Preseason Rankings
Akron
Mid-American
2025-26
Overall
Predictive Rating+4.6#104
Expected Predictive Rating+0.0#1
Pace76.4#18
Improvement--

Offense
Total Offense+3.9#75
First Shot--
After Offensive Rebound--
Layup/Dunks--
2 Pt Jumpshots--
3 Pt Jumpshots--
Freethrows--
Improvement--

Defense
Total Defense+0.7#142
First Shot--
After Offensive Rebounds--
Layups/Dunks--
2 Pt Jumpshots--
3 Pt Jumpshots--
Freethrows--
Improvement--
NowWin NextLose Next
#1 Overall Seed 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
#1 Seed 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Top 2 Seed 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Top 4 Seed 0.0% 0.1% 0.0%
Top 6 Seed 0.2% 0.3% 0.0%
NCAA Tourney Bid 28.2% 30.9% 21.7%
At-Large Bid if not Auto Qualifier 0.2% 0.3% 0.0%
Average Seed 12.3 12.1 12.8
.500 or above 93.1% 96.0% 86.2%
.500 or above in Conference 96.0% 97.0% 93.4%
Conference Champion 42.7% 46.3% 33.8%
Last Place in Conference 0.1% 0.1% 0.2%
First Four0.2% 0.2% 0.3%
First Round28.2% 30.8% 21.8%
Second Round5.1% 6.1% 2.7%
Sweet Sixteen1.2% 1.4% 0.5%
Elite Eight0.2% 0.3% 0.1%
Final Four0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
Championship Game0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
National Champion0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Next Game: James Madison (Home) - 70.7% chance of victory

Projected Seeding 13 seed  

Projected Record by Quad
QuadProjectedProjected Cumulative
Quad 1a0 - 10 - 1
Quad 1b0 - 00 - 1
Quad 21 - 11 - 3
Quad 35 - 36 - 6
Quad 414 - 220 - 8


Date Opponent Result/Prediction Record Conf Rating Offense Defense
  Nov 03, 2025 129   James Madison W 78-72 71%    
  Nov 08, 2025 171   Princeton W 80-71 79%    
  Nov 16, 2025 2   @ Purdue L 65-87 2%    
  Nov 21, 2025 199   Iona W 81-74 73%    
  Nov 29, 2025 214   Wisconsin-Milwaukee W 84-73 83%    
  Dec 03, 2025 287   Bucknell W 84-69 90%    
  Dec 06, 2025 116   @ Tulane L 76-78 45%    
  Dec 13, 2025 127   Murray St. W 75-72 59%    
  Dec 19, 2025 291   Eastern Michigan W 86-71 90%    
  Jan 03, 2026 128   @ Miami (OH) L 79-80 49%    
  Jan 06, 2026 299   Central Michigan W 83-68 90%    
  Jan 10, 2026 220   @ Bowling Green W 80-75 67%    
  Jan 13, 2026 244   Ball St. W 83-71 85%    
  Jan 17, 2026 286   Western Michigan W 85-70 89%    
  Jan 20, 2026 334   @ Buffalo W 86-74 84%    
  Jan 24, 2026 145   @ Ohio W 82-81 53%    
  Jan 27, 2026 180   Toledo W 86-77 78%    
  Jan 30, 2026 126   Kent St. W 78-72 68%    
  Feb 03, 2026 291   @ Eastern Michigan W 83-74 77%    
  Feb 14, 2026 173   Massachusetts W 84-75 77%    
  Feb 17, 2026 286   @ Western Michigan W 82-73 76%    
  Feb 21, 2026 244   @ Ball St. W 80-74 70%    
  Feb 24, 2026 334   Buffalo W 89-71 93%    
  Feb 28, 2026 126   @ Kent St. L 74-75 49%    
  Mar 03, 2026 299   @ Central Michigan W 80-71 77%    
  Mar 06, 2026 316   Northern Illinois W 87-71 91%    
Projected Record 19 - 7 14 - 4





Numbers in tables represent percent chance of outcome occurring.




