Preseason Rankings
Cal St. Bakersfield
Big West
2025-26
Overall
Predictive Rating-3.9#234
Expected Predictive Rating+0.0#1
Pace65.9#238
Improvement--

Offense
Total Offense-1.8#225
First Shot--
After Offensive Rebound--
Layup/Dunks--
2 Pt Jumpshots--
3 Pt Jumpshots--
Freethrows--
Improvement--

Defense
Total Defense-2.1#244
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 3.1% 6.0% 2.7%
At-Large Bid if not Auto Qualifier 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Average Seed 13.9 13.1 13.9
.500 or above 36.7% 63.3% 33.1%
.500 or above in Conference 42.4% 59.0% 40.2%
Conference Champion 3.0% 5.8% 2.6%
Last Place in Conference 9.6% 4.2% 10.3%
First Four0.1% 0.0% 0.1%
First Round3.1% 6.0% 2.7%
Second Round0.2% 0.2% 0.2%
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: California (Away) - 11.9% chance of victory

Projected Seeding Not in Tournament  

Projected Record by Quad
QuadProjectedProjected Cumulative
Quad 1a0 - 10 - 1
Quad 1b0 - 10 - 2
Quad 20 - 31 - 5
Quad 33 - 74 - 12
Quad 410 - 514 - 17


Date Opponent Result/Prediction Record Conf Rating Offense Defense
  Nov 03, 2025 91   @ California L 64-77 12%    
  Nov 11, 2025 343   Western Illinois W 72-61 83%    
  Nov 14, 2025 30   @ Mississippi L 60-81 3%    
  Nov 17, 2025 217   @ Portland St. L 67-71 37%    
  Nov 22, 2025 365   Mississippi Valley W 77-53 98%    
  Nov 25, 2025 75   @ Florida St. L 65-79 11%    
  Nov 30, 2025 186   @ Fresno St. L 71-76 33%    
  Dec 04, 2025 176   @ Cal St. Northridge L 72-78 31%    
  Dec 06, 2025 126   @ UC Santa Barbara L 64-73 21%    
  Dec 11, 2025 215   North Dakota St. W 70-68 57%    
  Dec 13, 2025 244   Pepperdine W 74-70 62%    
  Dec 23, 2025 239   Idaho W 72-69 61%    
  Jan 01, 2026 92   UC Irvine L 66-73 28%    
  Jan 03, 2026 255   @ UC Davis L 66-68 44%    
  Jan 08, 2026 256   UC Riverside W 72-68 64%    
  Jan 10, 2026 264   @ Long Beach St. L 66-67 45%    
  Jan 15, 2026 126   UC Santa Barbara L 67-70 40%    
  Jan 17, 2026 119   UC San Diego L 66-70 38%    
  Jan 23, 2026 141   @ Hawaii L 63-71 25%    
  Jan 29, 2026 253   Cal Poly W 81-77 62%    
  Jan 31, 2026 255   UC Davis W 69-65 64%    
  Feb 05, 2026 92   @ UC Irvine L 63-76 15%    
  Feb 07, 2026 336   @ Cal St. Fullerton W 71-67 62%    
  Feb 12, 2026 141   Hawaii L 66-68 42%    
  Feb 19, 2026 256   @ UC Riverside L 69-71 44%    
  Feb 21, 2026 336   Cal St. Fullerton W 74-64 79%    
  Feb 26, 2026 119   @ UC San Diego L 63-73 22%    
  Feb 28, 2026 264   Long Beach St. W 69-64 65%    
  Mar 05, 2026 176   Cal St. Northridge W 75-74 51%    
  Mar 07, 2026 253   @ Cal Poly L 78-80 43%    
Projected Record 13 - 17 9 - 11





Numbers in tables represent percent chance of outcome occurring.




Projected Big West 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 0.3 0.6 0.8 0.7 0.4 0.2 0.0 3.0 1st
2nd 0.0 0.2 0.9 1.7 1.4 0.6 0.2 0.0 5.0 2nd
3rd 0.1 0.4 1.8 2.5 1.8 0.5 0.0 0.0 7.1 3rd
4th 0.1 0.7 2.9 3.7 2.0 0.4 0.0 9.7 4th
5th 0.1 1.2 3.7 4.1 1.7 0.3 0.0 11.1 5th
6th 0.0 0.2 1.8 4.4 4.3 1.5 0.2 0.0 12.4 6th
7th 0.0 0.3 2.1 4.7 4.4 1.5 0.1 0.0 13.1 7th
8th 0.0 0.5 2.3 4.5 3.6 0.9 0.1 12.0 8th
9th 0.0 0.8 2.8 4.0 2.7 0.7 0.1 11.1 9th
10th 0.0 0.3 1.1 3.0 3.0 1.5 0.4 0.0 9.2 10th
11th 0.2 0.7 1.4 1.8 1.4 0.5 0.1 0.0 6.1 11th
Total 0.2 0.7 1.7 3.0 5.2 6.9 8.2 9.8 11.0 11.1 10.4 9.0 7.6 5.8 4.2 2.5 1.5 0.9 0.4 0.2 0.0 Total



Big West Regular Season Championship

Record Champion Total Outright 2-Way 3-Way 4-Way 5-Way 6-Way 7-Way 8-Way
20-0 100.0% 0.0    0.0
19-1 100.0% 0.2    0.2 0.0
18-2 94.4% 0.4    0.3 0.0
17-3 78.6% 0.7    0.5 0.2 0.0
16-4 53.1% 0.8    0.5 0.3 0.0
15-5 23.6% 0.6    0.2 0.3 0.1
14-6 7.5% 0.3    0.0 0.2 0.1 0.0
13-7 0.7% 0.0    0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12-8 0.0%
11-9 0.0%
10-10 0.0%
Total 3.0% 3.0 1.7 1.0 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
20-0 0.0% 0.0
19-1 0.2% 49.7% 49.7% 11.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
18-2 0.4% 36.4% 36.4% 12.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.2
17-3 0.9% 25.4% 25.4% 12.7 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.7
16-4 1.5% 28.8% 28.8% 13.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 1.0
15-5 2.5% 18.8% 18.8% 13.6 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.0 2.0
14-6 4.2% 12.4% 12.4% 13.9 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.1 3.6
13-7 5.8% 6.8% 6.8% 14.3 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.0 5.4
12-8 7.6% 4.8% 4.8% 14.8 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.0 7.3
11-9 9.0% 2.4% 2.4% 14.6 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 8.8
10-10 10.4% 1.7% 1.7% 17.3 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 10.2
9-11 11.1% 0.7% 0.7% 17.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 11.0
8-12 11.0% 0.1% 0.1% 16.0 0.0 11.0
7-13 9.8% 9.8
6-14 8.2% 8.2
5-15 6.9% 6.9
4-16 5.2% 5.2
3-17 3.0% 3.0
2-18 1.7% 1.7
1-19 0.7% 0.7
0-20 0.2% 0.2
Total 100% 3.1% 3.1% 0.0% 13.9 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.8 1.0 0.7 0.2 96.9 0.0%