coach Andy Enfield, played their home games at Moody Coliseum on their campus in University Park, Texas as second-year members of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).
The Mustangs began their season with an eight-game winning streak. However, only the final game of the streak, an overtime loss to Mississippi State by six-points, was against a Power-4 team. Their streak was broken with a loss to seventeenth-ranked Vanderbilt in the ACC–SEC Challenge. The Mustangs rebounded with a thirteen-point victory, in overtime, against Texas A&M. They played a fourth SEC team in a row, losing to LSU in the Compete 4 Cause Classic. They finished their non-conference slate with wins against Central Arkansas and Cal State Fullerton. They began the ACC season with an upset of then twelfth-ranked North Carolina 97–83. The win saw the Mustangs enter the AP poll at twenty-fourth. A four-point loss to Clemson and a seven-point loss to sixth-ranked Duke saw the Mustangs fall back out of the poll. The team went 3–2 over their next five games, losing to sixteenth-ranked Virginia and twentieth-ranked Louisville over the stretch. The team went 4–2 over their next six games, with both of their losses over the stretch coming by just one point. They defeated the only ranked team they faced, twenty-first ranked Louisville. They could not carry the momentum through to the end of the season, as they lost four straight games to finish regular season play. They lost by eight-points to the only ranked team they faced in the run, twenty-second ranked Miami.
The Mustangs finished the season 20–14 and 8–10 in ACC play to finish in a tie for eleventh place. As the eleventh seed in the 2026 ACC tournament, they defeated Syracuse in the First Round and faced Louisville for the third time this season in the Second Round. After splitting the regular season series, they were defeated by the sixth-seed and twenty-fourth ranked Cardinals 58–62. Received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament. They were an eleven-seed in the Midwest regional and were placed in the First Four. They lost to fellow eleven-seed Miami (OH) by ten points to end their season.
Previous season The Mustangs finished the season 24–11 and 13–7 in ACC play to finish in a three-way tie for fourth place. As the sixth seed in the 2025 ACC tournament, they earned a bye into the Second Round, where they defeated fourteenth seed Syracuse for the second time in eight days. They advanced to the Quarterfinals, where they lost to third seed and tenth ranked Clemson, 57–54. They were exempt qualifiers in the NIT. The Mustangs were the one-seed in their Dallas Region. They defeated Northern Iowa in the First Round before losing to fourth seed Oklahoma State 85–83 in the Second Round.
Offseason Departures Departures 3 G 6'2" 200 Ashburn, Virginia Graduated, signed with VfL Kirchheim Knights 5 F 6'9" 205 Istanbul, Turkey Graduated 8 G 6'4" 210 Titusville, Florida Graduated 10 G 6'6" 190 Fresno, California Transferred to Cal State Bakersfield 20 C 6'10" 235 Houston, Texas Transferred to McNeese 21 F 6'11" 235 Tours, France Transferred to Butler 22 F 6'8" 215 Toronto, Canada Graduated 33 F 6'7" 230 Beverly, Massachusetts Graduated 35 G 6'2" 185 Kerrville, Texas Graduated
Incoming transfers Incoming transfers 3 F 6'6" 190 Little Rock, Arkansas Wichita State 4 F 6'9" 230 The Villages, Florida Michigan 5 G 6'5" 210 New Orleans, Louisiana Jacksonville State
2025 Recruiting class
Roster
Schedule and results
!colspan=9 style=""| Exhibition
!colspan=9 style=""| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=9 style=""| ACC regular season
!colspan=12 style=""|
!colspan=12 style=""|
Source
Footnotes
Rankings
References