Preseason Rankings
Idaho
Big Sky
2025-26
Overall
Predictive Rating-4.2#235
Expected Predictive Rating+0.0#1
Pace66.0#231
Improvement--

Offense
Total Offense+0.1#160
First Shot--
After Offensive Rebound--
Layup/Dunks--
2 Pt Jumpshots--
3 Pt Jumpshots--
Freethrows--
Improvement--

Defense
Total Defense-4.2#306
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 10.1% 15.5% 8.9%
At-Large Bid if not Auto Qualifier 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Average Seed 15.3 14.0 14.6
.500 or above 40.2% 62.2% 35.1%
.500 or above in Conference 59.3% 72.5% 56.3%
Conference Champion 13.1% 20.6% 11.3%
Last Place in Conference 9.7% 4.8% 10.9%
First Four1.6% 1.2% 1.7%
First Round10.0% 15.7% 8.7%
Second Round0.3% 0.7% 0.3%
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: Washington St. (Away) - 19.0% chance of victory

Projected Seeding Not in Tournament  

Projected Record by Quad
QuadProjectedProjected Cumulative
Quad 1a0 - 00 - 0
Quad 1b0 - 10 - 1
Quad 20 - 20 - 3
Quad 33 - 73 - 10
Quad 410 - 614 - 16


Date Opponent Result/Prediction Record Conf Rating Offense Defense
  Nov 03, 2025 124   @ Washington St. L 72-81 19%    
  Nov 12, 2025 183   @ San Diego L 74-80 31%    
  Nov 15, 2025 117   @ UC San Diego L 65-75 18%    
  Nov 26, 2025 176   Cal St. Northridge L 75-78 40%    
  Nov 28, 2025 194   Sam Houston St. L 71-73 43%    
  Dec 03, 2025 315   North Dakota W 79-71 75%    
  Dec 06, 2025 151   @ South Dakota St. L 71-78 25%    
  Dec 10, 2025 63   @ Notre Dame L 61-77 8%    
  Dec 21, 2025 256   @ Cal Poly L 80-82 43%    
  Dec 23, 2025 223   @ Cal St. Bakersfield L 69-73 38%    
  Jan 03, 2026 247   Eastern Washington W 74-70 62%    
  Jan 08, 2026 189   Montana W 73-72 53%    
  Jan 10, 2026 217   Montana St. W 71-69 57%    
  Jan 14, 2026 282   Idaho St. W 72-66 68%    
  Jan 17, 2026 279   @ Weber St. L 69-70 47%    
  Jan 22, 2026 272   Sacramento St. W 72-67 66%    
  Jan 24, 2026 213   Portland St. W 72-70 56%    
  Jan 29, 2026 190   @ Northern Colorado L 72-77 33%    
  Jan 31, 2026 263   @ Northern Arizona L 71-73 44%    
  Feb 05, 2026 217   @ Montana St. L 68-72 37%    
  Feb 07, 2026 189   @ Montana L 70-75 33%    
  Feb 12, 2026 279   Weber St. W 72-67 67%    
  Feb 14, 2026 282   Idaho St. W 72-66 67%    
  Feb 19, 2026 213   @ Portland St. L 69-73 36%    
  Feb 21, 2026 272   @ Sacramento St. L 69-70 47%    
  Feb 26, 2026 263   Northern Arizona W 74-70 63%    
  Feb 28, 2026 190   Northern Colorado W 75-74 52%    
  Mar 02, 2026 247   @ Eastern Washington L 71-73 42%    
Projected Record 13 - 15 9 - 9





Numbers in tables represent percent chance of outcome occurring.




Projected Big Sky 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 0.1 1.0 2.3 3.5 3.3 1.8 0.8 0.2 13.1 1st
2nd 0.3 1.9 3.8 3.6 1.8 0.4 0.0 11.8 2nd
3rd 0.3 2.4 4.9 3.1 0.9 0.1 0.0 11.8 3rd
4th 0.0 0.2 2.7 5.0 2.9 0.5 0.0 11.3 4th
5th 0.0 0.3 2.2 5.0 2.6 0.4 0.0 10.5 5th
6th 0.0 0.2 2.1 4.4 2.7 0.4 0.0 9.8 6th
7th 0.0 0.3 1.7 4.2 2.7 0.4 0.0 9.4 7th
8th 0.0 0.4 2.0 3.6 2.2 0.3 0.0 8.6 8th
9th 0.0 0.1 0.7 2.0 2.9 1.6 0.2 0.0 7.6 9th
10th 0.1 0.6 1.1 1.8 1.6 0.8 0.2 0.0 6.1 10th
Total 0.1 0.6 1.3 2.5 4.0 6.0 7.4 9.0 9.9 11.2 10.7 10.2 8.5 6.8 5.4 3.7 1.9 0.8 0.2 Total



Big Sky 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% 0.2    0.2
17-1 100.0% 0.8    0.8 0.0
16-2 97.7% 1.8    1.7 0.1
15-3 88.4% 3.3    2.6 0.7 0.0
14-4 64.7% 3.5    2.2 1.2 0.1
13-5 34.2% 2.3    0.9 1.0 0.4 0.0
12-6 12.0% 1.0    0.2 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.0
11-7 1.2% 0.1    0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0
10-8 0.0% 0.0    0.0
9-9 0.0%
Total 13.1% 13.1 8.6 3.3 0.9 0.2 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 0.2% 64.9% 64.9% 11.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1
17-1 0.8% 55.0% 55.0% 12.5 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.4
16-2 1.9% 43.9% 43.9% 13.0 0.0 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.0 1.1
15-3 3.7% 38.2% 38.2% 13.5 0.0 0.2 0.5 0.5 0.2 0.0 2.3
14-4 5.4% 29.1% 29.1% 14.2 0.1 0.4 0.6 0.4 0.1 3.8
13-5 6.8% 20.8% 20.8% 15.0 0.0 0.2 0.6 0.5 0.1 5.4
12-6 8.5% 15.6% 15.6% 17.0 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.6 0.5 7.2
11-7 10.2% 10.9% 10.9% 17.1 0.0 0.1 0.5 0.5 9.1
10-8 10.7% 7.6% 7.6% 17.5 0.1 0.3 0.6 9.9
9-9 11.2% 5.7% 5.7% 17.8 0.0 0.1 0.6 10.5
8-10 9.9% 2.2% 2.2% 16.2 0.0 0.2 9.7
7-11 9.0% 1.4% 1.4% 17.0 0.0 0.1 8.9
6-12 7.4% 0.8% 0.8% 16.0 0.1 7.3
5-13 6.0% 0.7% 0.7% 16.0 0.0 5.9
4-14 4.0% 0.4% 0.4% 16.0 0.0 4.0
3-15 2.5% 0.2% 0.2% 16.0 0.0 2.5
2-16 1.3% 1.3
1-17 0.6% 0.6
0-18 0.1% 0.1
Total 100% 10.1% 10.1% 0.0% 15.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.8 1.7 2.5 2.7 2.9 89.9 0.0%