Preseason Rankings
Idaho
Big Sky
2025-26
Overall
Predictive Rating-4.3#239
Expected Predictive Rating+0.0#1
Pace66.0#231
Improvement--

Offense
Total Offense+0.1#159
First Shot--
After Offensive Rebound--
Layup/Dunks--
2 Pt Jumpshots--
3 Pt Jumpshots--
Freethrows--
Improvement--

Defense
Total Defense-4.4#308
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 8.6% 14.1% 7.3%
At-Large Bid if not Auto Qualifier 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Average Seed 15.2 14.0 14.7
.500 or above 37.8% 60.5% 32.6%
.500 or above in Conference 56.7% 71.8% 53.3%
Conference Champion 10.6% 17.3% 9.0%
Last Place in Conference 9.3% 3.7% 10.6%
First Four1.4% 1.0% 1.5%
First Round8.4% 14.1% 7.1%
Second Round0.3% 0.7% 0.2%
Sweet Sixteen0.0% 0.2% 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: Washington St. (Away) - 18.7% chance of victory

Projected Seeding Not in Tournament  

Projected Record by Quad
QuadProjectedProjected Cumulative
Quad 1a0 - 00 - 0
Quad 1b0 - 10 - 1
Quad 20 - 20 - 3
Quad 33 - 73 - 10
Quad 410 - 613 - 16


Date Opponent Result/Prediction Record Conf Rating Offense Defense
  Nov 03, 2025 128   @ Washington St. L 72-81 19%    
  Nov 12, 2025 180   @ San Diego L 74-80 29%    
  Nov 15, 2025 119   @ UC San Diego L 65-75 19%    
  Nov 26, 2025 176   Cal St. Northridge L 76-79 39%    
  Nov 28, 2025 199   Sam Houston St. L 72-74 42%    
  Dec 03, 2025 315   North Dakota W 79-71 75%    
  Dec 06, 2025 155   @ South Dakota St. L 71-78 26%    
  Dec 10, 2025 63   @ Notre Dame L 61-77 7%    
  Dec 21, 2025 253   @ Cal Poly L 80-82 42%    
  Dec 23, 2025 234   @ Cal St. Bakersfield L 69-72 39%    
  Jan 03, 2026 259   Eastern Washington W 75-71 64%    
  Jan 08, 2026 183   Montana W 73-72 51%    
  Jan 10, 2026 147   Montana St. L 69-71 43%    
  Jan 14, 2026 287   Idaho St. W 73-67 69%    
  Jan 17, 2026 281   @ Weber St. L 69-70 48%    
  Jan 22, 2026 279   Sacramento St. W 72-67 67%    
  Jan 24, 2026 217   Portland St. W 72-70 56%    
  Jan 29, 2026 194   @ Northern Colorado L 72-77 34%    
  Jan 31, 2026 254   @ Northern Arizona L 71-73 42%    
  Feb 05, 2026 147   @ Montana St. L 66-74 26%    
  Feb 07, 2026 183   @ Montana L 70-76 32%    
  Feb 12, 2026 281   Weber St. W 72-67 68%    
  Feb 14, 2026 287   Idaho St. W 73-67 68%    
  Feb 19, 2026 217   @ Portland St. L 69-73 37%    
  Feb 21, 2026 279   @ Sacramento St. L 69-70 48%    
  Feb 26, 2026 254   Northern Arizona W 74-70 62%    
  Feb 28, 2026 194   Northern Colorado W 75-74 53%    
  Mar 02, 2026 259   @ Eastern Washington L 72-74 44%    
Projected Record 12 - 16 9 - 9





Numbers in tables represent percent chance of outcome occurring.




Projected Big Sky 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 0.2 0.8 1.9 2.7 2.6 1.6 0.7 0.1 10.6 1st
2nd 0.2 1.7 3.5 3.4 1.8 0.5 0.0 11.2 2nd
3rd 0.4 2.2 4.4 3.4 1.0 0.1 0.0 11.6 3rd
4th 0.0 0.3 2.1 5.1 3.0 0.6 0.0 11.1 4th
5th 0.2 2.6 5.1 2.9 0.5 0.0 11.4 5th
6th 0.0 0.3 2.2 4.9 3.1 0.5 0.0 11.0 6th
7th 0.0 0.4 2.2 4.7 2.4 0.3 0.0 10.0 7th
8th 0.0 0.4 2.2 4.1 2.5 0.3 9.5 8th
9th 0.0 0.2 0.8 2.1 2.9 1.5 0.3 0.0 7.8 9th
10th 0.1 0.6 1.1 1.9 1.4 0.6 0.1 5.8 10th
Total 0.1 0.6 1.3 2.7 3.9 6.2 8.2 9.8 10.5 11.0 10.9 9.8 8.4 6.4 4.7 3.2 1.6 0.7 0.1 Total



Big Sky 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% 0.1    0.1
17-1 100.0% 0.7    0.7 0.0
16-2 97.0% 1.6    1.4 0.2
15-3 83.8% 2.6    2.0 0.6 0.0
14-4 58.3% 2.7    1.5 1.1 0.1 0.0
13-5 29.6% 1.9    0.8 0.8 0.3 0.0
12-6 9.1% 0.8    0.1 0.3 0.2 0.2
11-7 1.6% 0.2    0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0
10-8 0.0%
9-9 0.0%
Total 10.6% 10.6 6.6 3.0 0.6 0.3 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 0.1% 45.9% 45.9% 11.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
17-1 0.7% 42.6% 42.6% 12.5 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.4
16-2 1.6% 45.0% 45.0% 12.8 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.9
15-3 3.2% 31.9% 31.9% 13.7 0.1 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.0 2.2
14-4 4.7% 26.1% 26.1% 14.3 0.1 0.3 0.5 0.4 0.1 3.5
13-5 6.4% 19.1% 19.1% 14.9 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.5 0.1 5.2
12-6 8.4% 14.1% 14.1% 15.3 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.5 0.2 7.2
11-7 9.8% 11.8% 11.8% 17.3 0.0 0.2 0.5 0.6 8.6
10-8 10.9% 5.7% 5.7% 16.5 0.1 0.2 0.4 10.2
9-9 11.0% 5.0% 5.0% 17.3 0.0 0.1 0.5 10.5
8-10 10.5% 2.4% 2.4% 17.1 0.0 0.2 10.2
7-11 9.8% 2.1% 2.1% 16.5 0.0 0.2 9.6
6-12 8.2% 0.6% 0.6% 16.0 0.1 8.1
5-13 6.2% 0.5% 0.5% 16.0 0.0 6.1
4-14 3.9% 0.5% 0.5% 16.0 0.0 3.9
3-15 2.7% 0.3% 0.3% 16.0 0.0 2.7
2-16 1.3% 1.3
1-17 0.6% 0.6
0-18 0.1% 0.1
Total 100% 8.6% 8.6% 0.0% 15.2 0.0 0.1 0.6 1.4 2.0 2.5 2.3 91.4 0.0%