SMU basketball preview 2026-27: roster, transfers and schedule
SMU returns 39% of last season's minutes, and adds the No. 88 recruiting class.
Last season it ranked No. 41 in adjusted net rating (No. 27 on offense, No. 90 on defense). The biggest loss is Boopie Miller, 19.1 points a game. The schedule has 32 games, four against last season's adjusted top 25.
2026-27 roster
PPG to MPG are last season’s numbers, wherever he played: a transfer’s line is from his old school. Freshmen have none yet.
Who left
The players who left played 61% of last season’s minutes.
Adjusted net rating, last three seasons
Points per 100 possessions better than an average Division I team. Last season: offense 123.1 (No. 27), defense 104.6 (No. 90).
2026-27 schedule
Rank is each opponent’s adjusted net rank last season; gold marks a top-25 opponent. 32 games, 18 in the ACC. Tip times are set closer to each game.
Questions
Who is back for SMU in 2026-27?
10 players who played for SMU last season: Corey Washington, Jaden Toombs, Jermaine O'Neal Jr., Sam Walters, B.J. Davis-Ray, Mitchell Holmes, Nigel Walls, Chance Puryear, Trey Utter, Niccolo Kalischer-Stork. They played 39% of its minutes.
Who did SMU add for 2026-27?
No transfers or ranked freshmen yet.