| Year: | 1925 |
| Helmschamp: | Syracuse (retroactive selection in 1943) |
| Helmspoy: | Jack Cobb, North Carolina (retroactive selection in 1944) |
The 1925–26 NCAA men's basketball season began in December 1925, progressed through the regular season and conference tournaments, and concluded in March 1926.
| School | Former conference | New conference | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Conference | Missouri Valley Conference | ||
| Independent | Pacific Coast Conference | ||
| Independent | Non-major basketball program | ||
| Independent | Southern Conference |
| Conference | Regular season winner[3] | Conference player of the year | Conference tournament | Tournament venue (City) | Tournament winner | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| None selected | No Tournament | |||||
| None selected | No Tournament | |||||
| None selected | No Tournament | |||||
| No Tournament; California defeated Oregon in best-of-three conference championship playoff series | ||||||
| & (Eastern); Utah & (Western) | No Tournament | |||||
| None selected | Municipal Auditorium (Atlanta, Georgia) | North Carolina[4] | ||||
| None selected | No Tournament | |||||
A total of 94 college teams played as major independents. (10–0) was undefeated, and (19–1) and Syracuse (19–1) had the next-highest winning percentage (.950). (22–3) finished with the most wins.[5]
See main article: 1926 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans.
The practice of selecting a Consensus All-American Team did not begin until the 1928–29 season. The Helms Athletic Foundation later retroactively selected a list of All-Americans for the 1925–26 season.[6]
| Player | Team | |
|---|---|---|
| Jack Cobb | North Carolina | |
| George Dixon | California | |
| Richard Doyle | Michigan | |
| Emanuel Goldblatt | Pennsylvania | |
| Gale Gordon | Kansas | |
| Vic Hanson | Syracuse | |
| Carl Loeb | Princeton | |
| Al Peterson | Kansas | |
| George Spradling | Purdue | |
| Algot Westergren | Oregon |