Preseason Rankings
Nebraska
Big Ten
2025-26
Overall
Predictive Rating+9.4#59
Expected Predictive Rating+0.0#1
Pace68.6#162
Improvement--

Offense
Total Offense+5.5#52
First Shot--
After Offensive Rebound--
Layup/Dunks--
2 Pt Jumpshots--
3 Pt Jumpshots--
Freethrows--
Improvement--

Defense
Total Defense+3.9#73
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 0.2% 0.2% 0.0%
Top 2 Seed 0.6% 0.6% 0.0%
Top 4 Seed 3.0% 3.1% 1.0%
Top 6 Seed 7.7% 7.7% 2.0%
NCAA Tourney Bid 27.8% 28.0% 3.9%
At-Large Bid if not Auto Qualifier 27.3% 27.5% 3.9%
Average Seed 7.8 7.8 7.5
.500 or above 57.4% 57.7% 11.8%
.500 or above in Conference 28.2% 28.3% 3.9%
Conference Champion 0.6% 0.6% 0.0%
Last Place in Conference 11.3% 11.2% 29.7%
First Four4.3% 4.3% 1.0%
First Round25.6% 25.8% 3.0%
Second Round14.4% 14.5% 1.0%
Sweet Sixteen4.8% 4.8% 0.0%
Elite Eight1.7% 1.8% 0.0%
Final Four0.6% 0.6% 0.0%
Championship Game0.2% 0.2% 0.0%
National Champion0.1% 0.1% 0.0%

Next Game: West Georgia (Home) - 99.3% chance of victory

Projected Seeding Not in Tournament  

Projected Record by Quad
QuadProjectedProjected Cumulative
Quad 1a1 - 71 - 7
Quad 1b2 - 43 - 11
Quad 24 - 37 - 14
Quad 33 - 110 - 15
Quad 46 - 016 - 15


Date Opponent Result/Prediction Record Conf Rating Offense Defense
  Nov 03, 2025 355   West Georgia W 86-60 99%    
  Nov 08, 2025 209   Florida International W 80-65 93%    
  Nov 11, 2025 360   Maryland Eastern Shore W 83-55 99%    
  Nov 15, 2025 47   Oklahoma L 73-75 43%    
  Nov 20, 2025 81   New Mexico W 78-75 60%    
  Nov 25, 2025 164   Winthrop W 85-72 87%    
  Nov 29, 2025 332   South Carolina Upstate W 90-67 98%    
  Dec 07, 2025 25   Creighton L 72-75 41%    
  Dec 10, 2025 26   Wisconsin L 72-75 41%    
  Dec 13, 2025 15   @ Illinois L 73-84 17%    
  Dec 21, 2025 315   North Dakota W 86-65 97%    
  Dec 30, 2025 356   New Hampshire W 85-59 99%    
  Jan 02, 2026 21   Michigan St. L 69-72 38%    
  Jan 05, 2026 27   @ Ohio St. L 70-78 24%    
  Jan 10, 2026 33   @ Indiana L 69-76 27%    
  Jan 13, 2026 28   Oregon L 72-74 43%    
  Jan 17, 2026 72   @ Northwestern L 68-69 45%    
  Jan 21, 2026 48   Washington W 74-73 54%    
  Jan 24, 2026 87   @ Minnesota W 67-66 51%    
  Jan 27, 2026 6   @ Michigan L 68-81 13%    
  Feb 01, 2026 15   Illinois L 76-81 34%    
  Feb 07, 2026 82   @ Rutgers L 72-73 50%    
  Feb 10, 2026 2   Purdue L 67-78 18%    
  Feb 14, 2026 72   Northwestern W 71-66 65%    
  Feb 17, 2026 34   @ Iowa L 74-81 27%    
  Feb 21, 2026 90   Penn St. W 78-71 71%    
  Feb 25, 2026 40   Maryland L 73-74 50%    
  Feb 28, 2026 29   @ USC L 70-78 26%    
  Mar 03, 2026 13   @ UCLA L 64-75 18%    
  Mar 08, 2026 34   Iowa L 77-78 47%    
Projected Record 16 - 14 8 - 12




