Pre-tourney Rankings
Southwestern Athletic
2025-26


Rank Team Tourney Chance Exp Seed Record Conf Record Predictive Rating Offense Defense Pace Results Rating Conf Results Rating
248 Bethune-Cookman 0.0%   16 - 15 14 - 4 -5.1      -4.1 279 -1.0 206 71.7 93 -5.4 249 -3.6 1
278 Southern 0.0%   14 - 17 11 - 7 -6.9      -3.2 257 -3.7 284 73.1 60 -7.0 275 -7.3 2
299 Prairie View 100.0%   16   14 - 17 9 - 9 -8.4      -6.0 320 -2.3 249 75.6 23 -9.0 306 -11.3 8
307 Grambling St. 0.0%   12 - 19 7 - 11 -9.0      -9.4 355 +0.4 155 68.4 180 -10.2 322 -12.4 9
311 Alabama A&M 0.0%   15 - 15 10 - 8 -9.3      -3.7 268 -5.6 321 64.1 297 -8.2 295 -9.2 5
313 Florida A&M 0.0%   13 - 16 11 - 7 -9.3      -7.8 342 -1.5 223 69.8 138 -8.6 300 -7.7 3
317 Texas Southern 0.0%   10 - 18 10 - 8 -9.7      -5.5 311 -4.2 297 71.3 102 -11.4 333 -9.7 6
320 Arkansas Pine Bluff 0.0%   11 - 19 10 - 8 -10.3      -4.1 282 -6.1 331 72.4 74 -9.6 314 -9.8 7
324 Alabama St. 0.0%   9 - 22 7 - 11 -10.5      -7.4 338 -3.1 269 72.3 78 -12.7 340 -13.0 10
346 Jackson St. 0.0%   12 - 21 10 - 8 -13.3      -6.0 317 -7.4 349 72.5 72 -9.8 318 -9.1 4
351 Alcorn St. 0.0%   9 - 23 7 - 11 -14.5      -9.0 349 -5.5 320 68.8 169 -12.0 336 -13.2 11
365 Mississippi Valley 0.0%   2 - 30 2 - 16 -22.5      -13.7 364 -8.9 359 68.2 187 -23.2 365 -21.9 12


Recent Games

Date Team Points Team Points Interest
Thu, Mar 12 311 Alabama A&M 85 317 Texas Southern 74   
Thu, Mar 12 320 Arkansas Pine Bluff 81 278 Southern 84   
Fri, Mar 13 313 Florida A&M 70 278 Southern 73   
Fri, Mar 13 311 Alabama A&M 55 299 Prairie View 74   
Sat, Mar 14 299 Prairie View 72 278 Southern 66   




Numbers in tables represent percent chance of outcome occurring.



Projected Conference Season

Projected Place
Team Avg
Place		 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th
Bethune-Cookman 1.0 100.0
Southern 2.0 100.0
Florida A&M 2.0 100.0
Alabama A&M 4.0 100.0
Arkansas Pine Bluff 4.0 100.0
Texas Southern 4.0 100.0
Jackson St. 4.0 100.0
Prairie View 8.0 100.0
Alcorn St. 9.0 100.0
Grambling St. 9.0 100.0
Alabama St. 9.0 100.0
Mississippi Valley 12.0 100.0

Projected Wins
Team Exp Conf Record Exp Overall Record 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
Bethune-Cookman 14 - 4 16 - 15 100.0
Southern 11 - 7 14 - 17 100.0
Florida A&M 11 - 7 13 - 16 100.0
Alabama A&M 10 - 8 15 - 15 100.0
Arkansas Pine Bluff 10 - 8 11 - 19 100.0
Texas Southern 10 - 8 10 - 18 100.0
Jackson St. 10 - 8 12 - 21 100.0
Prairie View 9 - 9 14 - 17 100.0
Alcorn St. 7 - 11 9 - 23 100.0
Grambling St. 7 - 11 12 - 19 100.0
Alabama St. 7 - 11 9 - 22 100.0
Mississippi Valley 2 - 16 2 - 30 100.0

Projected Regular Season Champion
Team Total Outright 2-Way 3-Way 4-Way 5-Way 6-Way 7-Way 8-Way
Bethune-Cookman 100.0% 100.0
Southern
Florida A&M
Alabama A&M
Arkansas Pine Bluff
Texas Southern
Jackson St.
Prairie View
Alcorn St.
Grambling St.
Alabama St.
Mississippi Valley


NCAA Tournament Selection and Simulation

Tournament Selection
TeamTourney BidAutoAt-LargeExp Seed 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 No Bid At-Large if not Auto
Bethune-Cookman 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0 0.0%
Southern 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0 0.0%
Prairie View 100.0% 100.0% 0.0% 16   100.0
Grambling St. 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0 0.0%
Alabama A&M 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0 0.0%
Florida A&M 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0 0.0%
Texas Southern 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0 0.0%
Arkansas Pine Bluff 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0 0.0%
Alabama St. 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0 0.0%
Jackson St. 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0 0.0%
Alcorn St. 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0 0.0%
Mississippi Valley 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0 0.0%

Conference Totals
Number of Teams
One or MoreAvg # 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Tourney Bid 100.0% 1.0 100.0
1st Round 45.1% 0.5 54.9 45.1
2nd Round 0.0% 0.0 100.0 0.0
Sweet Sixteen 0.0% 0.0 100.0
Elite Eight 0.0% 0.0 100.0
Final Four 0.0% 0.0 100.0
Final Game 0.0% 0.0 100.0
Champion 0.0% 0.0 100.0

Tournament Simulation
TeamTourney
Bid		First
Four		First
Round		Second
Round		Sweet
Sixteen		Elite
Eight		Final
Four		Final
Game		Champion
Bethune-Cookman 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Southern 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Prairie View 100.0% 100.0% 45.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Grambling St. 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Alabama A&M 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Florida A&M 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Texas Southern 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Arkansas Pine Bluff 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Alabama St. 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Jackson St. 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Alcorn St. 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Mississippi Valley 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%