The 2025–26 Southern Jaguars basketball team represented Southern University during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Jaguars, led by third-year head coach Kevin Johnson, played their home games at the F. G. Clark Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana as members of the Southwestern Athletic Conference.
Previous season The Jaguars finished the 2024–25 season 20–12, 15–3 in SWAC play, to finish as SWAC regular season champions. They were upset in overtime by #8 seed Grambling State in the quarterfinals of the SWAC tournament.
Preseason On October 8, 2025, the SWAC released their preseason polls. Southern was picked to finish second in the conference, while receiving five first-place votes.
Preseason rankings +SWAC Preseason Poll Place Team Votes 1 232 (12) 2 Southern 214 (5) 3 208 (1) 4 183 (3) 5 182 6 163 7 151 8 115 9 99 10 74 11 70 (1) 12 25
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Preseason All-SWAC Teams Preseason All-SWAC TeamTeamPlayerYearPositionFirstMichael JacobsSeniorGuard Source:
Roster
Schedule and results
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