Preseason Rankings
Charlotte
American Athletic
2025-26
Overall
Predictive Rating-2.1#192
Expected Predictive Rating+0.0#1
Pace63.2#309
Improvement--

Offense
Total Offense-0.5#182
First Shot--
After Offensive Rebound--
Layup/Dunks--
2 Pt Jumpshots--
3 Pt Jumpshots--
Freethrows--
Improvement--

Defense
Total Defense-1.6#222
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 1.2% 1.5% 0.8%
At-Large Bid if not Auto Qualifier 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Average Seed 12.5 12.3 12.7
.500 or above 29.7% 39.1% 17.2%
.500 or above in Conference 28.3% 34.0% 20.7%
Conference Champion 1.6% 2.2% 0.8%
Last Place in Conference 21.6% 16.7% 28.3%
First Four0.0% 0.1% 0.0%
First Round1.2% 1.5% 0.7%
Second Round0.1% 0.2% 0.0%
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: Indiana St. (Home) - 57.3% chance of victory

Projected Seeding Not in Tournament  

Projected Record by Quad
QuadProjectedProjected Cumulative
Quad 1a0 - 10 - 1
Quad 1b0 - 20 - 2
Quad 21 - 51 - 7
Quad 35 - 86 - 15
Quad 47 - 313 - 18


Date Opponent Result/Prediction Record Conf Rating Offense Defense
  Nov 03, 2025 173   Indiana St. W 76-74 57%    
  Nov 07, 2025 324   Tennessee Tech W 75-64 85%    
  Nov 11, 2025 145   Davidson W 68-67 50%    
  Nov 16, 2025 76   @ Virginia Tech L 61-73 13%    
  Nov 21, 2025 204   @ Appalachian St. L 60-63 40%    
  Nov 27, 2025 105   Illinois St. L 66-73 28%    
  Dec 03, 2025 349   N.C. A&T W 77-64 88%    
  Dec 07, 2025 54   Utah St. L 67-76 21%    
  Dec 14, 2025 123   @ College of Charleston L 69-76 26%    
  Dec 18, 2025 308   Lafayette W 70-61 78%    
  Dec 21, 2025 153   Illinois-Chicago W 71-70 52%    
  Dec 31, 2025 133   Temple L 71-72 47%    
  Jan 03, 2026 122   Wichita St. L 70-71 44%    
  Jan 07, 2026 168   @ Texas San Antonio L 70-74 35%    
  Jan 11, 2026 172   @ Rice L 66-70 37%    
  Jan 14, 2026 150   Tulsa W 69-68 52%    
  Jan 18, 2026 158   @ East Carolina L 65-70 34%    
  Jan 25, 2026 115   Tulane L 68-70 41%    
  Jan 28, 2026 133   @ Temple L 68-75 28%    
  Jan 31, 2026 172   Rice W 69-67 56%    
  Feb 04, 2026 122   @ Wichita St. L 67-74 27%    
  Feb 08, 2026 51   @ Memphis L 64-80 9%    
  Feb 15, 2026 168   Texas San Antonio W 73-71 55%    
  Feb 18, 2026 150   @ Tulsa L 65-71 33%    
  Feb 21, 2026 158   East Carolina W 68-67 54%    
  Feb 25, 2026 88   North Texas L 57-62 34%    
  Mar 01, 2026 140   @ Florida Atlantic L 69-75 30%    
  Mar 04, 2026 103   UAB L 70-74 36%    
  Mar 08, 2026 95   @ South Florida L 64-75 19%    
Projected Record 12 - 17 7 - 11





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 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.0 1.6 1st
2nd 0.0 0.3 0.9 1.1 0.6 0.2 0.0 3.2 2nd
3rd 0.0 0.4 1.4 1.6 0.8 0.1 0.0 4.2 3rd
4th 0.0 0.3 1.8 2.1 0.8 0.1 0.0 5.1 4th
5th 0.2 1.9 2.8 1.1 0.1 0.0 6.1 5th
6th 0.1 1.5 3.5 1.3 0.1 6.5 6th
7th 0.0 1.0 4.0 2.5 0.3 7.9 7th
8th 0.0 0.8 3.7 3.4 0.5 0.0 8.5 8th
9th 0.0 0.5 3.1 4.4 1.0 0.0 9.1 9th
10th 0.5 3.0 5.2 1.7 0.1 10.5 10th
11th 0.0 0.6 2.9 4.7 2.5 0.2 0.0 11.0 11th
12th 0.1 0.9 3.2 4.7 2.8 0.4 0.0 12.1 12th
13th 0.7 2.8 4.3 4.1 2.0 0.4 0.0 14.3 13th
Total 0.7 2.9 5.2 7.9 10.1 11.4 12.0 11.1 10.2 8.9 6.6 5.0 3.5 2.2 1.3 0.6 0.2 0.0 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
17-1 100.0% 0.0    0.0
16-2 87.2% 0.2    0.2 0.0 0.0
15-3 61.3% 0.4    0.2 0.1
14-4 43.7% 0.6    0.2 0.3 0.1
13-5 14.5% 0.3    0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0
12-6 1.8% 0.1    0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
11-7 0.1% 0.0    0.0
10-8 0.0%
9-9 0.0%
Total 1.6% 1.6 0.8 0.5 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
18-0 0.0% 0.0
17-1 0.0% 28.3% 14.1% 14.1% 9.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 16.5%
16-2 0.2% 22.4% 22.4% 10.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2
15-3 0.6% 13.0% 11.8% 1.2% 11.3 0.1 0.0 0.5 1.3%
14-4 1.3% 14.7% 14.7% 11.7 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 1.1
13-5 2.2% 9.2% 9.2% 11.8 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 2.0
12-6 3.5% 5.1% 5.1% 12.3 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 3.3
11-7 5.0% 3.9% 3.9% 12.8 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 4.8
10-8 6.6% 2.1% 2.1% 13.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 6.5
9-9 8.9% 0.7% 0.7% 13.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 8.8
8-10 10.2% 0.4% 0.4% 14.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 10.2
7-11 11.1% 0.2% 0.2% 14.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 11.1
6-12 12.0% 0.2% 0.2% 21.0 0.0 0.0 12.0
5-13 11.4% 0.1% 0.1% 15.5 0.0 0.0 11.4
4-14 10.1% 0.1% 0.1% 16.0 0.0 10.1
3-15 7.9% 7.9
2-16 5.2% 5.2
1-17 2.9% 2.9
0-18 0.7% 0.7
Total 100% 1.2% 1.2% 0.0% 12.5 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.5 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.0 98.8 0.0%