Preseason Rankings
Elon
Colonial Athletic
2025-26
Overall
Predictive Rating-3.5#224
Expected Predictive Rating+0.0#1
Pace63.5#301
Improvement--

Offense
Total Offense-1.1#209
First Shot--
After Offensive Rebound--
Layup/Dunks--
2 Pt Jumpshots--
3 Pt Jumpshots--
Freethrows--
Improvement--

Defense
Total Defense-2.4#254
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 4.7% 6.7% 3.3%
At-Large Bid if not Auto Qualifier 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Average Seed 14.3 13.6 14.2
.500 or above 39.6% 55.9% 28.5%
.500 or above in Conference 48.8% 59.9% 41.2%
Conference Champion 4.7% 7.0% 3.2%
Last Place in Conference 6.3% 3.7% 8.0%
First Four0.3% 0.3% 0.3%
First Round4.7% 6.7% 3.3%
Second Round0.3% 0.4% 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: UNC Greensboro (Away) - 40.5% chance of victory

Projected Seeding Not in Tournament  

Projected Record by Quad
QuadProjectedProjected Cumulative
Quad 1a0 - 00 - 0
Quad 1b0 - 10 - 1
Quad 20 - 31 - 4
Quad 33 - 74 - 12
Quad 410 - 514 - 17


Date Opponent Result/Prediction Record Conf Rating Offense Defense
  Nov 08, 2025 232   @ UNC Greensboro L 63-66 40%    
  Nov 12, 2025 185   @ Marshall L 67-72 33%    
  Nov 15, 2025 307   Gardner-Webb W 74-66 75%    
  Nov 20, 2025 55   @ Miami (FL) L 63-79 7%    
  Nov 24, 2025 204   @ Appalachian St. L 60-64 36%    
  Nov 29, 2025 246   Mercer W 73-69 64%    
  Dec 03, 2025 142   Furman L 67-69 43%    
  Dec 06, 2025 205   @ Wofford L 64-68 37%    
  Dec 13, 2025 314   Northern Illinois W 75-67 76%    
  Dec 17, 2025 131   Richmond L 64-67 41%    
  Dec 20, 2025 76   @ Virginia Tech L 60-74 12%    
  Dec 29, 2025 218   Northeastern W 70-67 59%    
  Dec 31, 2025 123   College of Charleston L 71-74 40%    
  Jan 08, 2026 349   @ N.C. A&T W 73-67 69%    
  Jan 10, 2026 200   Campbell W 68-66 56%    
  Jan 15, 2026 218   @ Northeastern L 67-70 39%    
  Jan 17, 2026 182   @ Hofstra L 60-65 35%    
  Jan 22, 2026 136   Towson L 64-66 43%    
  Jan 24, 2026 123   @ College of Charleston L 68-77 23%    
  Jan 29, 2026 226   William & Mary W 76-73 61%    
  Jan 31, 2026 298   Stony Brook W 70-63 72%    
  Feb 05, 2026 235   @ Hampton L 65-67 42%    
  Feb 07, 2026 225   Drexel W 64-61 60%    
  Feb 12, 2026 120   @ UNC Wilmington L 64-73 23%    
  Feb 14, 2026 226   @ William & Mary L 73-76 41%    
  Feb 21, 2026 349   N.C. A&T W 76-64 84%    
  Feb 26, 2026 136   @ Towson L 61-69 25%    
  Feb 28, 2026 210   @ Monmouth L 67-71 38%    
  Mar 03, 2026 120   UNC Wilmington L 67-70 40%    
Projected Record 13 - 16 8 - 10





Numbers in tables represent percent chance of outcome occurring.




Projected Colonial Athletic 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 0.2 0.8 1.4 1.2 0.9 0.2 0.1 4.7 1st
2nd 0.2 1.6 2.8 1.5 0.5 0.1 6.6 2nd
3rd 0.0 0.3 2.0 3.1 1.6 0.3 0.0 7.3 3rd
4th 0.0 0.1 1.8 3.7 1.8 0.3 0.0 7.7 4th
5th 0.1 1.6 4.1 2.5 0.3 0.0 8.5 5th
6th 0.1 1.2 4.2 3.2 0.6 9.2 6th
7th 0.0 0.7 4.3 4.1 0.8 0.0 9.8 7th
8th 0.0 0.5 3.3 4.7 1.2 0.0 9.8 8th
9th 0.0 0.4 2.5 4.5 1.9 0.1 9.4 9th
10th 0.4 2.3 4.2 2.1 0.2 9.1 10th
11th 0.1 0.4 1.9 3.6 1.9 0.3 0.0 8.2 11th
12th 0.1 0.6 1.7 2.3 1.2 0.3 0.0 6.2 12th
13th 0.2 0.7 0.9 1.2 0.5 0.1 3.6 13th
Total 0.2 0.7 1.6 3.2 5.1 7.6 9.4 10.9 12.4 11.3 10.1 8.9 6.9 5.4 3.2 1.6 0.9 0.2 0.1 Total



Colonial Athletic 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% 0.1    0.1
17-1 100.0% 0.2    0.2
16-2 94.1% 0.9    0.8 0.1
15-3 71.5% 1.2    0.7 0.4 0.0
14-4 43.2% 1.4    0.6 0.6 0.2 0.0
13-5 14.3% 0.8    0.2 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.0
12-6 2.5% 0.2    0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
11-7 0.0%
10-8 0.0%
9-9 0.0%
Total 4.7% 4.7 2.6 1.5 0.4 0.1 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 0.1% 54.5% 54.5% 10.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
17-1 0.2% 37.7% 37.7% 11.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
16-2 0.9% 27.4% 27.4% 12.2 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.7
15-3 1.6% 23.3% 23.3% 12.8 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.0 1.3
14-4 3.2% 18.1% 18.1% 13.2 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.1 2.6
13-5 5.4% 14.3% 14.3% 13.7 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.1 4.7
12-6 6.9% 12.4% 12.4% 14.0 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.2 0.0 6.1
11-7 8.9% 7.4% 7.4% 14.9 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.1 8.3
10-8 10.1% 4.6% 4.6% 15.8 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.1 9.6
9-9 11.3% 2.8% 2.8% 17.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 10.9
8-10 12.4% 1.5% 1.5% 16.8 0.1 0.1 12.2
7-11 10.9% 0.5% 0.5% 20.2 0.0 0.0 10.9
6-12 9.4% 0.2% 0.2% 15.7 0.0 0.0 9.4
5-13 7.6% 7.6
4-14 5.1% 0.1% 0.1% 16.0 0.0 5.1
3-15 3.2% 3.2
2-16 1.6% 1.6
1-17 0.7% 0.7
0-18 0.2% 0.2
Total 100% 4.7% 4.7% 0.0% 14.3 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.6 1.2 1.3 1.0 0.6 95.3 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%