Preseason Rankings
Akron
Mid-American
2025-26
Overall
Predictive Rating+4.2#108
Expected Predictive Rating+0.0#1
Pace76.4#18
Improvement--

Offense
Total Offense+3.8#77
First Shot--
After Offensive Rebound--
Layup/Dunks--
2 Pt Jumpshots--
3 Pt Jumpshots--
Freethrows--
Improvement--

Defense
Total Defense+0.4#147
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 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
Top 6 Seed 0.2% 0.4% 0.0%
NCAA Tourney Bid 26.7% 29.6% 20.2%
At-Large Bid if not Auto Qualifier 0.2% 0.3% 0.1%
Average Seed 12.4 12.2 12.9
.500 or above 92.0% 95.6% 83.9%
.500 or above in Conference 95.2% 96.5% 92.1%
Conference Champion 40.7% 45.1% 30.9%
Last Place in Conference 0.1% 0.0% 0.3%
First Four0.2% 0.2% 0.2%
First Round26.8% 29.7% 20.3%
Second Round4.3% 4.9% 3.1%
Sweet Sixteen0.9% 1.1% 0.6%
Elite Eight0.1% 0.2% 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: James Madison (Home) - 69.4% chance of victory

Projected Seeding 13 seed  

Projected Record by Quad
QuadProjectedProjected Cumulative
Quad 1a0 - 10 - 1
Quad 1b0 - 00 - 1
Quad 21 - 11 - 3
Quad 35 - 36 - 6
Quad 414 - 220 - 8


Date Opponent Result/Prediction Record Conf Rating Offense Defense
  Nov 03, 2025 132   James Madison W 77-72 69%    
  Nov 08, 2025 179   Princeton W 79-71 78%    
  Nov 16, 2025 2   @ Purdue L 66-88 2%    
  Nov 21, 2025 208   Iona W 81-74 74%    
  Nov 29, 2025 216   Wisconsin-Milwaukee W 83-73 82%    
  Dec 03, 2025 286   Bucknell W 83-69 89%    
  Dec 06, 2025 115   @ Tulane L 76-78 42%    
  Dec 13, 2025 129   Murray St. W 74-72 57%    
  Dec 19, 2025 292   Eastern Michigan W 86-71 89%    
  Jan 03, 2026 125   @ Miami (OH) L 79-80 47%    
  Jan 06, 2026 299   Central Michigan W 83-68 90%    
  Jan 10, 2026 212   @ Bowling Green W 80-76 63%    
  Jan 13, 2026 247   Ball St. W 83-71 84%    
  Jan 17, 2026 282   Western Michigan W 85-71 88%    
  Jan 20, 2026 337   @ Buffalo W 86-74 85%    
  Jan 24, 2026 152   @ Ohio W 82-81 53%    
  Jan 27, 2026 196   Toledo W 86-77 78%    
  Jan 31, 2026 127   Kent St. W 77-72 66%    
  Feb 03, 2026 292   @ Eastern Michigan W 83-74 76%    
  Feb 14, 2026 170   Massachusetts W 84-76 75%    
  Feb 17, 2026 282   @ Western Michigan W 82-74 75%    
  Feb 21, 2026 247   @ Ball St. W 80-74 69%    
  Feb 24, 2026 337   Buffalo W 89-71 93%    
  Feb 28, 2026 127   @ Kent St. L 74-75 47%    
  Mar 03, 2026 299   @ Central Michigan W 80-71 76%    
  Mar 06, 2026 314   Northern Illinois W 87-71 91%    
Projected Record 18 - 8 13 - 5





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 1.6 5.9 9.8 11.3 8.4 3.5 40.7 1st
2nd 0.0 0.2 2.0 5.6 7.1 4.2 1.0 0.1 20.2 2nd
3rd 0.1 1.6 4.4 4.8 2.0 0.2 13.2 3rd
4th 0.1 0.9 3.5 3.5 0.9 0.0 8.9 4th
5th 0.0 0.6 2.5 2.5 0.7 0.0 6.4 5th
6th 0.0 0.2 1.2 1.8 0.5 0.0 3.9 6th
7th 0.1 0.8 1.2 0.4 0.0 2.6 7th
8th 0.1 0.4 0.9 0.4 0.0 1.8 8th
9th 0.0 0.2 0.5 0.4 0.0 1.1 9th
10th 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.7 10th
11th 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.3 11th
12th 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 12th
13th 0.0 0.0 0.0 13th
Total 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.8 1.3 2.3 3.5 5.8 8.4 10.8 13.0 15.1 14.3 12.4 8.5 3.5 Total



Mid-American Regular Season Championship

Record Champion Total Outright 2-Way 3-Way 4-Way 5-Way 6-Way 7-Way 8-Way
18-0 100.0% 3.5    3.5
17-1 99.3% 8.4    8.0 0.4
16-2 91.6% 11.3    9.1 2.2 0.1
15-3 69.1% 9.8    6.0 3.4 0.5 0.0
14-4 39.4% 5.9    2.1 2.8 1.0 0.1
13-5 12.0% 1.6    0.3 0.6 0.5 0.1 0.0
12-6 1.5% 0.2    0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0
11-7 0.1% 0.0    0.0
10-8 0.0%
9-9 0.0%
Total 40.7% 40.7 28.9 9.5 2.1 0.3 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 3.5% 69.5% 66.4% 3.1% 10.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 1.3 0.3 0.0 1.1 9.1%
17-1 8.5% 53.7% 53.4% 0.3% 11.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 2.0 1.9 0.3 0.0 3.9 0.7%
16-2 12.4% 44.1% 44.0% 0.1% 12.0 0.0 0.0 1.2 3.0 1.1 0.2 0.0 6.9 0.1%
15-3 14.3% 33.5% 33.5% 0.0% 12.5 0.4 2.2 1.7 0.5 0.0 9.5 0.1%
14-4 15.1% 25.5% 25.5% 12.9 0.0 1.2 1.7 0.8 0.1 0.0 11.3
13-5 13.0% 19.5% 19.5% 13.6 0.3 1.0 0.9 0.3 0.0 10.4
12-6 10.8% 14.8% 14.8% 13.8 0.2 0.5 0.6 0.3 0.1 9.2
11-7 8.4% 11.4% 11.4% 14.6 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.1 7.4
10-8 5.8% 7.8% 7.8% 16.3 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.1 5.3
9-9 3.5% 4.2% 4.2% 15.6 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 3.4
8-10 2.3% 0.6% 0.6% 15.0 0.0 2.3
7-11 1.3% 1.1% 1.1% 15.5 0.0 0.0 1.3
6-12 0.8% 0.9% 0.9% 15.0 0.0 0.8
5-13 0.3% 0.3
4-14 0.1% 0.1
3-15 0.1% 0.1
2-16
1-17 0.0% 0.0
0-18
Total 100% 26.7% 26.6% 0.1% 12.4 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.5 4.9 9.2 6.5 3.5 1.3 0.3 73.3 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 0.1% 100.0% 5.4 33.7 33.1 16.6 8.3 8.3
Win Out, Lose in Conf. Tourney Championship 0.0% 50.0% 9.0 50.0
Win Out, Lose in Conf. Tourney Semi-Final 0.0% 40.0% 8.5 20.0 20.0