Preseason Rankings
Georgia Southern
Sun Belt
2025-26
Overall
Predictive Rating-4.8#249
Expected Predictive Rating+0.0#1
Pace72.7#62
Improvement--

Offense
Total Offense-1.5#218
First Shot--
After Offensive Rebound--
Layup/Dunks--
2 Pt Jumpshots--
3 Pt Jumpshots--
Freethrows--
Improvement--

Defense
Total Defense-3.3#284
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% 0.0% 0.0%
Top 6 Seed 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
NCAA Tourney Bid 2.6% 4.6% 2.0%
At-Large Bid if not Auto Qualifier 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Average Seed 13.7 13.2 13.8
.500 or above 32.3% 52.6% 25.7%
.500 or above in Conference 42.1% 56.7% 37.4%
Conference Champion 3.5% 6.5% 2.5%
Last Place in Conference 9.2% 4.5% 10.8%
First Four0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
First Round2.6% 4.6% 2.0%
Second Round0.1% 0.3% 0.1%
Sweet Sixteen0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Elite Eight0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Final Four0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Championship Game0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
National Champion0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Next Game: East Carolina (Away) - 24.5% chance of victory

Projected Seeding Not in Tournament  

Projected Record by Quad
QuadProjectedProjected Cumulative
Quad 1a0 - 00 - 0
Quad 1b0 - 10 - 1
Quad 20 - 30 - 4
Quad 33 - 83 - 11
Quad 49 - 613 - 17


Date Opponent Result/Prediction Record Conf Rating Offense Defense
  Nov 04, 2025 158   @ East Carolina L 68-76 24%    
  Nov 08, 2025 184   UNC Asheville L 76-77 50%    
  Nov 11, 2025 181   @ Florida Gulf Coast L 68-74 29%    
  Nov 18, 2025 83   @ Georgia Tech L 68-82 10%    
  Nov 21, 2025 78   @ Florida St. L 69-84 10%    
  Nov 24, 2025 179   Youngstown St. L 74-77 38%    
  Nov 25, 2025 167   Texas San Antonio L 76-80 37%    
  Nov 29, 2025 289   Houston Christian W 73-68 68%    
  Dec 03, 2025 143   Louisiana Tech L 68-71 41%    
  Dec 06, 2025 307   @ Gardner-Webb W 76-75 52%    
  Dec 13, 2025 345   @ West Georgia W 77-73 64%    
  Dec 18, 2025 284   Georgia St. W 80-75 67%    
  Dec 20, 2025 129   James Madison L 70-74 38%    
  Jan 01, 2026 275   @ Coastal Carolina L 69-71 45%    
  Jan 03, 2026 200   @ Old Dominion L 70-75 32%    
  Jan 10, 2026 163   @ South Alabama L 65-72 28%    
  Jan 15, 2026 200   Old Dominion W 73-72 52%    
  Jan 17, 2026 275   Coastal Carolina W 72-68 64%    
  Jan 22, 2026 140   Arkansas St. L 75-78 40%    
  Jan 24, 2026 130   Troy L 70-74 38%    
  Jan 29, 2026 348   @ Louisiana Monroe W 76-72 64%    
  Jan 31, 2026 234   @ Louisiana L 71-75 38%    
  Feb 04, 2026 193   Texas St. W 73-72 51%    
  Feb 11, 2026 201   Appalachian St. W 67-66 52%    
  Feb 14, 2026 187   Marshall W 76-75 50%    
  Feb 19, 2026 284   @ Georgia St. L 77-78 47%    
  Feb 21, 2026 201   @ Appalachian St. L 64-69 32%    
  Feb 25, 2026 129   @ James Madison L 67-77 22%    
  Feb 27, 2026 187   @ Marshall L 72-78 31%    
Projected Record 12 - 17 8 - 10





Numbers in tables represent percent chance of outcome occurring.




Projected Sun Belt 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 0.1 0.5 1.0 1.0 0.6 0.2 0.0 3.5 1st
2nd 0.0 0.1 0.7 1.7 1.0 0.4 0.0 4.0 2nd
3rd 0.1 1.0 2.3 1.5 0.3 0.0 5.4 3rd
4th 0.0 1.0 2.9 1.9 0.3 0.0 6.1 4th
5th 0.0 0.5 3.0 2.5 0.5 0.0 6.5 5th
6th 0.0 0.3 2.7 3.5 0.9 0.1 7.6 6th
7th 0.0 0.1 2.0 4.2 1.7 0.1 8.1 7th
8th 0.1 1.4 4.3 2.5 0.2 0.0 8.6 8th
9th 0.1 0.9 3.9 3.5 0.5 0.0 9.0 9th
10th 0.0 0.7 3.4 4.3 1.1 0.0 9.6 10th
11th 0.0 0.7 3.1 3.8 1.5 0.1 9.2 11th
12th 0.1 0.7 2.8 3.7 1.7 0.2 9.1 12th
13th 0.0 0.2 1.1 2.4 2.9 1.4 0.2 0.0 8.2 13th
14th 0.3 1.0 1.8 1.3 0.6 0.1 5.1 14th
Total 0.3 1.2 2.9 4.5 6.9 9.0 10.2 11.5 11.4 10.6 9.5 7.5 5.7 4.1 2.4 1.5 0.6 0.2 0.0 Total



Sun Belt 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% 0.0    0.0
17-1 100.0% 0.2    0.2 0.0
16-2 92.4% 0.6    0.5 0.1
15-3 70.2% 1.0    0.6 0.3 0.1 0.0
14-4 42.2% 1.0    0.4 0.5 0.2 0.0
13-5 13.0% 0.5    0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1
12-6 1.8% 0.1    0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
11-7 0.0%
10-8 0.0%
9-9 0.0%
Total 3.5% 3.5 1.9 1.1 0.4 0.1 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 0.0% 45.4% 45.4% 11.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
17-1 0.2% 43.2% 43.2% 12.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1
16-2 0.6% 36.4% 36.4% 12.4 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.4
15-3 1.5% 28.4% 28.4% 13.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.0 1.0
14-4 2.4% 23.0% 23.0% 13.3 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 1.8
13-5 4.1% 11.7% 11.7% 13.8 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.0 3.6
12-6 5.7% 6.6% 6.6% 14.5 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.0 5.3
11-7 7.5% 3.4% 3.4% 14.7 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 7.3
10-8 9.5% 1.4% 1.4% 15.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 9.3
9-9 10.6% 0.3% 0.3% 14.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 10.5
8-10 11.4% 0.2% 0.2% 15.7 0.0 0.0 11.4
7-11 11.5% 0.1% 0.1% 15.5 0.0 0.0 11.5
6-12 10.2% 10.2
5-13 9.0% 9.0
4-14 6.9% 6.9
3-15 4.5% 4.5
2-16 2.9% 2.9
1-17 1.2% 1.2
0-18 0.3% 0.3
Total 100% 2.6% 2.6% 0.0% 13.7 0.1 0.4 0.8 0.8 0.4 0.1 97.4 0.0%


Optimistic / Pessimistic Scenarios

ChanceTourney
Bid
Avg
Seed
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Lose Out 0.1%