Preseason Rankings
Penn St.
Big Ten
2025-26
Overall
Predictive Rating+5.7#90
Expected Predictive Rating+0.0#1
Pace73.9#51
Improvement--

Offense
Total Offense+2.6#103
First Shot--
After Offensive Rebound--
Layup/Dunks--
2 Pt Jumpshots--
3 Pt Jumpshots--
Freethrows--
Improvement--

Defense
Total Defense+3.1#89
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 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
Top 4 Seed 0.5% 0.5% 0.0%
Top 6 Seed 1.7% 1.7% 0.0%
NCAA Tourney Bid 9.5% 9.8% 2.0%
At-Large Bid if not Auto Qualifier 9.3% 9.7% 2.0%
Average Seed 8.5 8.5 9.7
.500 or above 35.0% 36.1% 11.6%
.500 or above in Conference 9.4% 9.7% 2.1%
Conference Champion 0.0% 0.1% 0.0%
Last Place in Conference 29.3% 28.5% 47.3%
First Four2.2% 2.3% 0.5%
First Round8.3% 8.6% 1.8%
Second Round4.2% 4.4% 0.8%
Sweet Sixteen1.0% 1.1% 0.2%
Elite Eight0.4% 0.4% 0.0%
Final Four0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
Championship Game0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
National Champion0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Next Game: Fairfield (Home) - 95.4% chance of victory

Projected Seeding Not in Tournament  

Projected Record by Quad
QuadProjectedProjected Cumulative
Quad 1a1 - 71 - 7
Quad 1b1 - 42 - 12
Quad 23 - 45 - 15
Quad 32 - 17 - 17
Quad 47 - 114 - 17


Date Opponent Result/Prediction Record Conf Rating Offense Defense
  Nov 03, 2025 320   Fairfield W 80-62 95%    
  Nov 08, 2025 363   @ New Haven W 83-62 97%    
  Nov 11, 2025 230   Navy W 79-66 87%    
  Nov 15, 2025 187   La Salle W 79-71 75%    
  Nov 19, 2025 178   Harvard W 76-66 82%    
  Nov 22, 2025 61   Providence L 71-75 37%    
  Nov 25, 2025 280   Boston University W 75-60 91%    
  Nov 29, 2025 251   Sacred Heart W 85-71 88%    
  Dec 02, 2025 200   Campbell W 77-66 83%    
  Dec 09, 2025 33   @ Indiana L 69-80 18%    
  Dec 13, 2025 21   Michigan St. L 69-76 27%    
  Dec 21, 2025 80   Pittsburgh L 73-74 46%    
  Dec 29, 2025 329   NC Central W 83-64 95%    
  Jan 03, 2026 15   Illinois L 74-86 16%    
  Jan 06, 2026 6   Michigan L 71-82 17%    
  Jan 10, 2026 2   @ Purdue L 63-84 4%    
  Jan 14, 2026 13   UCLA L 66-75 23%    
  Jan 18, 2026 40   @ Maryland L 70-80 21%    
  Jan 22, 2026 26   Wisconsin L 72-78 29%    
  Jan 26, 2026 27   @ Ohio St. L 69-81 16%    
  Jan 29, 2026 72   @ Northwestern L 68-73 34%    
  Feb 01, 2026 87   Minnesota W 70-67 58%    
  Feb 05, 2026 6   @ Michigan L 68-85 8%    
  Feb 08, 2026 29   USC L 73-79 32%    
  Feb 11, 2026 48   @ Washington L 71-79 24%    
  Feb 14, 2026 28   @ Oregon L 68-80 17%    
  Feb 18, 2026 82   Rutgers W 75-73 57%    
  Feb 21, 2026 59   @ Nebraska L 71-78 29%    
  Feb 28, 2026 34   Iowa L 76-81 35%    
  Mar 04, 2026 27   Ohio St. L 72-78 32%    
  Mar 08, 2026 82   @ Rutgers L 72-76 38%    
Projected Record 14 - 17 5 - 15





Numbers in tables represent percent chance of outcome occurring.




Projected Big Ten 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 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1st
2nd 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.2 2nd
3rd 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.5 3rd
4th 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.5 4th
5th 0.1 0.4 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.9 5th
6th 0.0 0.1 0.5 0.5 0.1 0.0 1.3 6th
7th 0.0 0.3 0.9 0.4 0.0 1.6 7th
8th 0.0 0.3 1.1 0.8 0.1 2.2 8th
9th 0.0 0.1 1.1 1.1 0.3 0.0 2.6 9th
10th 0.1 0.9 1.9 0.7 0.0 3.6 10th
11th 0.1 0.5 2.4 1.7 0.2 4.8 11th
12th 0.3 2.1 2.5 0.5 0.0 5.4 12th
13th 0.0 0.2 1.8 3.4 1.3 0.1 6.9 13th
14th 0.2 1.6 4.2 2.8 0.3 9.1 14th
15th 0.1 1.5 4.5 3.5 1.0 0.0 10.6 15th
16th 0.2 2.2 5.0 4.6 1.4 0.1 13.5 16th
17th 0.5 3.1 5.8 5.3 1.8 0.2 16.7 17th
18th 2.0 5.5 6.4 4.1 1.3 0.2 19.5 18th
Total 2.0 6.0 9.8 12.1 13.2 13.0 11.4 10.1 7.5 5.5 3.5 2.6 1.5 1.0 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 Total



Big Ten Regular Season Championship

Record Champion Total Outright 2-Way 3-Way 4-Way 5-Way 6-Way 7-Way 8-Way
20-0
19-1 100.0% 0.0    0.0
18-2 100.0% 0.0    0.0
17-3 44.4% 0.0    0.0
16-4 12.5% 0.0    0.0
15-5 0.0%
14-6 0.0%
13-7 0.0%
12-8 0.0%
11-9 0.0%
10-10 0.0%
Total 0.0% 0.0 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
19-1 0.0% 0.0
18-2 0.0% 0.0
17-3 0.1% 100.0% 11.1% 88.9% 2.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0%
16-4 0.1% 100.0% 100.0% 3.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0%
15-5 0.3% 100.0% 10.4% 89.6% 4.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0%
14-6 0.4% 98.0% 98.0% 5.5 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 98.0%
13-7 1.0% 98.5% 2.2% 96.3% 6.4 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 98.5%
12-8 1.5% 92.2% 1.4% 90.8% 7.7 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.1 92.1%
11-9 2.6% 80.2% 0.6% 79.6% 8.6 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.7 0.5 0.1 0.5 80.0%
10-10 3.5% 60.0% 0.4% 59.6% 9.4 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.5 0.8 0.4 0.0 1.4 59.9%
9-11 5.5% 26.6% 0.3% 26.4% 10.0 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.6 0.5 0.0 4.0 26.5%
8-12 7.5% 7.4% 7.4% 10.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.3 0.0 7.0 7.4%
7-13 10.1% 1.2% 1.2% 11.2 0.0 0.1 0.0 10.0 1.2%
6-14 11.4% 0.1% 0.1% 12.0 0.0 11.4 0.1%
5-15 13.0% 13.0
4-16 13.2% 13.2
3-17 12.1% 12.1
2-18 9.8% 9.8
1-19 6.0% 6.0
0-20 2.0% 2.0
Total 100% 9.5% 0.1% 9.3% 8.5 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.5 0.7 1.0 1.4 1.7 2.2 1.3 0.1 90.5 9.3%