Preseason Rankings
Florida International
Conference USA
2025-26
Overall
Predictive Rating-2.8#209
Expected Predictive Rating+0.0#1
Pace70.5#111
Improvement--

Offense
Total Offense-2.4#243
First Shot--
After Offensive Rebound--
Layup/Dunks--
2 Pt Jumpshots--
3 Pt Jumpshots--
Freethrows--
Improvement--

Defense
Total Defense-0.3#178
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 2.9% 5.5% 2.7%
At-Large Bid if not Auto Qualifier 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Average Seed 13.3 12.5 13.2
.500 or above 27.1% 56.3% 24.7%
.500 or above in Conference 31.8% 52.6% 30.1%
Conference Champion 2.9% 7.1% 2.6%
Last Place in Conference 19.8% 8.9% 20.6%
First Four0.2% 0.1% 0.2%
First Round2.9% 5.6% 2.7%
Second Round0.3% 0.8% 0.2%
Sweet Sixteen0.0% 0.3% 0.0%
Elite Eight0.0% 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: Nebraska (Away) - 7.5% chance of victory

Projected Seeding Not in Tournament  

Projected Record by Quad
QuadProjectedProjected Cumulative
Quad 1a0 - 10 - 1
Quad 1b0 - 20 - 3
Quad 21 - 41 - 7
Quad 34 - 85 - 14
Quad 47 - 412 - 18


Date Opponent Result/Prediction Record Conf Rating Offense Defense
  Nov 08, 2025 59   @ Nebraska L 65-80 7%    
  Nov 13, 2025 53   @ LSU L 64-80 7%    
  Nov 24, 2025 132   James Madison L 69-71 43%    
  Nov 26, 2025 177   Nebraska Omaha W 74-73 55%    
  Dec 03, 2025 175   Florida Gulf Coast W 69-68 56%    
  Dec 06, 2025 245   Jacksonville W 72-67 67%    
  Dec 16, 2025 55   @ Miami (FL) L 65-81 9%    
  Dec 20, 2025 297   LIU Brooklyn W 70-62 75%    
  Dec 28, 2025 100   Liberty L 66-71 33%    
  Jan 02, 2026 139   New Mexico St. L 66-67 46%    
  Jan 04, 2026 160   UTEP W 71-70 52%    
  Jan 07, 2026 154   @ Jacksonville St. L 64-70 31%    
  Jan 10, 2026 114   @ Missouri St. L 61-70 23%    
  Jan 14, 2026 146   @ Kennesaw St. L 72-79 28%    
  Jan 17, 2026 199   Sam Houston St. W 73-71 59%    
  Jan 22, 2026 160   @ UTEP L 68-73 32%    
  Jan 24, 2026 139   @ New Mexico St. L 63-70 27%    
  Jan 28, 2026 154   Jacksonville St. W 68-67 50%    
  Feb 04, 2026 151   @ Middle Tennessee L 68-74 30%    
  Feb 07, 2026 161   @ Western Kentucky L 73-78 34%    
  Feb 12, 2026 236   Delaware W 78-74 64%    
  Feb 14, 2026 144   Louisiana Tech L 66-67 47%    
  Feb 19, 2026 100   @ Liberty L 63-74 19%    
  Feb 21, 2026 114   Missouri St. L 64-67 40%    
  Feb 26, 2026 199   @ Sam Houston St. L 70-74 38%    
  Feb 28, 2026 144   @ Louisiana Tech L 63-70 29%    
  Mar 05, 2026 151   Middle Tennessee L 71-72 49%    
  Mar 07, 2026 161   Western Kentucky W 76-75 52%    
Projected Record 11 - 17 8 - 12





Numbers in tables represent percent chance of outcome occurring.




Projected Conference USA 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 0.1 0.4 0.8 0.7 0.5 0.3 0.0 0.0 2.9 1st
2nd 0.0 0.2 0.9 1.3 0.8 0.2 0.1 3.7 2nd
3rd 0.4 1.6 1.7 1.0 0.2 0.0 4.9 3rd
4th 0.0 0.5 2.1 2.2 1.0 0.2 0.0 6.0 4th
5th 0.0 0.3 2.1 3.0 1.3 0.1 0.0 6.9 5th
6th 0.3 2.2 3.4 1.4 0.2 7.4 6th
7th 0.0 0.4 2.2 3.8 2.1 0.3 8.7 7th
8th 0.0 0.3 2.3 4.4 2.6 0.3 0.0 10.1 8th
9th 0.0 0.6 2.4 4.4 2.8 0.6 0.0 11.0 9th
10th 0.0 0.1 0.8 3.1 4.3 2.9 0.6 0.0 11.7 10th
11th 0.0 0.5 1.8 3.7 4.0 2.3 0.7 0.0 13.0 11th
12th 0.6 1.6 3.0 3.7 3.0 1.3 0.4 0.0 13.7 12th
Total 0.6 1.7 3.5 5.6 7.6 9.0 9.7 10.7 10.4 9.5 8.5 7.2 5.5 3.9 3.0 1.8 1.0 0.6 0.3 0.0 0.0 Total



Conference USA Regular Season Championship

Record Champion Total Outright 2-Way 3-Way 4-Way 5-Way 6-Way 7-Way 8-Way
20-0 100.0% 0.0    0.0
19-1 100.0% 0.0    0.0
18-2 100.0% 0.3    0.3 0.0
17-3 83.5% 0.5    0.5 0.1 0.0
16-4 73.6% 0.7    0.5 0.2 0.0
15-5 41.7% 0.8    0.4 0.2 0.1 0.0
14-6 13.8% 0.4    0.1 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0
13-7 3.4% 0.1    0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
12-8 0.1% 0.0    0.0
11-9 0.0%
10-10 0.0%
Total 2.9% 2.9 1.8 0.7 0.3 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
20-0 0.0% 0.0
19-1 0.0% 57.6% 43.4% 14.1% 10.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 25.0%
18-2 0.3% 39.5% 37.2% 2.3% 11.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.2 3.7%
17-3 0.6% 35.5% 35.5% 11.6 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.4
16-4 1.0% 17.6% 17.6% 11.8 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.8
15-5 1.8% 20.1% 20.1% 12.2 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.0 1.5
14-6 3.0% 11.7% 11.7% 12.6 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 2.6
13-7 3.9% 8.5% 8.5% 13.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 3.6
12-8 5.5% 8.6% 8.6% 13.6 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 5.0
11-9 7.2% 3.7% 3.7% 14.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 6.9
10-10 8.5% 2.4% 2.4% 14.6 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 8.3
9-11 9.5% 1.8% 1.8% 15.8 0.0 0.1 0.1 9.3
8-12 10.4% 0.5% 0.5% 15.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 10.3
7-13 10.7% 0.8% 0.8% 20.0 0.1 10.6
6-14 9.7% 0.4% 0.4% 16.0 0.0 9.7
5-15 9.0% 0.1% 0.1% 16.0 0.0 9.0
4-16 7.6% 0.2% 0.2% 16.0 0.0 7.5
3-17 5.6% 5.6
2-18 3.5% 3.5
1-19 1.7% 1.7
0-20 0.6% 0.6
Total 100% 2.9% 2.9% 0.0% 13.3 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.8 0.7 0.5 0.3 0.3 97.1 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%