Preseason Rankings
TCU
Big 12
2025-26
Overall
Predictive Rating+9.6#56
Expected Predictive Rating+0.0#1
Pace66.5#220
Improvement--

Offense
Total Offense+3.7#80
First Shot--
After Offensive Rebound--
Layup/Dunks--
2 Pt Jumpshots--
3 Pt Jumpshots--
Freethrows--
Improvement--

Defense
Total Defense+5.9#42
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 2.5% 2.5% 0.0%
Top 6 Seed 6.8% 6.9% 1.3%
NCAA Tourney Bid 27.5% 27.9% 8.7%
At-Large Bid if not Auto Qualifier 26.9% 27.3% 8.7%
Average Seed 8.0 8.0 9.0
.500 or above 64.8% 65.6% 28.4%
.500 or above in Conference 35.9% 36.3% 17.4%
Conference Champion 1.0% 1.0% 0.0%
Last Place in Conference 10.3% 10.0% 24.7%
First Four4.9% 5.0% 3.2%
First Round24.9% 25.3% 7.1%
Second Round14.0% 14.3% 2.2%
Sweet Sixteen4.5% 4.6% 1.0%
Elite Eight1.6% 1.6% 0.6%
Final Four0.7% 0.7% 0.0%
Championship Game0.3% 0.3% 0.0%
National Champion0.1% 0.1% 0.0%

Next Game: New Orleans (Home) - 97.8% chance of victory

Projected Seeding Not in Tournament  

Projected Record by Quad
QuadProjectedProjected Cumulative
Quad 1a1 - 71 - 7
Quad 1b2 - 33 - 10
Quad 24 - 37 - 13
Quad 33 - 110 - 14
Quad 47 - 017 - 14


Date Opponent Result/Prediction Record Conf Rating Offense Defense
  Nov 03, 2025 317   New Orleans W 83-62 98%    
  Nov 06, 2025 345   St. Francis (PA) W 80-56 99%    
  Nov 10, 2025 211   Lamar W 73-57 92%    
  Nov 14, 2025 6   Michigan L 68-75 26%    
  Nov 19, 2025 300   UMKC W 74-54 97%    
  Nov 27, 2025 5   Florida L 67-79 14%    
  Dec 05, 2025 63   Notre Dame W 68-65 61%    
  Dec 07, 2025 88   @ North Texas W 60-59 52%    
  Dec 15, 2025 214   Incarnate Word W 75-59 91%    
  Dec 18, 2025 318   Oral Roberts W 81-59 97%    
  Dec 21, 2025 338   Florida A&M W 80-56 98%    
  Dec 29, 2025 238   Jackson St. W 78-61 92%    
  Jan 03, 2026 24   Baylor L 66-69 41%    
  Jan 06, 2026 14   @ Kansas L 64-75 18%    
  Jan 10, 2026 11   Arizona L 71-76 32%    
  Jan 14, 2026 9   @ BYU L 66-78 16%    
  Jan 17, 2026 89   @ Utah W 71-70 53%    
  Jan 20, 2026 73   Oklahoma St. W 76-71 66%    
  Jan 24, 2026 24   @ Baylor L 63-72 23%    
  Jan 28, 2026 1   Houston L 56-68 17%    
  Feb 01, 2026 84   @ Colorado W 69-68 50%    
  Feb 07, 2026 57   Kansas St. W 69-66 60%    
  Feb 10, 2026 20   Iowa St. L 67-71 38%    
  Feb 14, 2026 73   @ Oklahoma St. L 73-74 45%    
  Feb 17, 2026 74   @ Central Florida L 73-74 46%    
  Feb 21, 2026 58   West Virginia W 66-63 60%    
  Feb 24, 2026 69   Arizona St. W 72-68 64%    
  Feb 28, 2026 57   @ Kansas St. L 66-69 40%    
  Mar 03, 2026 12   @ Texas Tech L 63-74 17%    
  Mar 07, 2026 45   Cincinnati W 66-65 52%    
Projected Record 17 - 13 7 - 11





Numbers in tables represent percent chance of outcome occurring.




