Preseason Rankings
Cal Poly
Big West
2025-26
Overall
Predictive Rating-4.9#253
Expected Predictive Rating+0.0#1
Pace84.6#2
Improvement--

Offense
Total Offense-0.6#185
First Shot--
After Offensive Rebound--
Layup/Dunks--
2 Pt Jumpshots--
3 Pt Jumpshots--
Freethrows--
Improvement--

Defense
Total Defense-4.2#306
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 2.2% 5.6% 2.2%
At-Large Bid if not Auto Qualifier 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Average Seed 14.0 13.1 13.7
.500 or above 19.1% 51.6% 18.4%
.500 or above in Conference 36.2% 62.1% 35.7%
Conference Champion 2.2% 8.7% 2.0%
Last Place in Conference 11.8% 3.1% 12.0%
First Four0.2% 0.3% 0.2%
First Round2.2% 5.6% 2.2%
Second Round0.1% 0.0% 0.1%
Sweet Sixteen0.0% 0.0% 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: USC (Away) - 2.0% chance of victory

Projected Seeding Not in Tournament  

Projected Record by Quad
QuadProjectedProjected Cumulative
Quad 1a0 - 20 - 2
Quad 1b0 - 10 - 3
Quad 20 - 41 - 7
Quad 33 - 73 - 14
Quad 48 - 511 - 20


Date Opponent Result/Prediction Record Conf Rating Offense Defense
  Nov 03, 2025 29   @ USC L 72-94 2%    
  Nov 08, 2025 121   @ Seattle L 71-81 17%    
  Nov 12, 2025 98   @ Colorado St. L 72-85 12%    
  Nov 14, 2025 183   @ Montana L 78-84 29%    
  Nov 20, 2025 89   @ Utah L 76-90 12%    
  Nov 24, 2025 254   @ Northern Arizona L 79-82 40%    
  Nov 25, 2025 228   Southeast Missouri St. L 80-81 47%    
  Dec 04, 2025 336   @ Cal St. Fullerton W 81-78 59%    
  Dec 06, 2025 256   UC Riverside W 82-79 61%    
  Dec 16, 2025 147   Montana St. L 77-80 41%    
  Dec 19, 2025 13   @ UCLA L 64-90 1%    
  Dec 21, 2025 239   Idaho W 82-80 58%    
  Jan 01, 2026 119   UC San Diego L 76-80 35%    
  Jan 03, 2026 264   @ Long Beach St. L 75-77 42%    
  Jan 08, 2026 176   @ Cal St. Northridge L 83-90 29%    
  Jan 10, 2026 255   UC Davis W 79-76 61%    
  Jan 15, 2026 141   Hawaii L 76-79 40%    
  Jan 22, 2026 126   @ UC Santa Barbara L 74-84 20%    
  Jan 24, 2026 336   Cal St. Fullerton W 84-75 77%    
  Jan 29, 2026 234   @ Cal St. Bakersfield L 77-81 38%    
  Jan 31, 2026 256   @ UC Riverside L 79-82 42%    
  Feb 05, 2026 176   Cal St. Northridge L 86-87 47%    
  Feb 07, 2026 255   @ UC Davis L 76-79 41%    
  Feb 12, 2026 92   UC Irvine L 76-84 27%    
  Feb 14, 2026 126   UC Santa Barbara L 77-81 38%    
  Feb 20, 2026 141   @ Hawaii L 73-82 22%    
  Feb 26, 2026 264   Long Beach St. W 78-74 62%    
  Feb 28, 2026 119   @ UC San Diego L 73-83 20%    
  Mar 05, 2026 92   @ UC Irvine L 73-87 13%    
  Mar 07, 2026 234   Cal St. Bakersfield W 80-78 57%    
Projected Record 11 - 19 8 - 12





Numbers in tables represent percent chance of outcome occurring.




Projected Big West 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 0.2 0.5 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.1 2.2 1st
2nd 0.0 0.2 0.9 1.4 1.1 0.6 0.1 0.0 4.3 2nd
3rd 0.0 0.3 1.5 2.2 1.1 0.5 0.0 5.6 3rd
4th 0.0 0.8 2.7 2.8 1.6 0.4 8.3 4th
5th 0.1 1.0 3.4 3.7 1.5 0.2 0.0 10.0 5th
6th 0.0 0.2 1.7 4.1 4.0 1.5 0.1 0.0 11.5 6th
7th 0.0 0.4 2.0 4.8 3.9 1.3 0.1 12.5 7th
8th 0.0 0.6 2.6 4.8 4.1 1.1 0.1 13.2 8th
9th 0.1 1.1 3.4 4.9 3.1 0.8 0.1 13.5 9th
10th 0.3 1.7 3.5 3.6 1.9 0.4 0.0 11.4 10th
11th 0.2 1.0 1.8 2.0 1.7 0.6 0.1 0.0 7.6 11th
Total 0.2 1.0 2.2 3.8 6.3 8.3 10.0 10.4 11.5 10.2 9.6 8.4 6.1 4.9 3.1 2.1 1.2 0.5 0.3 0.1 Total



Big West 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% 0.1    0.1
18-2 95.9% 0.3    0.3 0.0
17-3 84.0% 0.4    0.3 0.1 0.0
16-4 48.8% 0.6    0.3 0.2 0.1
15-5 24.5% 0.5    0.2 0.2 0.1 0.0
14-6 7.6% 0.2    0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0
13-7 0.4% 0.0    0.0 0.0
12-8 0.0%
11-9 0.0%
10-10 0.0%
Total 2.2% 2.2 1.3 0.6 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
20-0
19-1 0.1% 33.3% 33.3% 11.0 0.0 0.0
18-2 0.3% 39.7% 35.4% 4.3% 12.3 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 6.6%
17-3 0.5% 37.6% 37.6% 12.2 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.3
16-4 1.2% 24.7% 24.7% 12.7 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.9
15-5 2.1% 16.9% 16.9% 13.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.0 1.8
14-6 3.1% 11.2% 11.2% 14.3 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 2.7
13-7 4.9% 5.2% 5.2% 13.9 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 4.6
12-8 6.1% 4.1% 4.1% 14.3 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 5.8
11-9 8.4% 2.6% 2.6% 16.8 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 8.2
10-10 9.6% 1.2% 1.2% 17.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 9.5
9-11 10.2% 0.5% 0.5% 20.2 0.0 0.0 10.1
8-12 11.5% 0.2% 0.2% 16.0 0.0 11.5
7-13 10.4% 10.4
6-14 10.0% 0.0% 0.0% 16.0 0.0 10.0
5-15 8.3% 8.3
4-16 6.3% 6.3
3-17 3.8% 3.8
2-18 2.2% 2.2
1-19 1.0% 1.0
0-20 0.2% 0.2
Total 100% 2.2% 2.2% 0.0% 14.0 0.1 0.4 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.2 97.8 0.0%


Optimistic / Pessimistic Scenarios

ChanceTourney
Bid
Avg
Seed
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Lose Out 0.1%