Preseason Rankings
Georgia St.
Sun Belt
2025-26
Overall
Predictive Rating-6.9#283
Expected Predictive Rating+0.0#1
Pace71.8#76
Improvement--

Offense
Total Offense-2.5#244
First Shot--
After Offensive Rebound--
Layup/Dunks--
2 Pt Jumpshots--
3 Pt Jumpshots--
Freethrows--
Improvement--

Defense
Total Defense-4.4#309
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 1.1% 1.9% 0.6%
At-Large Bid if not Auto Qualifier 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Average Seed 14.7 13.8 14.4
.500 or above 14.4% 23.7% 8.2%
.500 or above in Conference 27.5% 36.5% 21.6%
Conference Champion 1.6% 2.5% 0.9%
Last Place in Conference 16.9% 12.0% 20.1%
First Four0.1% 0.1% 0.1%
First Round1.2% 1.9% 0.6%
Second Round0.0% 0.1% 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: Eastern Michigan (Away) - 39.9% chance of victory

Projected Seeding Not in Tournament  

Projected Record by Quad
QuadProjectedProjected Cumulative
Quad 1a0 - 10 - 1
Quad 1b0 - 10 - 2
Quad 20 - 30 - 4
Quad 32 - 83 - 13
Quad 47 - 710 - 19


Date Opponent Result/Prediction Record Conf Rating Offense Defense
  Nov 03, 2025 292   @ Eastern Michigan L 74-77 40%    
  Nov 07, 2025 45   @ Cincinnati L 59-81 2%    
  Nov 10, 2025 263   Presbyterian W 71-69 56%    
  Nov 17, 2025 69   @ Arizona St. L 66-84 5%    
  Nov 21, 2025 155   @ South Dakota St. L 72-82 19%    
  Nov 25, 2025 171   Samford L 76-82 30%    
  Nov 26, 2025 139   New Mexico St. L 65-73 22%    
  Dec 02, 2025 246   @ Mercer L 74-79 32%    
  Dec 05, 2025 146   @ Kennesaw St. L 72-83 18%    
  Dec 13, 2025 154   Jacksonville St. L 68-72 37%    
  Dec 18, 2025 243   @ Georgia Southern L 75-80 32%    
  Dec 20, 2025 204   @ Appalachian St. L 62-69 27%    
  Dec 31, 2025 185   @ Marshall L 71-79 24%    
  Jan 03, 2026 274   @ Coastal Carolina L 68-72 37%    
  Jan 08, 2026 204   Appalachian St. L 65-66 44%    
  Jan 10, 2026 185   Marshall L 74-76 42%    
  Jan 17, 2026 347   @ Louisiana Monroe W 74-72 57%    
  Jan 22, 2026 276   Southern Miss W 78-76 59%    
  Jan 24, 2026 137   Arkansas St. L 73-79 33%    
  Jan 29, 2026 233   @ Louisiana L 69-75 30%    
  Jan 31, 2026 167   @ South Alabama L 63-72 22%    
  Feb 04, 2026 130   Troy L 68-74 32%    
  Feb 12, 2026 132   @ James Madison L 66-78 16%    
  Feb 14, 2026 195   @ Old Dominion L 69-77 26%    
  Feb 19, 2026 243   Georgia Southern W 78-77 52%    
  Feb 21, 2026 132   James Madison L 69-75 32%    
  Feb 24, 2026 274   Coastal Carolina W 71-69 57%    
  Feb 27, 2026 195   Old Dominion L 72-74 44%    
Projected Record 9 - 19 7 - 11





Numbers in tables represent percent chance of outcome occurring.




Projected Sun Belt 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 0.1 0.3 0.5 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.0 1.6 1st
2nd 0.0 0.1 0.6 0.8 0.5 0.1 0.0 2.3 2nd
3rd 0.1 0.8 1.3 0.7 0.1 0.0 3.0 3rd
4th 0.0 0.6 1.9 1.0 0.2 0.0 3.7 4th
5th 0.0 0.5 2.0 1.7 0.4 0.0 4.6 5th
6th 0.0 0.3 2.2 2.3 0.5 0.0 5.4 6th
7th 0.0 0.2 1.6 3.4 1.2 0.0 6.3 7th
8th 0.1 1.2 3.9 2.0 0.1 7.3 8th
9th 0.0 1.0 4.0 3.6 0.5 0.0 9.1 9th
10th 0.0 0.9 3.6 4.3 0.9 0.0 9.7 10th
11th 0.0 0.8 3.5 5.1 1.5 0.1 11.2 11th
12th 0.1 1.1 3.9 5.1 2.1 0.2 12.6 12th
13th 0.2 1.9 4.3 4.5 1.9 0.3 0.0 13.0 13th
14th 0.8 2.3 3.2 2.6 1.1 0.2 0.0 10.2 14th
Total 0.8 2.5 5.2 8.1 10.3 11.6 12.1 11.5 10.3 8.7 6.4 5.0 3.4 2.0 1.2 0.5 0.2 0.1 0.0 Total



Sun Belt 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% 0.1    0.1
16-2 86.7% 0.2    0.2 0.0
15-3 78.9% 0.4    0.3 0.1 0.0
14-4 42.6% 0.5    0.2 0.2 0.1 0.0
13-5 15.4% 0.3    0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0
12-6 2.3% 0.1    0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
11-7 0.0%
10-8 0.0%
9-9 0.0%
Total 1.6% 1.6 0.8 0.5 0.2 0.1 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 0.1% 29.8% 29.8% 12.7 0.0 0.0 0.0
16-2 0.2% 26.8% 26.8% 12.6 0.0 0.0 0.2
15-3 0.5% 24.1% 24.1% 12.9 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.4
14-4 1.2% 21.8% 21.8% 13.7 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.9
13-5 2.0% 12.6% 12.6% 14.2 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 1.8
12-6 3.4% 4.9% 4.9% 16.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 3.3
11-7 5.0% 1.8% 1.8% 15.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.9
10-8 6.4% 1.1% 1.1% 16.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.3
9-9 8.7% 0.3% 0.3% 15.5 0.0 0.0 8.7
8-10 10.3% 0.4% 0.4% 21.0 0.0 0.0 10.3
7-11 11.5% 0.2% 0.2% 16.0 0.0 11.5
6-12 12.1% 12.1
5-13 11.6% 11.6
4-14 10.3% 10.3
3-15 8.1% 8.1
2-16 5.2% 5.2
1-17 2.5% 2.5
0-18 0.8% 0.8
Total 100% 1.1% 1.1% 0.0% 14.7 0.1 0.4 0.4 0.2 0.2 98.9 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 0.3%