Preseason Rankings
Virginia Tech
Atlantic Coast
2025-26
Overall
Predictive Rating+7.2#76
Expected Predictive Rating+0.0#1
Pace63.9#293
Improvement--

Offense
Total Offense+4.2#68
First Shot--
After Offensive Rebound--
Layup/Dunks--
2 Pt Jumpshots--
3 Pt Jumpshots--
Freethrows--
Improvement--

Defense
Total Defense+3.1#93
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 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
Top 4 Seed 0.7% 0.7% 0.0%
Top 6 Seed 2.3% 2.3% 0.5%
NCAA Tourney Bid 14.6% 15.0% 3.9%
At-Large Bid if not Auto Qualifier 14.0% 14.4% 3.8%
Average Seed 8.7 8.7 9.3
.500 or above 59.8% 61.0% 26.8%
.500 or above in Conference 33.1% 33.7% 14.3%
Conference Champion 0.8% 0.8% 0.0%
Last Place in Conference 10.1% 9.7% 22.2%
First Four4.0% 4.1% 1.7%
First Round12.6% 13.0% 2.5%
Second Round6.2% 6.4% 1.0%
Sweet Sixteen1.6% 1.7% 0.1%
Elite Eight0.5% 0.6% 0.0%
Final Four0.2% 0.2% 0.0%
Championship Game0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
National Champion0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Next Game: Charleston Southern (Home) - 96.5% chance of victory

Projected Seeding Not in Tournament  

Projected Record by Quad
QuadProjectedProjected Cumulative
Quad 1a1 - 51 - 5
Quad 1b1 - 42 - 8
Quad 23 - 45 - 12
Quad 35 - 210 - 14
Quad 46 - 016 - 14


Date Opponent Result/Prediction Record Conf Rating Offense Defense
  Nov 03, 2025 318   Charleston Southern W 78-59 96%    
  Nov 08, 2025 59   Providence L 68-70 41%    
  Nov 12, 2025 111   Saint Joseph's W 72-66 72%    
  Nov 16, 2025 185   Charlotte W 73-61 86%    
  Nov 19, 2025 250   Bryant W 82-67 91%    
  Nov 26, 2025 94   Colorado St. W 69-67 56%    
  Dec 02, 2025 70   @ South Carolina L 65-69 37%    
  Dec 06, 2025 99   George Mason W 67-62 67%    
  Dec 11, 2025 273   Western Carolina W 80-64 92%    
  Dec 14, 2025 360   Maryland Eastern Shore W 79-53 99%    
  Dec 20, 2025 228   Elon W 74-60 88%    
  Dec 31, 2025 46   Virginia L 62-64 44%    
  Jan 03, 2026 67   @ Wake Forest L 67-71 35%    
  Jan 07, 2026 95   Stanford W 70-65 66%    
  Jan 10, 2026 91   California W 73-68 65%    
  Jan 14, 2026 44   @ SMU L 68-76 26%    
  Jan 17, 2026 63   Notre Dame W 67-66 53%    
  Jan 21, 2026 64   @ Syracuse L 69-74 34%    
  Jan 24, 2026 11   @ Louisville L 65-79 13%    
  Jan 27, 2026 83   Georgia Tech W 72-68 62%    
  Jan 31, 2026 3   Duke L 62-74 16%    
  Feb 07, 2026 31   @ North Carolina St. L 63-73 22%    
  Feb 11, 2026 42   @ Clemson L 62-70 25%    
  Feb 14, 2026 78   Florida St. W 73-70 60%    
  Feb 17, 2026 56   @ Miami (FL) L 68-74 32%    
  Feb 21, 2026 67   Wake Forest W 70-68 56%    
  Feb 28, 2026 25   @ North Carolina L 68-79 19%    
  Mar 03, 2026 100   Boston College W 72-67 67%    
  Mar 07, 2026 46   @ Virginia L 59-67 27%    
Projected Record 15 - 14 7 - 11





Numbers in tables represent percent chance of outcome occurring.




Projected Atlantic Coast 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 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.8 1st
2nd 0.0 0.2 0.5 0.6 0.3 0.0 1.7 2nd
3rd 0.0 0.2 0.8 1.1 0.4 0.1 2.5 3rd
4th 0.1 1.0 1.6 0.6 0.1 3.2 4th
5th 0.0 0.7 2.2 1.1 0.1 0.0 4.1 5th
6th 0.3 2.1 1.9 0.4 0.0 4.6 6th
7th 0.1 1.4 2.9 0.7 0.0 5.2 7th
8th 0.0 0.6 3.2 1.7 0.1 0.0 5.7 8th
9th 0.2 2.3 3.2 0.5 0.0 6.2 9th
10th 0.0 1.1 4.1 1.7 0.1 7.0 10th
11th 0.0 0.3 3.2 3.6 0.4 0.0 7.5 11th
12th 0.1 1.6 4.4 1.1 0.0 7.2 12th
13th 0.0 0.8 3.9 2.7 0.2 7.6 13th
14th 0.0 0.3 2.8 4.0 0.8 0.0 8.0 14th
15th 0.2 1.8 4.1 1.7 0.1 7.9 15th
16th 0.2 1.4 3.6 2.6 0.4 8.1 16th
17th 0.2 1.2 2.7 2.3 0.6 0.0 7.0 17th
18th 0.4 1.3 2.0 1.4 0.4 0.0 0.0 5.5 18th
Total 0.4 1.5 3.3 5.8 8.5 11.1 12.0 12.5 12.0 10.2 8.1 6.1 4.1 2.3 1.3 0.6 0.2 0.0 0.0 Total



Atlantic Coast 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% 0.0    0.0 0.0
16-2 82.9% 0.2    0.1 0.1
15-3 44.2% 0.3    0.1 0.1 0.0
14-4 14.0% 0.2    0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0
13-5 2.8% 0.1    0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12-6 0.4% 0.0    0.0 0.0 0.0
11-7 0.0%
10-8 0.0%
9-9 0.0%
Total 0.8% 0.8 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.0 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% 100.0% 100.0% 2.0 0.0 100.0%
17-1 0.0% 100.0% 33.1% 66.9% 2.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0%
16-2 0.2% 100.0% 19.2% 80.8% 4.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0%
15-3 0.6% 98.7% 12.7% 86.1% 4.8 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 98.6%
14-4 1.3% 95.6% 6.6% 89.0% 6.5 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 95.3%
13-5 2.3% 88.9% 4.9% 84.0% 7.7 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.2 0.0 0.3 88.3%
12-6 4.1% 73.7% 4.5% 69.3% 8.6 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.2 1.1 72.5%
11-7 6.1% 51.3% 1.5% 49.7% 9.5 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.7 1.2 0.6 0.0 3.0 50.5%
10-8 8.1% 27.6% 0.7% 27.0% 9.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.4 1.0 0.6 0.0 5.9 27.1%
9-9 10.2% 14.9% 0.4% 14.5% 10.2 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.7 0.6 0.0 8.7 14.6%
8-10 12.0% 3.8% 0.1% 3.6% 10.6 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 11.5 3.7%
7-11 12.5% 0.4% 0.1% 0.4% 10.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 12.5 0.4%
6-12 12.0% 0.2% 0.1% 0.1% 10.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 11.9 0.1%
5-13 11.1% 11.1
4-14 8.5% 8.5
3-15 5.8% 5.8
2-16 3.3% 3.3
1-17 1.5% 1.5
0-18 0.4% 0.4
Total 100% 14.6% 0.7% 13.9% 8.7 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.6 1.0 1.3 2.0 2.6 4.1 2.4 0.1 85.4 14.0%