Preseason Rankings
Miami (OH)
Mid-American
2025-26
Overall
Predictive Rating+2.2#125
Expected Predictive Rating+0.0#1
Pace71.1#95
Improvement--

Offense
Total Offense+1.9#114
First Shot--
After Offensive Rebound--
Layup/Dunks--
2 Pt Jumpshots--
3 Pt Jumpshots--
Freethrows--
Improvement--

Defense
Total Defense+0.2#155
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 0.1% 0.2% 0.0%
NCAA Tourney Bid 17.0% 18.9% 11.4%
At-Large Bid if not Auto Qualifier 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
Average Seed 12.9 12.7 13.4
.500 or above 90.2% 93.7% 79.6%
.500 or above in Conference 84.9% 87.7% 76.4%
Conference Champion 15.3% 17.2% 9.8%
Last Place in Conference 0.6% 0.4% 1.2%
First Four0.2% 0.1% 0.2%
First Round17.1% 18.9% 11.4%
Second Round2.2% 2.6% 1.0%
Sweet Sixteen0.4% 0.4% 0.2%
Elite Eight0.1% 0.1% 0.1%
Final Four0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Championship Game0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
National Champion0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Next Game: Old Dominion (Home) - 75.4% chance of victory

Projected Seeding Not in Tournament  

Projected Record by Quad
QuadProjectedProjected Cumulative
Quad 1a0 - 00 - 0
Quad 1b0 - 00 - 0
Quad 21 - 11 - 2
Quad 35 - 45 - 6
Quad 414 - 319 - 9


Date Opponent Result/Prediction Record Conf Rating Offense Defense
  Nov 03, 2025 195   Old Dominion W 76-69 75%    
  Nov 15, 2025 277   @ Air Force W 72-66 70%    
  Nov 20, 2025 362   Mercyhurst W 80-57 98%    
  Nov 23, 2025 364   Arkansas Pine Bluff W 93-64 99%    
  Nov 26, 2025 232   UNC Greensboro W 71-65 71%    
  Dec 06, 2025 285   Maine W 75-63 86%    
  Dec 10, 2025 198   @ UNC Asheville W 76-75 55%    
  Dec 13, 2025 181   @ Eastern Kentucky W 76-75 51%    
  Dec 16, 2025 206   @ Wright St. W 76-74 56%    
  Dec 20, 2025 247   @ Ball St. W 75-71 63%    
  Dec 30, 2025 212   @ Bowling Green W 75-73 57%    
  Jan 03, 2026 108   Akron W 80-79 53%    
  Jan 06, 2026 282   Western Michigan W 80-68 85%    
  Jan 10, 2026 196   @ Toledo W 78-77 55%    
  Jan 13, 2026 299   Central Michigan W 79-66 86%    
  Jan 17, 2026 337   Buffalo W 85-69 91%    
  Jan 20, 2026 127   @ Kent St. L 70-73 40%    
  Jan 27, 2026 170   Massachusetts W 79-73 70%    
  Jan 31, 2026 314   Northern Illinois W 82-68 88%    
  Feb 03, 2026 337   @ Buffalo W 82-72 79%    
  Feb 14, 2026 152   Ohio W 80-75 66%    
  Feb 17, 2026 170   @ Massachusetts W 77-76 50%    
  Feb 21, 2026 212   Bowling Green W 78-70 75%    
  Feb 24, 2026 292   @ Eastern Michigan W 78-71 70%    
  Feb 28, 2026 282   @ Western Michigan W 77-71 70%    
  Mar 06, 2026 152   @ Ohio L 77-78 47%    
Projected Record 18 - 8 11 - 6





Numbers in tables represent percent chance of outcome occurring.




Projected Mid-American 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 0.2 1.2 3.6 5.1 4.0 1.4 15.3 1st
2nd 0.0 0.3 1.9 5.7 5.9 2.8 0.6 17.2 2nd
3rd 0.0 0.2 2.4 5.2 5.7 1.7 0.2 15.5 3rd
4th 0.2 1.8 5.5 4.5 1.2 0.1 13.4 4th
5th 0.0 1.5 4.3 4.3 1.0 0.0 11.2 5th
6th 0.0 0.8 3.3 3.3 0.8 0.0 8.3 6th
7th 0.0 0.5 2.2 2.8 0.9 0.1 6.5 7th
8th 0.0 0.3 1.3 2.5 1.0 0.0 5.1 8th
9th 0.1 1.0 1.4 0.6 0.0 3.2 9th
10th 0.1 0.4 0.9 0.6 0.1 2.1 10th
11th 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.6 0.4 0.1 0.0 1.3 11th
12th 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.7 12th
13th 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.2 13th
Total 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.7 1.4 2.6 4.0 6.1 9.0 10.6 13.4 12.9 13.9 11.3 8.0 4.6 1.4 Total



Mid-American Regular Season Championship

Record Champion Total Outright 2-Way 3-Way 4-Way 5-Way 6-Way 7-Way 8-Way
18-0
17-1 100.0% 1.4    1.3 0.1
16-2 87.4% 4.0    3.1 0.8 0.1
15-3 63.3% 5.1    2.8 1.9 0.3 0.0
14-4 31.4% 3.6    1.3 1.6 0.6 0.1
13-5 8.8% 1.2    0.2 0.6 0.4 0.0 0.0
12-6 1.2% 0.2    0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0
11-7 0.1% 0.0    0.0
10-8 0.0%
9-9 0.0%
Total 15.3% 15.3 8.7 5.1 1.4 0.2 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
17-1 1.4% 56.9% 53.8% 3.1% 9.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.6 6.7%
16-2 4.6% 51.2% 51.2% 11.6 0.0 0.0 0.1 1.0 1.0 0.2 0.0 2.2
15-3 8.0% 37.6% 37.6% 12.1 0.6 1.5 0.7 0.2 5.0
14-4 11.3% 28.2% 28.2% 12.7 0.0 0.1 1.2 1.3 0.5 0.0 0.0 8.1
13-5 13.9% 21.8% 21.8% 13.2 0.0 0.7 1.2 0.9 0.2 0.0 10.9
12-6 12.9% 14.0% 14.0% 13.7 0.0 0.1 0.6 0.7 0.3 0.0 11.1
11-7 13.4% 11.9% 11.9% 14.3 0.1 0.4 0.6 0.4 0.1 11.8
10-8 10.6% 7.5% 7.5% 14.6 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.1 9.8
9-9 9.0% 4.2% 4.2% 16.2 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 8.6
8-10 6.1% 2.1% 2.1% 17.6 0.0 0.1 0.0 6.0
7-11 4.0% 0.2% 0.2% 15.0 0.0 3.9
6-12 2.6% 2.6
5-13 1.4% 1.4
4-14 0.7% 0.7
3-15 0.3% 0.3
2-16 0.1% 0.1
1-17 0.0% 0.0
0-18
Total 100% 17.0% 17.0% 0.0% 12.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 2.1 4.7 4.6 3.4 1.4 0.4 83.0 0.1%


Optimistic / Pessimistic Scenarios

ChanceTourney
Bid
Avg
Seed
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Win Out 0.3% 100.0% 7.7 2.3 9.5 4.6 27.6 9.2 7.1 7.1 13.8 16.3 2.5
Win Out, Lose in Conf. Tourney Championship 0.1% 42.9% 10.2 14.3 7.1 21.4
Win Out, Lose in Conf. Tourney Semi-Final 0.0%