Preseason Rankings
Maryland
Big Ten
2025-26
Overall
Predictive Rating+12.7#40
Expected Predictive Rating+0.0#1
Pace72.6#64
Improvement--

Offense
Total Offense+5.3#56
First Shot--
After Offensive Rebound--
Layup/Dunks--
2 Pt Jumpshots--
3 Pt Jumpshots--
Freethrows--
Improvement--

Defense
Total Defense+7.4#18
First Shot--
After Offensive Rebounds--
Layups/Dunks--
2 Pt Jumpshots--
3 Pt Jumpshots--
Freethrows--
Improvement--
NowWin NextLose Next
#1 Overall Seed 0.2% 0.2% 0.0%
#1 Seed 1.3% 1.3% 0.0%
Top 2 Seed 3.5% 3.6% 0.0%
Top 4 Seed 12.3% 12.3% 1.8%
Top 6 Seed 24.6% 24.6% 5.5%
NCAA Tourney Bid 52.4% 52.6% 18.3%
At-Large Bid if not Auto Qualifier 51.4% 51.5% 18.3%
Average Seed 6.6 6.6 7.8
.500 or above 68.7% 68.9% 27.5%
.500 or above in Conference 51.1% 51.2% 20.2%
Conference Champion 2.4% 2.4% 0.0%
Last Place in Conference 4.0% 3.9% 14.8%
First Four5.3% 5.3% 3.7%
First Round49.7% 49.9% 16.5%
Second Round33.2% 33.3% 9.2%
Sweet Sixteen13.7% 13.7% 1.8%
Elite Eight5.4% 5.4% 1.8%
Final Four2.2% 2.2% 0.0%
Championship Game1.0% 1.0% 0.0%
National Champion0.3% 0.3% 0.0%

Next Game: Coppin St. (Neutral) - 99.6% chance of victory

Projected Seeding 9 seed  

Projected Record by Quad
QuadProjectedProjected Cumulative
Quad 1a2 - 72 - 7
Quad 1b3 - 35 - 11
Quad 25 - 210 - 13
Quad 33 - 013 - 14
Quad 45 - 018 - 14


Date Opponent Result/Prediction Record Conf Rating Offense Defense
  Nov 03, 2025 361   Coppin St. W 84-56 99.6%   
  Nov 07, 2025 68   Georgetown W 76-69 74%    
  Nov 11, 2025 323   Alcorn St. W 81-56 99%    
  Nov 15, 2025 43   @ Marquette L 71-73 41%    
  Nov 19, 2025 270   Mount St. Mary's W 82-60 97%    
  Nov 24, 2025 86   UNLV W 73-67 71%    
  Nov 25, 2025 18   Gonzaga L 76-80 36%    
  Dec 02, 2025 335   Wagner W 74-48 99%    
  Dec 06, 2025 34   @ Iowa L 75-79 37%    
  Dec 13, 2025 6   Michigan L 73-77 36%    
  Dec 20, 2025 44   @ Virginia L 64-66 41%    
  Dec 28, 2025 195   Old Dominion W 80-62 94%    
  Jan 02, 2026 28   Oregon W 73-72 54%    
  Jan 07, 2026 33   Indiana W 74-72 57%    
  Jan 10, 2026 13   @ UCLA L 65-73 25%    
  Jan 13, 2026 29   @ USC L 72-77 35%    
  Jan 18, 2026 90   Penn St. W 80-70 79%    
  Jan 21, 2026 15   @ Illinois L 75-83 25%    
  Jan 24, 2026 21   @ Michigan St. L 68-74 31%    
  Feb 01, 2026 2   Purdue L 68-76 25%    
  Feb 05, 2026 27   Ohio St. W 74-73 53%    
  Feb 08, 2026 87   @ Minnesota W 69-65 62%    
  Feb 11, 2026 34   Iowa W 78-76 57%    
  Feb 15, 2026 82   @ Rutgers W 74-71 60%    
  Feb 18, 2026 72   @ Northwestern W 70-68 56%    
  Feb 21, 2026 48   Washington W 76-72 64%    
  Feb 25, 2026 59   @ Nebraska W 74-73 50%    
  Mar 01, 2026 82   Rutgers W 77-68 77%    
  Mar 04, 2026 26   @ Wisconsin L 71-76 32%    
  Mar 08, 2026 15   Illinois L 78-80 44%    
Projected Record 17 - 13 10 - 10





Numbers in tables represent percent chance of outcome occurring.




