Preseason Rankings
South Dakota St.
Summit League
2025-26
Overall
Predictive Rating+0.1#155
Expected Predictive Rating+0.0#1
Pace71.6#79
Improvement--

Offense
Total Offense+1.2#130
First Shot--
After Offensive Rebound--
Layup/Dunks--
2 Pt Jumpshots--
3 Pt Jumpshots--
Freethrows--
Improvement--

Defense
Total Defense-1.0#202
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 25.2% 28.0% 19.0%
At-Large Bid if not Auto Qualifier 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Average Seed 14.1 13.6 14.3
.500 or above 73.4% 80.9% 56.7%
.500 or above in Conference 87.2% 90.1% 80.8%
Conference Champion 34.7% 39.0% 25.2%
Last Place in Conference 1.5% 1.0% 2.7%
First Four1.7% 1.3% 2.7%
First Round25.1% 28.0% 18.8%
Second Round1.7% 2.1% 0.9%
Sweet Sixteen0.2% 0.3% 0.1%
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: Merrimack (Neutral) - 68.7% chance of victory

Projected Seeding Not in Tournament  

Projected Record by Quad
QuadProjectedProjected Cumulative
Quad 1a0 - 20 - 2
Quad 1b0 - 10 - 2
Quad 20 - 21 - 4
Quad 34 - 54 - 8
Quad 414 - 418 - 12


Date Opponent Result/Prediction Record Conf Rating Offense Defense
  Nov 03, 2025 258   Merrimack W 70-65 69%    
  Nov 09, 2025 112   @ Northern Iowa L 67-74 27%    
  Nov 12, 2025 28   @ Oregon L 66-83 6%    
  Nov 21, 2025 283   Georgia St. W 82-72 81%    
  Nov 25, 2025 118   Utah Valley L 72-75 40%    
  Nov 26, 2025 92   UC Irvine L 71-77 31%    
  Dec 03, 2025 254   @ Northern Arizona W 75-73 57%    
  Dec 06, 2025 239   Idaho W 78-71 74%    
  Dec 09, 2025 247   @ Ball St. W 75-73 55%    
  Dec 15, 2025 157   Wyoming W 70-69 50%    
  Dec 19, 2025 216   Wisconsin-Milwaukee W 77-74 61%    
  Dec 29, 2025 11   @ Arizona L 68-89 4%    
  Jan 01, 2026 177   Nebraska Omaha W 78-74 64%    
  Jan 03, 2026 315   @ North Dakota W 80-74 69%    
  Jan 08, 2026 322   Denver W 79-66 86%    
  Jan 14, 2026 215   @ North Dakota St. W 73-72 50%    
  Jan 17, 2026 300   UMKC W 74-63 82%    
  Jan 22, 2026 149   @ St. Thomas L 74-77 39%    
  Jan 28, 2026 177   @ Nebraska Omaha L 75-77 45%    
  Jan 31, 2026 318   Oral Roberts W 81-69 83%    
  Feb 04, 2026 149   St. Thomas W 77-74 59%    
  Feb 07, 2026 294   South Dakota W 91-80 81%    
  Feb 12, 2026 322   @ Denver W 76-69 71%    
  Feb 14, 2026 318   @ Oral Roberts W 78-72 69%    
  Feb 18, 2026 215   North Dakota St. W 76-70 69%    
  Feb 21, 2026 315   North Dakota W 83-71 83%    
  Feb 26, 2026 300   @ UMKC W 71-66 65%    
  Feb 28, 2026 294   @ South Dakota W 88-83 64%    
Projected Record 16 - 12 11 - 5





Numbers in tables represent percent chance of outcome occurring.




Projected Summit League Finish

0-16 1-15 2-14 3-13 4-12 5-11 6-10 7-9 8-8 9-7 10-6 11-5 12-4 13-3 14-2 15-1 16-0 Total
1st 0.0 0.3 2.1 6.3 9.5 8.9 5.5 2.0 34.7 1st
2nd 0.0 0.7 4.1 7.4 6.9 3.1 0.7 23.0 2nd
3rd 0.0 0.7 4.2 6.1 3.8 0.7 0.0 15.5 3rd
4th 0.6 3.4 4.3 1.8 0.2 10.4 4th
5th 0.0 0.5 2.6 2.9 0.9 0.0 6.9 5th
6th 0.0 0.3 1.6 2.0 0.5 0.0 4.4 6th
7th 0.0 0.3 1.0 1.1 0.3 2.7 7th
8th 0.0 0.3 0.5 0.6 0.2 1.6 8th
9th 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.8 9th
Total 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.6 1.0 2.0 3.3 5.6 7.4 10.2 12.4 13.6 13.9 12.6 9.5 5.5 2.0 Total



Summit League Regular Season Championship

Record Champion Total Outright 2-Way 3-Way 4-Way 5-Way 6-Way 7-Way 8-Way
16-0 100.0% 2.0    2.0
15-1 100.0% 5.5    5.4 0.1
14-2 93.2% 8.9    7.7 1.2 0.0
13-3 75.3% 9.5    6.7 2.6 0.1
12-4 45.1% 6.3    2.8 2.8 0.6 0.1
11-5 15.8% 2.1    0.5 1.0 0.5 0.1
10-6 2.6% 0.3    0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0
9-7 0.2% 0.0    0.0 0.0 0.0
8-8 0.0%
Total 34.7% 34.7 25.1 7.9 1.4 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
16-0 2.0% 63.8% 63.8% 11.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.5 0.5 0.2 0.1 0.7
15-1 5.5% 58.2% 58.2% 12.4 0.0 0.4 1.5 1.0 0.3 0.0 2.3
14-2 9.5% 46.3% 46.3% 13.1 0.2 1.2 1.7 1.0 0.3 0.0 5.1
13-3 12.6% 39.2% 39.2% 13.6 0.0 0.7 1.7 1.7 0.7 0.1 7.7
12-4 13.9% 30.5% 30.5% 14.3 0.2 1.1 1.6 1.1 0.3 9.6
11-5 13.6% 21.4% 21.4% 15.4 0.1 0.4 0.9 1.2 0.5 10.7
10-6 12.4% 15.4% 15.4% 16.0 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.9 0.6 10.5
9-7 10.2% 11.3% 11.3% 17.3 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.7 9.1
8-8 7.4% 8.8% 8.8% 17.2 0.0 0.2 0.5 6.8
7-9 5.6% 4.1% 4.1% 17.8 0.0 0.2 5.4
6-10 3.3% 4.9% 4.9% 17.4 0.0 0.2 3.2
5-11 2.0% 1.8% 1.8% 16.0 0.0 1.9
4-12 1.0% 0.7% 0.7% 16.0 0.0 1.0
3-13 0.6% 2.4% 2.4% 16.0 0.0 0.6
2-14 0.2% 0.2
1-15 0.1% 0.1
0-16 0.0% 0.0
Total 100% 25.2% 25.2% 0.0% 14.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 1.0 4.2 6.2 6.2 4.9 3.2 74.8 0.0%