Preseason Rankings
Temple
American Athletic
2025-26
Overall
Predictive Rating+1.8#133
Expected Predictive Rating+0.0#1
Pace71.2#93
Improvement--

Offense
Total Offense+2.5#104
First Shot--
After Offensive Rebound--
Layup/Dunks--
2 Pt Jumpshots--
3 Pt Jumpshots--
Freethrows--
Improvement--

Defense
Total Defense-0.7#191
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 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
NCAA Tourney Bid 5.1% 5.3% 2.0%
At-Large Bid if not Auto Qualifier 0.3% 0.3% 0.0%
Average Seed 11.6 11.5 12.9
.500 or above 60.9% 62.9% 30.4%
.500 or above in Conference 56.6% 58.0% 35.2%
Conference Champion 6.5% 6.9% 1.6%
Last Place in Conference 7.2% 6.6% 16.4%
First Four0.1% 0.1% 0.1%
First Round5.0% 5.2% 2.1%
Second Round0.9% 1.0% 0.3%
Sweet Sixteen0.2% 0.2% 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: Delaware St. (Home) - 93.7% chance of victory

Projected Seeding Not in Tournament  

Projected Record by Quad
QuadProjectedProjected Cumulative
Quad 1a0 - 10 - 1
Quad 1b0 - 10 - 2
Quad 21 - 42 - 6
Quad 36 - 68 - 12
Quad 47 - 215 - 13


Date Opponent Result/Prediction Record Conf Rating Offense Defense
  Nov 05, 2025 341   Delaware St. W 85-69 94%    
  Nov 11, 2025 187   La Salle W 79-72 74%    
  Nov 15, 2025 96   Boston College L 73-74 48%    
  Nov 19, 2025 182   Hofstra W 70-64 72%    
  Nov 24, 2025 119   UC San Diego L 71-72 48%    
  Dec 01, 2025 39   @ Villanova L 63-77 11%    
  Dec 14, 2025 345   St. Francis (PA) W 82-65 93%    
  Dec 18, 2025 145   @ Davidson L 72-74 43%    
  Dec 22, 2025 179   Princeton W 76-70 70%    
  Dec 31, 2025 192   @ Charlotte W 72-71 53%    
  Jan 03, 2026 168   Texas San Antonio W 81-75 68%    
  Jan 07, 2026 158   East Carolina W 75-70 66%    
  Jan 14, 2026 51   @ Memphis L 72-84 16%    
  Jan 18, 2026 140   Florida Atlantic W 79-76 62%    
  Jan 21, 2026 172   @ Rice L 72-73 49%    
  Jan 24, 2026 168   @ Texas San Antonio L 77-78 48%    
  Jan 28, 2026 192   Charlotte W 75-68 72%    
  Jan 31, 2026 95   South Florida L 75-76 47%    
  Feb 07, 2026 158   @ East Carolina L 72-73 46%    
  Feb 11, 2026 115   @ Tulane L 72-76 35%    
  Feb 15, 2026 88   North Texas L 64-65 47%    
  Feb 18, 2026 103   UAB L 77-78 50%    
  Feb 21, 2026 122   @ Wichita St. L 74-78 38%    
  Feb 25, 2026 140   @ Florida Atlantic L 76-79 42%    
  Mar 01, 2026 172   Rice W 76-70 69%    
  Mar 04, 2026 115   Tulane W 75-73 55%    
  Mar 08, 2026 150   @ Tulsa L 72-74 45%    
Projected Record 15 - 12 9 - 9





Numbers in tables represent percent chance of outcome occurring.




Projected American 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 0.0 0.2 0.9 1.7 1.8 1.4 0.5 0.1 6.5 1st
2nd 0.0 0.5 2.1 3.3 2.4 0.9 0.2 0.0 9.6 2nd
3rd 0.0 0.5 2.7 4.0 2.3 0.6 0.0 10.0 3rd
4th 0.0 0.4 2.5 4.2 2.0 0.4 0.0 9.5 4th
5th 0.2 2.4 4.5 2.0 0.3 0.0 9.5 5th
6th 0.1 1.4 4.6 2.5 0.3 8.9 6th
7th 0.0 0.9 3.9 3.2 0.5 0.0 8.5 7th
8th 0.6 3.3 3.5 0.5 0.0 7.9 8th
9th 0.0 0.2 2.2 3.6 1.3 0.1 7.3 9th
10th 0.0 0.2 1.5 3.3 1.5 0.1 6.5 10th
11th 0.0 0.1 1.1 2.8 1.7 0.2 5.9 11th
12th 0.0 0.2 1.2 2.4 1.6 0.3 0.0 5.7 12th
13th 0.1 0.6 1.1 1.4 0.7 0.2 0.0 4.1 13th
Total 0.1 0.6 1.4 2.7 4.3 6.3 8.1 9.6 10.4 11.2 10.6 9.7 8.5 6.9 4.7 2.7 1.6 0.5 0.1 Total



American Athletic 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% 0.1    0.1
17-1 94.5% 0.5    0.5 0.0
16-2 85.9% 1.4    1.1 0.3 0.0
15-3 64.9% 1.8    1.1 0.6 0.1
14-4 35.8% 1.7    0.7 0.7 0.2 0.0
13-5 12.9% 0.9    0.2 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.0
12-6 2.1% 0.2    0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0
11-7 0.1% 0.0    0.0
10-8 0.0%
9-9 0.0%
Total 6.5% 6.5 3.7 2.0 0.7 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
18-0 0.1% 46.2% 15.4% 30.8% 6.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 36.4%
17-1 0.5% 57.6% 39.8% 17.8% 9.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.2 29.6%
16-2 1.6% 29.8% 23.3% 6.5% 10.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.1 1.2 8.4%
15-3 2.7% 26.7% 25.6% 1.0% 11.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.5 0.1 0.0 2.0 1.4%
14-4 4.7% 16.1% 15.9% 0.3% 11.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.3 0.1 4.0 0.4%
13-5 6.9% 12.5% 12.5% 11.9 0.0 0.3 0.5 0.1 0.0 6.0
12-6 8.5% 8.1% 8.1% 11.9 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.0 7.8
11-7 9.7% 5.6% 5.6% 12.2 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.0 9.2
10-8 10.6% 3.0% 3.0% 12.8 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 10.3
9-9 11.2% 1.1% 1.1% 13.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 11.0
8-10 10.4% 1.0% 1.0% 14.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 10.3
7-11 9.6% 0.6% 0.6% 14.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.5
6-12 8.1% 0.5% 0.5% 15.3 0.0 0.0 8.1
5-13 6.3% 0.1% 0.1% 16.0 0.0 6.3
4-14 4.3% 4.3
3-15 2.7% 2.7
2-16 1.4% 1.4
1-17 0.6% 0.6
0-18 0.1% 0.1
Total 100% 5.1% 4.8% 0.3% 11.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.3 1.8 1.7 0.6 0.2 0.1 0.0 94.9 0.3%


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% 4.5 50.0 50.0