The 2025–26 Jacksonville State Gamecocks men's basketball team represented Jacksonville State University during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Gamecocks, led by tenth-year head coach Ray Harper, played their home games at the Pete Mathews Coliseum in Jacksonville, Alabama as third-year members of Conference USA.
Previous season The Gamecocks finished the 2024–25 season 23–13, 12–6 in C-USA play, to finish in a tie for second place. They defeated FIU and Middle Tennessee before falling to top-seeded Liberty in the C-USA tournament championship game. They received an at-large bid to the NIT, where they would defeat Georgia Tech in the first round, before being defeated by eventual tournament runner-up UC Irvine in the second round.
Preseason On October 9, 2025, Conference USA released their preseason poll. Jacksonville State was picked to finish seventh in the conference.
Preseason rankings +C-USA Preseason Poll Place Team Votes 1 143 (11) 2 126 (1) 3 113 4 103 5 82 6 79 7 Jacksonville State 67 8 66 9 56 10 36 11 35 12 30
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Roster
Schedule and results
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