The 2021-22 D3hoops.com Men's Basketball Top 25 Preseason Poll was released on Friday afternoon. Roanoke College, ranked as high as 15th last season, came in at #20, receiving 159 points.

The Top 25 features multiple opponents that appear on the Maroons 2021-22 schedule. Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) rival Randolph-Macon comes it at #1, after finishing atop the rankings at the end of last season. At #3 is a Marietta squad that is the potential second round opponent at the Dick Leftwich Tip-Off Tournament to start the season. On the Roanoke trip to Florida in December, a matchup with #16 Dubuque is on the schedule.