Preseason Rankings
Tulsa
American Athletic
2025-26
Overall
Predictive Rating+0.4#150
Expected Predictive Rating+0.0#1
Pace65.7#244
Improvement--

Offense
Total Offense+0.8#138
First Shot--
After Offensive Rebound--
Layup/Dunks--
2 Pt Jumpshots--
3 Pt Jumpshots--
Freethrows--
Improvement--

Defense
Total Defense-0.4#179
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% 4.1% 2.2%
At-Large Bid if not Auto Qualifier 0.2% 0.3% 0.0%
Average Seed 11.9 11.6 12.4
.500 or above 46.3% 58.9% 34.4%
.500 or above in Conference 39.6% 47.8% 32.0%
Conference Champion 3.2% 4.5% 2.0%
Last Place in Conference 13.3% 9.2% 17.2%
First Four0.2% 0.2% 0.1%
First Round3.0% 4.0% 2.1%
Second Round0.5% 0.8% 0.3%
Sweet Sixteen0.1% 0.2% 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: Rhode Island (Neutral) - 48.3% chance of victory

Projected Seeding Not in Tournament  

Projected Record by Quad
QuadProjectedProjected Cumulative
Quad 1a0 - 00 - 0
Quad 1b0 - 20 - 2
Quad 21 - 52 - 7
Quad 36 - 77 - 13
Quad 47 - 214 - 15


Date Opponent Result/Prediction Record Conf Rating Offense Defense
  Nov 07, 2025 143   Rhode Island L 73-74 48%    
  Nov 12, 2025 318   @ Oral Roberts W 75-69 72%    
  Nov 17, 2025 57   @ Kansas St. L 63-75 13%    
  Nov 21, 2025 272   Austin Peay W 73-64 80%    
  Nov 25, 2025 159   San Jose St. W 69-68 53%    
  Dec 06, 2025 114   Missouri St. W 66-65 50%    
  Dec 10, 2025 364   Arkansas Pine Bluff W 88-61 99%    
  Dec 13, 2025 139   New Mexico St. L 66-67 46%    
  Dec 19, 2025 161   @ Western Kentucky L 74-76 43%    
  Dec 22, 2025 322   Denver W 76-63 86%    
  Dec 31, 2025 172   Rice W 71-67 64%    
  Jan 04, 2026 88   @ North Texas L 57-65 24%    
  Jan 10, 2026 95   South Florida L 70-72 43%    
  Jan 14, 2026 192   @ Charlotte L 68-69 48%    
  Jan 18, 2026 103   @ UAB L 70-77 26%    
  Jan 21, 2026 51   Memphis L 70-77 27%    
  Jan 25, 2026 172   @ Rice L 68-70 44%    
  Jan 28, 2026 88   North Texas L 60-62 42%    
  Feb 01, 2026 122   Wichita St. W 72-71 53%    
  Feb 04, 2026 140   @ Florida Atlantic L 71-75 36%    
  Feb 08, 2026 95   @ South Florida L 67-75 25%    
  Feb 11, 2026 103   UAB L 73-74 45%    
  Feb 14, 2026 122   @ Wichita St. L 69-74 33%    
  Feb 18, 2026 192   Charlotte W 71-65 67%    
  Feb 22, 2026 168   Texas San Antonio W 76-72 63%    
  Feb 25, 2026 115   @ Tulane L 68-74 31%    
  Mar 04, 2026 158   @ East Carolina L 67-69 42%    
  Mar 08, 2026 133   Temple W 74-72 55%    
Projected Record 14 - 14 8 - 10





Numbers in tables represent percent chance of outcome occurring.




Projected American 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 0.6 0.9 0.8 0.4 0.2 0.0 3.2 1st
2nd 0.0 0.4 1.5 1.9 1.2 0.4 0.0 0.0 5.5 2nd
3rd 0.0 0.6 2.0 2.4 1.0 0.2 0.0 6.2 3rd
4th 0.0 0.4 2.3 2.7 1.1 0.1 6.6 4th
5th 0.2 2.1 4.0 1.6 0.2 8.1 5th
6th 0.1 1.7 4.0 2.2 0.2 8.2 6th
7th 0.0 1.0 4.1 2.6 0.4 0.0 8.1 7th
8th 0.0 0.8 4.1 3.7 0.7 0.0 9.4 8th
9th 0.0 0.4 3.0 4.4 1.3 0.0 9.1 9th
10th 0.0 0.4 2.3 4.6 1.7 0.1 9.2 10th
11th 0.0 0.0 0.5 2.1 4.0 2.1 0.3 0.0 9.1 11th
12th 0.0 0.6 2.5 3.3 2.1 0.3 0.0 8.9 12th
13th 0.4 1.3 2.5 2.6 1.3 0.3 0.0 8.3 13th
Total 0.4 1.3 3.2 5.6 7.1 9.1 10.9 11.6 11.1 9.9 9.6 7.0 5.4 3.6 2.3 1.2 0.5 0.2 0.0 Total



American 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% 0.0    0.0
17-1 96.9% 0.2    0.2 0.0
16-2 91.2% 0.4    0.4 0.1
15-3 65.5% 0.8    0.5 0.2 0.0
14-4 40.8% 0.9    0.4 0.4 0.1 0.0
13-5 16.6% 0.6    0.1 0.3 0.2 0.0
12-6 3.5% 0.2    0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
11-7 0.0%
10-8 0.0%
9-9 0.0%
Total 3.2% 3.2 1.7 1.1 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 0.0% 42.9% 42.9% 5.3 0.0 0.0 0.0
17-1 0.2% 52.9% 32.5% 20.4% 9.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 30.2%
16-2 0.5% 40.4% 33.2% 7.2% 10.4 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.3 10.8%
15-3 1.2% 29.6% 25.4% 4.2% 11.1 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.8 5.6%
14-4 2.3% 15.2% 14.3% 0.9% 11.5 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.0 2.0 1.1%
13-5 3.6% 12.6% 12.6% 11.8 0.2 0.2 0.1 3.1
12-6 5.4% 9.6% 9.6% 12.1 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.0 4.9
11-7 7.0% 5.0% 5.0% 12.2 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.0 6.6
10-8 9.6% 3.0% 3.0% 12.6 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 9.3
9-9 9.9% 2.0% 2.0% 12.7 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.7
8-10 11.1% 0.9% 0.9% 13.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 11.0
7-11 11.6% 0.8% 0.8% 14.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 11.5
6-12 10.9% 0.4% 0.4% 15.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 10.8
5-13 9.1% 0.2% 0.2% 16.0 0.0 9.1
4-14 7.1% 0.1% 0.1% 16.0 0.0 7.1
3-15 5.6% 5.6
2-16 3.2% 3.2
1-17 1.3% 1.3
0-18 0.4% 0.4
Total 100% 3.1% 2.9% 0.2% 11.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 1.0 1.1 0.5 0.1 0.1 0.1 96.9 0.2%


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 0.0% 100.0% 3.0 100.0