NEW YORK – D3hoops.com released its preseason Top 25 men's basketball poll, on Friday morning, and the Yeshiva University men's basketball team is ranked No. 2 in the nation. It's the highest national ranking in program history. In fact, Yeshiva received three first-place votes. YU finished just behind top-ranked Randolph-Macon.

"Always nice to get recognition as a program but we are just trying to win our first game," Yeshiva University Head Coach Elliot Steinmetz said.

The Maccabees will enter the 2021-22 season on a 36-game winning streak, which is tied for the second longest streak in Division III men's basketball history. This stretch includes a Skyline Conference Championship and two victories in the NCAA Tournament. YU went 29-1 in 2019-20, advancing all the way to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Postseason, and then went undefeated at 7-0 in the shortened 2020-21 campaign.

D3hoops.com All-Americans Gabriel Leifer and Ryan Turell will be rejoining the team, as will 2021 All-Met Team honoree Eitan Halpert. The reigning Skyline Rookie of the Year, Ofek Reef, will be back with the program as well. Two transfers will join the Maccabees' quest for a National Championship, Ethan Lasko and Jordan Armstrong. Lasko played basketball the last three years at Division I Manhattan College and competed for the Indiana University Hoosiers during his freshman year. Armstrong played the last three years at Oberlin College. The full roster will be published soon.

The complete D3hoops.com Men's Basketball Top 25 Poll can be seen here.

Yeshiva will open the 2021-22 season by battling Lycoming College, in the Dutch Burch Tip-Off, on Saturday evening, November 6. Tip-off is scheduled for 8:00 p.m.