The 2025–26 Southern Utah Thunderbirds men's basketball team represented Southern Utah University during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Thunderbirds, led by third-year head coach Rob Jeter, played their home games at America First Event Center in Cedar City, Utah as members of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC).
This was Southern Utah's final season as members of the WAC, as they will be joining the Big Sky Conference, effective July 1, 2026. The Thunderbirds finished the regular season with a 10–21 overall and 6–12 conference record, before losing in the quarterfinal round of the WAC tournament to 4-seed UT Arlington.
Previous season The Thunderbirds finished the 2024–25 season 12–19, 4–12 in WAC play, to finish in eighth place. They were defeated by Utah Tech in the first round of the WAC tournament.
Preseason On October 28, 2025, the WAC released their preseason coaches poll. Southern Utah was picked to finish seventh (last) in the conference.
Preseason rankings +WAC Preseason Poll Place Team Points 1 33 (5) 2 29 (1) 3 27 4 22 (1) 5 19 6 9 7 Southern Utah 8
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Preseason All-WAC Team No players were named to the Preseason All-WAC Team.
Roster
Schedule and results
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!colspan=12 style=""| Non-conference regular season
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