Preseason Rankings
South Alabama
Sun Belt
2025-26
Overall
Predictive Rating-0.7#167
Expected Predictive Rating+0.0#1
Pace60.3#353
Improvement--

Offense
Total Offense-1.9#227
First Shot--
After Offensive Rebound--
Layup/Dunks--
2 Pt Jumpshots--
3 Pt Jumpshots--
Freethrows--
Improvement--

Defense
Total Defense+1.2#129
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 10.1% 13.7% 7.2%
At-Large Bid if not Auto Qualifier 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Average Seed 13.3 12.9 13.5
.500 or above 66.8% 80.6% 55.8%
.500 or above in Conference 72.8% 80.4% 66.8%
Conference Champion 11.3% 15.2% 8.3%
Last Place in Conference 2.1% 1.3% 2.6%
First Four0.1% 0.0% 0.1%
First Round10.1% 13.8% 7.3%
Second Round1.0% 1.6% 0.4%
Sweet Sixteen0.2% 0.3% 0.1%
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: Toledo (Away) - 44.0% chance of victory

Projected Seeding Not in Tournament  

Projected Record by Quad
QuadProjectedProjected Cumulative
Quad 1a0 - 00 - 0
Quad 1b0 - 00 - 1
Quad 21 - 31 - 3
Quad 34 - 65 - 9
Quad 411 - 316 - 13


Date Opponent Result/Prediction Record Conf Rating Offense Defense
  Nov 03, 2025 196   @ Toledo L 69-70 44%    
  Nov 06, 2025 323   Alcorn St. W 68-56 87%    
  Nov 13, 2025 299   Central Michigan W 68-61 74%    
  Nov 14, 2025 361   Coppin St. W 70-55 91%    
  Nov 19, 2025 154   @ Jacksonville St. L 60-64 37%    
  Nov 21, 2025 103   @ UAB L 64-73 22%    
  Dec 02, 2025 139   New Mexico St. L 61-63 43%    
  Dec 05, 2025 156   @ East Tennessee St. L 61-65 38%    
  Dec 14, 2025 88   North Texas L 55-58 39%    
  Dec 17, 2025 347   @ Louisiana Monroe W 69-61 76%    
  Dec 20, 2025 197   @ Texas St. L 64-65 45%    
  Dec 31, 2025 233   @ Louisiana W 64-63 50%    
  Jan 03, 2026 130   @ Troy L 60-66 31%    
  Jan 10, 2026 243   Georgia Southern W 71-64 71%    
  Jan 15, 2026 137   Arkansas St. W 68-67 52%    
  Jan 17, 2026 233   Louisiana W 67-61 70%    
  Jan 22, 2026 132   @ James Madison L 61-67 32%    
  Jan 24, 2026 185   @ Marshall L 65-67 43%    
  Jan 29, 2026 274   Coastal Carolina W 66-58 76%    
  Jan 31, 2026 283   Georgia St. W 72-63 78%    
  Feb 04, 2026 204   @ Appalachian St. L 58-59 46%    
  Feb 12, 2026 276   @ Southern Miss W 69-66 59%    
  Feb 14, 2026 137   @ Arkansas St. L 65-70 34%    
  Feb 19, 2026 197   Texas St. W 67-62 64%    
  Feb 21, 2026 130   Troy W 63-62 50%    
  Feb 25, 2026 347   Louisiana Monroe W 72-58 88%    
  Feb 27, 2026 276   Southern Miss W 72-63 76%    
Projected Record 15 - 12 10 - 8





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 1.1 2.7 3.5 2.5 1.2 0.3 11.3 1st
2nd 0.2 1.9 3.9 3.9 1.6 0.3 0.0 11.7 2nd
3rd 0.1 1.6 4.0 3.7 1.2 0.1 10.6 3rd
4th 0.0 1.1 4.6 4.0 1.0 0.1 10.7 4th
5th 0.0 0.6 3.6 4.5 1.1 0.0 10.0 5th
6th 0.3 2.6 4.6 1.5 0.1 9.1 6th
7th 0.1 1.7 4.0 2.0 0.2 7.9 7th
8th 0.0 0.9 3.3 2.6 0.3 0.0 7.2 8th
9th 0.0 0.4 2.6 2.6 0.6 0.0 6.1 9th
10th 0.3 1.5 2.6 0.8 0.1 5.2 10th
11th 0.0 0.2 1.0 2.1 0.9 0.1 4.2 11th
12th 0.0 0.1 0.8 1.4 0.8 0.1 3.3 12th
13th 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.8 0.4 0.1 1.7 13th
14th 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.0 1.0 14th
Total 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.9 1.9 3.1 4.9 7.2 8.7 10.5 11.7 12.6 11.2 9.6 7.8 5.1 2.8 1.2 0.3 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% 0.3    0.3
17-1 99.4% 1.2    1.1 0.1
16-2 90.6% 2.5    2.0 0.5 0.0
15-3 67.2% 3.5    1.9 1.3 0.2 0.0
14-4 34.5% 2.7    0.9 1.3 0.4 0.1 0.0
13-5 11.3% 1.1    0.1 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.0
12-6 1.1% 0.1    0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
11-7 0.0%
10-8 0.0%
9-9 0.0%
Total 11.3% 11.3 6.4 3.7 1.0 0.3 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 0.3% 54.7% 54.7% 10.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
17-1 1.2% 49.4% 49.4% 11.5 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.6
16-2 2.8% 46.5% 46.5% 12.1 0.0 0.3 0.6 0.3 0.1 1.5
15-3 5.1% 33.3% 33.3% 12.7 0.0 0.7 0.7 0.3 0.0 3.4
14-4 7.8% 27.1% 27.1% 13.2 0.0 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.1 0.0 5.7
13-5 9.6% 18.5% 18.5% 13.6 0.0 0.2 0.6 0.7 0.2 0.0 7.8
12-6 11.2% 10.8% 10.8% 14.2 0.1 0.3 0.5 0.2 0.1 10.0
11-7 12.6% 5.6% 5.6% 14.5 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.1 11.9
10-8 11.7% 3.2% 3.2% 15.4 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.1 11.3
9-9 10.5% 1.0% 1.0% 16.7 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 10.4
8-10 8.7% 0.5% 0.5% 20.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 8.7
7-11 7.2% 0.1% 0.1% 16.0 0.0 7.2
6-12 4.9% 4.9
5-13 3.1% 3.1
4-14 1.9% 1.9
3-15 0.9% 0.9
2-16 0.4% 0.4
1-17 0.1% 0.1
0-18 0.0% 0.0
Total 100% 10.1% 10.1% 0.0% 13.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.7 2.5 2.8 2.7 1.0 0.3 89.9 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
Win Out 0.0% 100.0% 5.7 33.3 33.3 33.3