Preseason Rankings
Tennessee St.
Ohio Valley
2025-26
Overall
Predictive Rating-5.2#259
Expected Predictive Rating+0.0#1
Pace74.9#34
Improvement--

Offense
Total Offense-2.7#248
First Shot--
After Offensive Rebound--
Layup/Dunks--
2 Pt Jumpshots--
3 Pt Jumpshots--
Freethrows--
Improvement--

Defense
Total Defense-2.6#262
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 11.4% 19.0% 10.2%
At-Large Bid if not Auto Qualifier 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Average Seed 16.3 14.4 15.0
.500 or above 48.0% 75.1% 43.8%
.500 or above in Conference 62.2% 78.4% 59.7%
Conference Champion 8.8% 15.9% 7.7%
Last Place in Conference 4.9% 1.6% 5.5%
First Four2.2% 1.7% 2.2%
First Round11.5% 19.3% 10.3%
Second Round0.3% 0.7% 0.2%
Sweet Sixteen0.1% 0.1% 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: Belmont (Away) - 13.5% chance of victory

Projected Seeding Not in Tournament  

Projected Record by Quad
QuadProjectedProjected Cumulative
Quad 1a0 - 10 - 1
Quad 1b0 - 10 - 2
Quad 20 - 20 - 3
Quad 31 - 42 - 7
Quad 411 - 613 - 14


Date Opponent Result/Prediction Record Conf Rating Offense Defense
  Nov 08, 2025 112   @ Belmont L 73-85 13%    
  Nov 16, 2025 156   @ Western Kentucky L 75-83 23%    
  Nov 20, 2025 16   @ Tennessee L 56-82 1%    
  Nov 25, 2025 184   @ UNC Asheville L 73-80 28%    
  Nov 30, 2025 125   @ Chattanooga L 70-80 18%    
  Dec 03, 2025 325   @ Alabama A&M W 79-78 55%    
  Dec 13, 2025 86   @ UNLV L 65-79 10%    
  Dec 18, 2025 323   Tennessee Martin W 77-70 74%    
  Dec 20, 2025 231   Southeast Missouri St. W 76-74 55%    
  Jan 03, 2026 177   @ Arkansas Little Rock L 69-76 28%    
  Jan 08, 2026 339   @ Western Illinois W 72-69 60%    
  Jan 10, 2026 322   @ Eastern Illinois W 71-70 55%    
  Jan 15, 2026 293   Morehead St. W 71-66 66%    
  Jan 17, 2026 298   Southern Indiana W 77-72 66%    
  Jan 22, 2026 240   @ SIU Edwardsville L 69-73 37%    
  Jan 24, 2026 327   @ Lindenwood W 76-74 55%    
  Jan 27, 2026 328   Tennessee Tech W 79-71 74%    
  Jan 29, 2026 177   Arkansas Little Rock L 72-73 47%    
  Feb 05, 2026 322   Eastern Illinois W 74-67 73%    
  Feb 07, 2026 339   Western Illinois W 75-66 77%    
  Feb 12, 2026 298   @ Southern Indiana L 74-75 47%    
  Feb 14, 2026 293   @ Morehead St. L 68-69 47%    
  Feb 19, 2026 327   Lindenwood W 79-71 74%    
  Feb 21, 2026 240   SIU Edwardsville W 72-70 57%    
  Feb 28, 2026 323   @ Tennessee Martin W 74-73 55%    
Projected Record 12 - 13 10 - 8





Numbers in tables represent percent chance of outcome occurring.




Projected Ohio Valley Finish

0-20 1-19 2-18 3-17 4-16 5-15 6-14 7-13 8-12 9-11 10-10 11-9 12-8 13-7 14-6 15-5 16-4 17-3 18-2 19-1 20-0 Total
1st 0.0 0.4 1.5 2.5 2.5 1.4 0.4 8.8 1st
2nd 0.0 0.1 1.1 3.2 4.2 2.6 0.9 0.1 12.3 2nd
3rd 0.2 1.5 4.2 4.5 2.1 0.5 0.0 12.9 3rd
4th 0.1 1.8 4.7 4.2 1.7 0.1 0.0 12.6 4th
5th 0.0 0.1 1.5 4.7 4.1 1.2 0.1 11.8 5th
6th 0.0 0.1 1.4 4.4 3.6 1.0 0.0 10.6 6th
7th 0.0 0.2 1.3 3.7 3.4 0.9 0.1 9.5 7th
8th 0.0 0.2 1.2 3.0 2.6 0.8 0.1 7.8 8th
9th 0.0 0.2 1.0 2.2 2.0 0.6 0.0 6.1 9th
10th 0.0 0.0 0.3 1.0 1.6 1.3 0.3 0.0 4.7 10th
11th 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.1 0.0 3.0 11th
Total 0.0 0.2 0.4 1.1 2.0 3.5 4.9 6.8 8.5 10.2 11.2 11.5 10.7 9.8 7.9 5.7 3.5 1.5 0.4 Total



Ohio Valley Regular Season Championship

Record Champion Total Outright 2-Way 3-Way 4-Way 5-Way 6-Way 7-Way 8-Way
20-0
19-1
18-2 100.0% 0.4    0.4 0.0
17-3 91.8% 1.4    1.3 0.1
16-4 73.4% 2.5    1.7 0.7 0.1
15-5 43.9% 2.5    1.2 1.0 0.2 0.0
14-6 19.1% 1.5    0.5 0.7 0.3 0.0 0.0
13-7 4.1% 0.4    0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0
12-8 0.3% 0.0    0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
11-9 0.0%
10-10 0.0%
Total 8.8% 8.8 5.2 2.7 0.8 0.1 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
20-0
19-1
18-2 0.4% 64.6% 64.6% 12.6 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.2
17-3 1.5% 53.6% 53.6% 13.3 0.0 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.7
16-4 3.5% 45.6% 45.6% 14.0 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.6 0.4 0.0 1.9
15-5 5.7% 36.6% 36.6% 14.9 0.0 0.3 0.8 0.8 0.2 3.6
14-6 7.9% 28.1% 28.1% 16.9 0.1 0.5 1.1 0.8 5.7
13-7 9.8% 17.9% 17.9% 18.4 0.0 0.2 0.8 1.0 8.1
12-8 10.7% 12.4% 12.4% 18.7 0.0 0.1 0.5 1.0 9.4
11-9 11.5% 6.0% 6.0% 18.6 0.0 0.2 0.6 10.8
10-10 11.2% 3.1% 3.1% 17.6 0.0 0.3 10.8
9-11 10.2% 2.0% 2.0% 16.9 0.0 0.2 10.0
8-12 8.5% 0.8% 0.8% 17.0 0.0 0.1 8.4
7-13 6.8% 0.3% 0.3% 16.0 0.0 6.8
6-14 4.9% 0.1% 0.1% 16.0 0.0 4.9
5-15 3.5% 3.5
4-16 2.0% 2.0
3-17 1.1% 1.1
2-18 0.4% 0.4
1-19 0.2% 0.2
0-20 0.0% 0.0
Total 100% 11.4% 11.4% 0.0% 16.3 0.0 0.1 0.4 1.2 2.5 4.0 4.4 88.6 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 0.0%