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 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.6 1st
2nd 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.5 0.3 0.1 0.0 1.3 2nd
3rd 0.0 0.4 0.7 0.5 0.2 0.0 1.8 3rd
4th 0.0 0.3 1.1 0.9 0.2 0.0 2.5 4th
5th 0.2 1.1 1.3 0.3 0.0 3.0 5th
6th 0.1 1.1 1.9 0.6 0.1 3.7 6th
7th 0.1 0.8 2.1 1.1 0.1 4.2 7th
8th 0.5 2.2 1.9 0.4 0.0 4.9 8th
9th 0.2 2.0 3.2 0.9 0.1 6.3 9th
10th 0.1 1.2 3.4 1.8 0.2 6.6 10th
11th 0.0 0.5 3.3 2.9 0.6 0.0 7.3 11th
12th 0.0 0.4 2.6 3.9 1.0 0.1 8.0 12th
13th 0.0 0.2 1.9 4.4 1.9 0.1 8.5 13th
14th 0.1 1.4 3.8 2.8 0.5 0.0 8.6 14th
15th 0.1 1.0 3.6 3.5 0.9 0.0 0.0 9.1 15th
16th 0.1 1.0 3.3 3.5 1.1 0.1 9.1 16th
17th 0.1 1.3 2.8 2.8 1.1 0.1 8.2 17th
18th 0.4 1.5 2.0 1.7 0.6 0.1 0.0 6.4 18th
Total 0.4 1.7 3.4 5.6 7.8 9.9 10.7 11.4 11.0 10.0 8.7 6.4 4.9 3.5 2.2 1.3 0.7 0.4 0.1 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
19-1 100.0% 0.0    0.0 0.0
18-2 88.3% 0.1    0.1 0.0
17-3 52.9% 0.2    0.1 0.1 0.0
16-4 24.6% 0.2    0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0
15-5 8.8% 0.1    0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
14-6 0.9% 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 0.6% 0.6 0.2 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
19-1 0.0% 100.0% 33.3% 66.7% 1.3 0.0 0.0 100.0%
18-2 0.1% 100.0% 17.9% 82.1% 1.9 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0%
17-3 0.4% 100.0% 9.8% 90.2% 2.6 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 100.0%
16-4 0.7% 100.0% 8.1% 91.9% 3.2 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0%
15-5 1.3% 100.0% 10.5% 89.5% 4.2 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 100.0%
14-6 2.2% 99.7% 2.2% 97.4% 5.3 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.0 99.7%
13-7 3.5% 98.6% 3.2% 95.3% 6.5 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.5 0.8 0.8 0.5 0.3 0.1 0.0 98.5%
12-8 4.9% 92.7% 1.2% 91.5% 7.5 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.8 1.0 1.1 0.9 0.3 0.1 0.4 92.6%
11-9 6.4% 82.4% 0.8% 81.6% 8.4 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.9 1.2 1.5 1.0 0.2 1.1 82.3%
10-10 8.7% 63.4% 0.4% 63.0% 9.2 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.4 1.0 1.5 1.8 0.7 0.0 3.2 63.3%
9-11 10.0% 31.7% 0.3% 31.4% 9.9 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.6 1.3 1.0 0.0 6.8 31.5%
8-12 11.0% 9.1% 0.2% 8.9% 10.5 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.5 0.1 10.0 8.9%
7-13 11.4% 1.6% 1.6% 10.7 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 11.2 1.6%
6-14 10.7% 10.7
5-15 9.9% 9.9
4-16 7.8% 7.8
3-17 5.6% 5.6
2-18 3.4% 3.4
1-19 1.7% 1.7
0-20 0.4% 0.4
Total 100% 27.8% 0.6% 27.2% 7.8 0.2 0.4 1.1 1.4 1.9 2.7 3.5 4.1 4.9 4.9 2.5 0.1 72.2 27.3%