Projected Mid-American Finish

0-18 1-17 2-16 3-15 4-14 5-13 6-12 7-11 8-10 9-9 10-8 11-7 12-6 13-5 14-4 15-3 16-2 17-1 18-0 Total
1st 0.0 0.2 1.6 5.8 10.8 11.7 8.8 3.8 42.7 1st
2nd 0.0 0.2 1.9 5.6 7.5 4.7 1.2 0.1 21.2 2nd
3rd 0.0 0.1 1.5 4.5 4.8 1.9 0.3 13.2 3rd
4th 0.1 0.9 2.9 3.0 1.0 0.1 7.9 4th
5th 0.0 0.4 2.1 2.4 0.7 0.0 5.7 5th
6th 0.2 1.4 1.6 0.5 0.0 3.6 6th
7th 0.1 0.7 1.1 0.4 0.0 2.2 7th
8th 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.8 0.3 0.0 1.5 8th
9th 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.0 1.0 9th
10th 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.5 10th
11th 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.3 11th
12th 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 12th
13th 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 13th
Total 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.6 1.0 2.0 3.3 5.2 7.5 10.3 13.0 15.3 15.8 12.9 8.9 3.8 Total



Mid-American Regular Season Championship

Record Champion Total Outright 2-Way 3-Way 4-Way 5-Way 6-Way 7-Way 8-Way
18-0 100.0% 3.8    3.8
17-1 99.0% 8.8    8.4 0.4
16-2 90.8% 11.7    9.4 2.2 0.1
15-3 68.2% 10.8    6.4 3.7 0.6 0.0
14-4 37.9% 5.8    2.2 2.6 0.9 0.1 0.0
13-5 12.1% 1.6    0.2 0.7 0.5 0.2 0.0
12-6 2.0% 0.2    0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0
11-7 0.1% 0.0    0.0
10-8 0.0%
9-9 0.0%
Total 42.7% 42.7 30.5 9.6 2.2 0.4 0.0 0.0



NCAA Tournament Selection

Conf RecordRecord ChanceTourney
Bid
AutoAt-LargeAvg
Seed
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 No Bid At-Large if not Auto
18-0 3.8% 70.8% 67.8% 3.0% 10.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.5 1.2 0.3 0.0 1.1 9.4%
17-1 8.9% 56.0% 55.5% 0.5% 11.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 2.5 1.8 0.3 0.0 3.9 1.1%
16-2 12.9% 45.5% 45.5% 0.0% 12.0 0.0 1.4 3.1 1.2 0.1 0.0 7.0 0.1%
15-3 15.8% 34.2% 34.2% 0.0% 12.4 0.5 2.8 1.7 0.4 0.0 10.4 0.0%
14-4 15.3% 26.3% 26.3% 12.9 0.1 1.2 1.8 0.8 0.1 11.3
13-5 13.0% 19.8% 19.8% 13.4 0.0 0.4 1.1 0.9 0.2 10.4
12-6 10.3% 13.1% 13.1% 13.7 0.1 0.5 0.6 0.2 0.0 9.0
11-7 7.5% 10.4% 10.4% 14.5 0.0 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.1 6.7
10-8 5.2% 6.6% 6.6% 15.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.0 4.8
9-9 3.3% 3.8% 3.8% 16.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 3.2
8-10 2.0% 2.7% 2.7% 18.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.9
7-11 1.0% 0.8% 0.8% 15.5 0.0 0.0 1.0
6-12 0.6% 0.6
5-13 0.3% 0.3
4-14 0.1% 0.1
3-15 0.0% 0.0
2-16 0.0% 0.0
1-17
0-18
Total 100% 28.2% 28.0% 0.2% 12.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.8 5.7 9.9 6.8 3.2 1.0 0.2 71.8 0.2%


Optimistic / Pessimistic Scenarios

ChanceTourney
Bid
Avg
Seed
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Win Out 0.1% 100.0% 5.9 15.3 0.2 38.2 15.4 7.7 7.7 7.7 7.7
Win Out, Lose in Conf. Tourney Championship 0.0% 66.4% 8.5 32.8 33.6
Win Out, Lose in Conf. Tourney Semi-Final 0.0% 100.0% 10.5 50.0 50.0