• The Raiders compiled a 14-15 record last season, good for fifth place in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Eastern Division. The four teams ahead of SU in the Eastern Division standings (Millersville, West Chester, Shepherd and East Stroudsburg) all finished with 20-or-more wins.
• Shippensburg returns its top three scorers from 2025-26, led by All-PSAC First Team honoree Markus Frank (18.9 PPG). Frank, All-PSAC Second Team selection Jaydon Smith (15.0 PPG) and Michael Dickson (12.6 PPG) combined for 46.2 points per game last season.
• Frank ranked as one of the conference’s best and most efficient scorers in 2025-26, finishing fourth in the PSAC in points per game and fifth in the league with a .520 field goal percentage. He has scored 500-or-more points in each of the last two seasons and enters 2026-27 with 1,563 career points (8th in program history).
• Every PSAC Eastern Division team (including Shippensburg) is scheduled for a home and away contest against PSAC provisional member Lackawanna. The contests do not count in the Conference standings and do not count toward a team’s NCAA record.
• This is the first season in which NCAA Regional rankings will be computed by the NCAA Power Index (NPI). In previous seasons, each region had a committee that weighed the criteria and selected the rankings, which were then approved by the national committee.