The 2025–26 Arkansas State Red Wolves men's basketball team represented Arkansas State University in the 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Red Wolves, led by first-year head coach Ryan Pannone, played their home games at the First National Bank Arena in Jonesboro, Arkansas as members of the Sun Belt Conference.
Previous season The Red Wolves finished the 2024–25 season 25–11, 13–5 in Sun Belt play to finish tied for 1st place, 4th seed in the Sun Belt tournament. They defeated Marshall in the quarterfinals and South Alabama in the semifinals of the Sun Belt tournament before losing to Troy in the championship game.
They were invited to play in the National Invitation Tournament, where they defeated Saint Louis in the first round before losing to North Texas in the second round.
Preseason Preseason Sun Belt Conference poll The Red Wolves were picked to finish in second place in the conference's preseason poll. Junior guard Chandler Jackson was named to the conference preseason second team.
Coaches poll 1 James Madison - 175 (1) 2 Arkansas State - 154 (3) 3 South Alabama - 152 (4) 4 Troy - 148 (1) 5 Old Dominion - 145 (2) 6 Marshall - 128 (1) 7 App State - 123 (1) 8 Texas State - 106 9 Louisiana - 95 (1) 10 Georgia Southern - 66 11 Georgia State - 59 12 Southern Miss - 57 13 Coastal Carolina - 43 14 ULM - 19
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Schedule and results
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