Pre-tourney Rankings
Western Athletic
2025-26


Rank Team Tourney Chance Exp Seed Record Conf Record Predictive Rating Offense Defense Pace Results Rating Conf Results Rating
100 Utah Valley 0.0%   22 - 8 14 - 4 +5.1      +2.0 120 +3.1 89 70.6 115 +5.4 99 +4.9 1
112 California Baptist 100.0%   13   25 - 8 13 - 5 +3.3      -1.5 208 +4.9 56 65.3 267 +6.3 90 +3.9 2
170 Texas Arlington 0.0%   16 - 14 9 - 9 -0.4      -4.8 295 +4.4 66 63.9 304 +0.4 150 -1.5 4
198 Utah Tech 0.0%   16 - 15 11 - 7 -2.0      +0.9 143 -2.9 258 66.8 225 +0.1 155 +1.7 3
229 Tarleton St. 0.0%   10 - 18 5 - 13 -3.9      -4.1 281 +0.2 169 72.4 73 -4.6 240 -6.7 7
249 Abilene Christian 0.0%   11 - 19 5 - 13 -5.1      -5.8 314 +0.6 146 68.6 173 -4.5 238 -6.6 6
262 Southern Utah 0.0%   7 - 22 6 - 12 -5.6      -2.1 221 -3.5 281 74.4 34 -6.7 267 -4.6 5


Recent Games

Date Team Points Team Points Interest
Thu, Mar 12 262 Southern Utah 63 170 Texas Arlington 69   
Thu, Mar 12 249 Abilene Christian 74 198 Utah Tech 80   
Fri, Mar 13 170 Texas Arlington 65 100 Utah Valley 67   
Fri, Mar 13 112 California Baptist 86 198 Utah Tech 72   
Sat, Mar 14 112 California Baptist 63 100 Utah Valley 61   





Numbers in tables represent percent chance of outcome occurring.




Projected Conference Season

Projected Place
Team Avg
Place
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th
Utah Valley 1.0 100.0
California Baptist 2.0 100.0
Utah Tech 3.0 100.0
Texas Arlington 4.0 100.0
Southern Utah 5.0 100.0
Abilene Christian 6.0 100.0
Tarleton St. 6.0 100.0

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
Utah Valley 14 - 4 22 - 8 100.0
California Baptist 13 - 5 25 - 8 100.0
Utah Tech 11 - 7 16 - 15 100.0
Texas Arlington 9 - 9 16 - 14 100.0
Southern Utah 6 - 12 7 - 22 100.0
Abilene Christian 5 - 13 11 - 19 100.0
Tarleton St. 5 - 13 10 - 18 100.0

Projected Regular Season Champion
Team Total Outright 2-Way 3-Way 4-Way 5-Way 6-Way 7-Way 8-Way
Utah Valley 100.0% 100.0
California Baptist
Utah Tech
Texas Arlington
Southern Utah
Abilene Christian
Tarleton St.


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
Utah Valley 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0 0.0%
California Baptist 100.0% 100.0% 0.0% 13   0.0 24.4 68.4 7.3 0.0
Texas Arlington 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0 0.0%
Utah Tech 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0 0.0%
Tarleton St. 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0 0.0%
Abilene Christian 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0 0.0%
Southern Utah 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 100.0% 1.0 100.0
2nd Round 6.3% 0.1 93.7 6.3
Sweet Sixteen 0.6% 0.0 99.4 0.7
Elite Eight 0.0% 0.0 100.0 0.0
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
Utah Valley 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
California Baptist 100.0% 0.0% 100.0% 6.3% 0.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Texas Arlington 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Utah Tech 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Tarleton St. 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Abilene Christian 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Southern Utah 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%