Projected Big Ten 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 0.3 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.2 0.0 2.4 1st
2nd 0.0 0.1 0.5 1.2 1.1 0.4 0.1 3.4 2nd
3rd 0.0 0.7 1.9 1.7 0.5 0.0 0.0 4.9 3rd
4th 0.0 0.5 2.0 2.1 0.7 0.1 5.5 4th
5th 0.4 2.0 2.5 0.8 0.1 0.0 5.8 5th
6th 0.1 1.7 3.2 1.3 0.2 0.0 6.5 6th
7th 0.0 1.1 3.4 2.4 0.3 0.0 7.3 7th
8th 0.0 0.6 2.9 3.3 0.7 0.0 7.5 8th
9th 0.2 2.0 3.7 1.5 0.1 7.5 9th
10th 0.1 1.2 3.8 2.2 0.3 7.5 10th
11th 0.0 0.5 3.1 2.9 0.6 0.0 7.2 11th
12th 0.2 2.1 3.4 1.0 0.1 6.9 12th
13th 0.1 1.2 3.0 1.7 0.1 6.2 13th
14th 0.1 0.8 2.6 2.2 0.4 0.0 6.1 14th
15th 0.0 0.5 1.9 2.2 0.7 0.0 5.4 15th
16th 0.0 0.5 1.3 1.7 0.8 0.1 4.4 16th
17th 0.0 0.3 1.1 1.4 0.5 0.1 3.5 17th
18th 0.1 0.3 0.7 0.7 0.3 0.1 0.0 2.1 18th
Total 0.1 0.3 1.0 2.3 3.6 5.1 7.2 8.7 10.0 10.5 10.7 10.6 9.0 7.0 5.4 3.9 2.3 1.2 0.7 0.2 0.0 Total



Big Ten 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% 0.2    0.2 0.0
18-2 80.8% 0.5    0.4 0.1
17-3 62.0% 0.7    0.4 0.3 0.0 0.0
16-4 26.2% 0.6    0.2 0.3 0.1 0.0
15-5 6.6% 0.3    0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0
14-6 0.9% 0.0    0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
13-7 0.0%
12-8 0.0%
11-9 0.0%
10-10 0.0%
Total 2.4% 2.4 1.2 0.8 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
20-0 0.0% 100.0% 50.0% 50.0% 1.3 0.0 0.0 100.0%
19-1 0.2% 100.0% 21.0% 79.0% 1.2 0.1 0.0 100.0%
18-2 0.7% 100.0% 19.2% 80.8% 1.7 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.0 100.0%
17-3 1.2% 100.0% 15.8% 84.2% 2.2 0.3 0.5 0.3 0.1 0.0 100.0%
16-4 2.3% 100.0% 11.5% 88.5% 2.9 0.3 0.6 0.8 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.0 100.0%
15-5 3.9% 100.0% 10.5% 89.5% 3.7 0.2 0.6 1.1 1.1 0.7 0.3 0.1 0.0 100.0%
14-6 5.4% 99.7% 5.6% 94.2% 4.6 0.0 0.2 1.0 1.6 1.2 0.9 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 99.7%
13-7 7.0% 99.4% 3.6% 95.8% 5.7 0.0 0.1 0.5 1.0 1.6 1.7 1.1 0.6 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.0 99.4%
12-8 9.0% 96.7% 2.0% 94.7% 6.8 0.0 0.1 0.5 1.2 1.9 2.1 1.6 0.9 0.4 0.0 0.3 96.7%
11-9 10.6% 88.8% 1.1% 87.6% 7.8 0.0 0.1 0.5 1.2 2.1 2.3 1.6 1.1 0.4 0.0 1.2 88.6%
10-10 10.7% 71.5% 1.1% 70.4% 8.7 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.5 0.9 1.6 1.6 1.8 1.0 0.0 3.0 71.2%
9-11 10.5% 40.9% 0.4% 40.5% 9.6 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.4 1.0 1.4 1.1 0.1 6.2 40.6%
8-12 10.0% 14.2% 0.1% 14.0% 10.3 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.7 0.1 8.6 14.1%
7-13 8.7% 2.6% 0.2% 2.5% 10.9 0.0 0.1 0.0 8.5 2.5%
6-14 7.2% 0.1% 0.1% 11.0 0.0 7.2 0.1%
5-15 5.1% 5.1
4-16 3.6% 3.6
3-17 2.3% 2.3
2-18 1.0% 1.0
1-19 0.3% 0.3
0-20 0.1% 0.1
Total 100% 52.4% 2.1% 50.3% 6.6 1.3 2.3 3.8 4.9 5.7 6.6 6.8 6.7 5.6 5.2 3.3 0.2 47.6 51.4%