Projected Big 12 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 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.1 1.0 1st
2nd 0.0 0.1 0.7 0.8 0.5 0.0 2.1 2nd
3rd 0.2 1.0 1.2 0.4 0.1 2.9 3rd
4th 0.2 1.2 2.0 0.8 0.1 4.3 4th
5th 0.1 1.4 2.5 1.2 0.1 5.3 5th
6th 0.0 0.8 3.1 1.9 0.2 6.1 6th
7th 0.0 0.5 3.2 3.1 0.5 0.0 7.3 7th
8th 0.2 2.5 3.9 1.1 0.0 7.7 8th
9th 0.1 1.6 4.6 1.9 0.1 8.2 9th
10th 0.0 0.9 4.1 3.2 0.3 0.0 8.5 10th
11th 0.0 0.4 3.4 4.1 1.0 0.0 8.9 11th
12th 0.1 2.5 4.2 1.6 0.1 8.5 12th
13th 0.1 1.4 4.2 2.5 0.2 0.0 8.3 13th
14th 0.1 1.2 3.6 2.7 0.4 0.0 7.9 14th
15th 0.1 1.1 2.9 2.3 0.6 0.0 7.2 15th
16th 0.4 1.3 2.0 1.6 0.4 0.0 5.7 16th
Total 0.4 1.5 3.2 5.8 7.8 10.4 11.5 11.7 11.9 10.2 9.1 6.4 4.6 2.8 1.5 0.8 0.3 0.1 Total



Big 12 Regular Season Championship

Record Champion Total Outright 2-Way 3-Way 4-Way 5-Way 6-Way 7-Way 8-Way
18-0
17-1 100.0% 0.1    0.1 0.0
16-2 89.4% 0.2    0.2 0.0
15-3 37.6% 0.3    0.1 0.2 0.0
14-4 13.8% 0.2    0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0
13-5 3.5% 0.1    0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12-6 0.2% 0.0    0.0
11-7 0.0%
10-8 0.0%
9-9 0.0%
Total 1.0% 1.0 0.5 0.3 0.1 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
18-0
17-1 0.1% 100.0% 24.8% 75.2% 1.7 0.1 0.0 0.0 100.0%
16-2 0.3% 100.0% 15.9% 84.1% 2.9 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0%
15-3 0.8% 100.0% 14.6% 85.4% 3.5 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 100.0%
14-4 1.5% 99.1% 10.6% 88.5% 4.8 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 99.0%
13-5 2.8% 98.5% 5.5% 93.1% 5.9 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.0 98.4%
12-6 4.6% 93.1% 2.8% 90.3% 7.2 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.5 0.7 1.0 1.0 0.6 0.2 0.1 0.3 92.9%
11-7 6.4% 83.6% 1.2% 82.4% 8.1 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.6 1.0 1.1 1.3 0.9 0.2 1.0 83.4%
10-8 9.1% 62.8% 0.5% 62.3% 9.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.4 1.1 1.4 2.0 0.6 0.0 3.4 62.6%
9-9 10.2% 41.1% 0.3% 40.8% 9.6 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.5 1.0 1.7 0.9 0.0 6.0 40.9%
8-10 11.9% 16.6% 0.1% 16.6% 10.2 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.9 0.7 0.1 9.9 16.6%
7-11 11.7% 3.4% 0.1% 3.3% 10.5 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.0 11.3 3.3%
6-12 11.5% 0.8% 0.8% 10.6 0.0 0.1 11.4 0.8%
5-13 10.4% 0.1% 0.1% 11.0 0.0 10.4 0.1%
4-14 7.8% 7.8
3-15 5.8% 5.8
2-16 3.2% 3.2
1-17 1.5% 1.5
0-18 0.4% 0.4
Total 100% 27.5% 0.8% 26.7% 8.0 0.2 0.4 0.7 1.2 1.9 2.4 3.4 4.0 4.6 5.8 2.8 0.1 72.5 26.9%