Preseason Rankings
Tennessee Martin
Ohio Valley
2025-26
Overall
Predictive Rating-9.9#325
Expected Predictive Rating+0.0#1
Pace66.0#235
Improvement--

Offense
Total Offense-4.9#310
First Shot--
After Offensive Rebound--
Layup/Dunks--
2 Pt Jumpshots--
3 Pt Jumpshots--
Freethrows--
Improvement--

Defense
Total Defense-5.0#324
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 3.3% 8.1% 3.1%
At-Large Bid if not Auto Qualifier 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Average Seed 17.4 15.2 15.5
.500 or above 22.6% 52.8% 21.5%
.500 or above in Conference 35.7% 57.7% 34.9%
Conference Champion 3.5% 8.9% 3.3%
Last Place in Conference 17.2% 7.3% 17.5%
First Four1.4% 2.4% 1.4%
First Round3.0% 8.1% 2.9%
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: UNLV (Away) - 3.5% chance of victory

Projected Seeding Not in Tournament  

Projected Record by Quad
QuadProjectedProjected Cumulative
Quad 1a0 - 00 - 0
Quad 1b0 - 10 - 1
Quad 20 - 20 - 3
Quad 31 - 41 - 7
Quad 410 - 1011 - 17


Date Opponent Result/Prediction Record Conf Rating Offense Defense
  Nov 04, 2025 86   @ UNLV L 58-77 3%    
  Nov 12, 2025 107   @ Bradley L 59-76 6%    
  Nov 18, 2025 75   @ Florida St. L 62-82 4%    
  Nov 22, 2025 340   Prairie View W 73-71 56%    
  Dec 02, 2025 313   Charleston Southern W 70-68 56%    
  Dec 07, 2025 289   Alabama St. W 70-69 51%    
  Dec 10, 2025 138   @ Southern Illinois L 63-77 10%    
  Dec 18, 2025 268   @ Tennessee St. L 69-76 27%    
  Dec 20, 2025 324   @ Tennessee Tech L 69-72 39%    
  Jan 01, 2026 343   Western Illinois W 69-64 66%    
  Jan 03, 2026 321   Eastern Illinois W 68-65 58%    
  Jan 08, 2026 291   @ Morehead St. L 62-68 32%    
  Jan 10, 2026 311   @ Southern Indiana L 68-72 35%    
  Jan 15, 2026 240   SIU Edwardsville L 65-68 41%    
  Jan 17, 2026 326   Lindenwood W 72-69 60%    
  Jan 20, 2026 228   @ Southeast Missouri St. L 65-74 23%    
  Jan 24, 2026 162   Arkansas Little Rock L 65-71 30%    
  Jan 29, 2026 321   @ Eastern Illinois L 65-68 39%    
  Jan 31, 2026 343   @ Western Illinois L 66-67 46%    
  Feb 05, 2026 311   Southern Indiana W 71-69 55%    
  Feb 07, 2026 291   Morehead St. W 66-65 50%    
  Feb 12, 2026 326   @ Lindenwood L 69-72 40%    
  Feb 14, 2026 240   @ SIU Edwardsville L 62-71 24%    
  Feb 17, 2026 228   Southeast Missouri St. L 68-71 40%    
  Feb 19, 2026 162   @ Arkansas Little Rock L 62-74 16%    
  Feb 26, 2026 324   Tennessee Tech W 72-69 59%    
  Feb 28, 2026 268   Tennessee St. L 72-73 46%    
Projected Record 10 - 17 8 - 12





Numbers in tables represent percent chance of outcome occurring.




Projected Ohio Valley 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 0.3 0.5 0.9 0.9 0.6 0.3 0.1 0.0 3.5 1st
2nd 0.1 0.6 1.6 1.7 1.1 0.5 0.1 5.6 2nd
3rd 0.1 1.1 2.1 2.5 0.7 0.2 0.0 6.8 3rd
4th 0.2 1.3 3.3 2.3 0.7 0.1 7.9 4th
5th 0.2 1.6 3.8 2.9 0.7 0.0 9.3 5th
6th 0.2 1.7 4.3 3.2 0.7 0.0 10.2 6th
7th 0.0 0.3 1.8 4.6 3.0 0.6 0.0 10.4 7th
8th 0.0 0.3 2.0 4.2 3.5 0.7 0.0 10.9 8th
9th 0.1 0.7 2.9 4.6 3.1 0.6 0.0 12.0 9th
10th 0.0 0.3 1.4 3.1 4.3 2.2 0.5 0.1 11.9 10th
11th 0.4 1.3 2.4 3.1 2.7 1.2 0.3 0.0 11.4 11th
Total 0.4 1.3 2.7 4.6 6.5 8.7 9.4 9.9 10.7 10.0 9.1 8.1 5.7 5.0 3.0 2.2 1.5 0.7 0.3 0.1 0.0 Total



Ohio Valley Regular Season Championship

Record Champion Total Outright 2-Way 3-Way 4-Way 5-Way 6-Way 7-Way 8-Way
20-0 100.0% 0.0    0.0
19-1 100.0% 0.1    0.1
18-2 100.0% 0.3    0.3 0.0
17-3 83.1% 0.6    0.5 0.1
16-4 62.1% 0.9    0.6 0.3 0.0
15-5 39.0% 0.9    0.4 0.4 0.0
14-6 15.8% 0.5    0.1 0.2 0.1 0.0
13-7 5.4% 0.3    0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0
12-8 0.2% 0.0    0.0 0.0
11-9 0.0%
10-10 0.0%
Total 3.5% 3.5 2.0 1.1 0.3 0.1



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 0.0% 49.1% 49.1% 12.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
19-1 0.1% 66.9% 66.9% 13.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
18-2 0.3% 39.0% 39.0% 13.9 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.2
17-3 0.7% 33.8% 33.8% 15.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.4
16-4 1.5% 28.4% 28.4% 17.1 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.1 1.1
15-5 2.2% 24.5% 24.5% 18.1 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.3 1.7
14-6 3.0% 17.7% 17.7% 18.4 0.0 0.2 0.4 2.5
13-7 5.0% 10.1% 10.1% 18.8 0.2 0.4 4.5
12-8 5.7% 4.7% 4.7% 17.0 0.1 0.2 5.5
11-9 8.1% 3.6% 3.6% 18.3 0.0 0.3 7.8
10-10 9.1% 1.9% 1.9% 16.0 0.0 0.2 9.0
9-11 10.0% 0.6% 0.6% 19.6 0.0 0.1 9.9
8-12 10.7% 0.9% 0.9% 16.0 0.1 10.6
7-13 9.9% 0.3% 0.3% 16.0 0.0 9.9
6-14 9.4% 9.4
5-15 8.7% 8.7
4-16 6.5% 6.5
3-17 4.6% 4.6
2-18 2.7% 2.7
1-19 1.3% 1.3
0-20 0.4% 0.4
Total 100% 3.3% 3.3% 0.0% 17.4 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.3 1.1 2.3 96.7 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 0.2%