Preseason Rankings
Mississippi Valley
Southwestern Athletic
2025-26
Overall
Predictive Rating-24.6#365
Expected Predictive Rating+0.0#1
Pace63.3#306
Improvement--

Offense
Total Offense-14.5#365
First Shot--
After Offensive Rebound--
Layup/Dunks--
2 Pt Jumpshots--
3 Pt Jumpshots--
Freethrows--
Improvement--

Defense
Total Defense-10.1#364
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 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
At-Large Bid if not Auto Qualifier 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Average Seed 16.0 n/a 16.0
.500 or above 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
.500 or above in Conference 0.2% 0.0% 0.2%
Conference Champion 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Last Place in Conference 60.4% 16.6% 60.4%
First Four0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
First Round0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Second Round0.0% 0.0% 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: UAB (Away) - 0.1% chance of victory

Projected Seeding Not in Tournament  

Projected Record by Quad
QuadProjectedProjected Cumulative
Quad 1a0 - 10 - 1
Quad 1b0 - 20 - 4
Quad 20 - 30 - 7
Quad 30 - 50 - 12
Quad 43 - 173 - 28


Date Opponent Result/Prediction Record Conf Rating Offense Defense
  Nov 03, 2025 103   @ UAB L 53-86 0.1%   
  Nov 07, 2025 129   @ Murray St. L 49-79 0.3%   
  Nov 13, 2025 141   @ Hawaii L 49-78 0.4%   
  Nov 14, 2025 269   Utah Tech L 57-76 5%    
  Nov 15, 2025 252   Manhattan L 58-78 4%    
  Nov 22, 2025 234   @ Cal St. Bakersfield L 53-77 2%    
  Nov 25, 2025 36   @ Texas A&M L 45-86 0.0%   
  Dec 03, 2025 347   @ Louisiana Monroe L 58-74 9%    
  Dec 08, 2025 57   @ Kansas St. L 47-84 0.0%   
  Dec 16, 2025 273   Tarleton St. L 54-70 9%    
  Dec 19, 2025 75   @ Florida St. L 51-86 0.1%   
  Dec 22, 2025 58   @ West Virginia L 44-81 0.1%   
  Dec 29, 2025 47   @ Oklahoma L 49-88 0.0%   
  Jan 03, 2026 289   Alabama St. L 59-73 11%    
  Jan 05, 2026 327   Alabama A&M L 63-75 16%    
  Jan 10, 2026 340   @ Prairie View L 61-77 9%    
  Jan 12, 2026 290   @ Texas Southern L 56-76 4%    
  Jan 17, 2026 249   Bethune-Cookman L 59-76 8%    
  Jan 19, 2026 338   Florida A&M L 60-71 19%    
  Jan 24, 2026 284   @ Grambling St. L 51-72 4%    
  Jan 26, 2026 189   @ Southern L 52-78 1%    
  Jan 31, 2026 364   Arkansas Pine Bluff W 72-70 56%    
  Feb 07, 2026 238   Jackson St. L 58-75 8%    
  Feb 09, 2026 323   Alcorn St. L 57-69 16%    
  Feb 14, 2026 327   @ Alabama A&M L 60-78 7%    
  Feb 16, 2026 289   @ Alabama St. L 56-76 5%    
  Feb 19, 2026 340   @ Prairie View L 61-77 9%    
  Feb 21, 2026 290   Texas Southern L 59-73 12%    
  Feb 28, 2026 364   @ Arkansas Pine Bluff L 69-73 36%    
  Mar 03, 2026 323   @ Alcorn St. L 54-72 7%    
  Mar 05, 2026 238   @ Jackson St. L 55-78 3%    
Projected Record 3 - 28 2 - 15





Numbers in tables represent percent chance of outcome occurring.




Projected Southwestern 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 1st
2nd 2nd
3rd 0.0 0.0 0.0 3rd
4th 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4th
5th 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 5th
6th 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.3 6th
7th 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.9 7th
8th 0.0 0.4 0.8 0.5 0.2 1.9 8th
9th 0.3 1.2 1.8 1.2 0.3 0.0 4.8 9th
10th 0.9 3.7 4.5 2.3 0.5 0.0 11.9 10th
11th 5.7 14.0 10.7 4.0 0.7 0.1 35.1 11th
12th 15.3 19.2 8.2 1.9 0.2 0.0 44.9 12th
Total 15.3 24.9 23.1 16.6 9.9 5.2 2.8 1.3 0.6 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 Total



Southwestern Athletic Regular Season Championship

Record Champion Total Outright 2-Way 3-Way 4-Way 5-Way 6-Way 7-Way 8-Way
18-0
17-1
16-2
15-3
14-4 0.0%
13-5
12-6
11-7 0.0%
10-8 0.0%
9-9 0.0%
Total



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
17-1
16-2
15-3
14-4 0.0% 0.0
13-5
12-6
11-7 0.0% 0.0
10-8 0.0% 0.0
9-9 0.2% 3.9% 3.9% 16.0 0.0 0.2
8-10 0.6% 0.6
7-11 1.3% 1.3
6-12 2.8% 2.8
5-13 5.2% 5.2
4-14 9.9% 9.9
3-15 16.6% 16.6
2-16 23.1% 23.1
1-17 24.9% 24.9
0-18 15.3% 15.3
Total 100% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 16.0 0.0 100.0 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 12.8%