Preseason Rankings
Western Michigan
Mid-American
2025-26
Overall
Predictive Rating-6.9#282
Expected Predictive Rating+0.0#1
Pace69.0#150
Improvement--

Offense
Total Offense-3.0#256
First Shot--
After Offensive Rebound--
Layup/Dunks--
2 Pt Jumpshots--
3 Pt Jumpshots--
Freethrows--
Improvement--

Defense
Total Defense-3.9#300
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 1.3% 1.7% 0.8%
At-Large Bid if not Auto Qualifier 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Average Seed 15.4 14.4 15.2
.500 or above 19.1% 26.4% 9.2%
.500 or above in Conference 28.6% 34.5% 20.6%
Conference Champion 1.1% 1.4% 0.7%
Last Place in Conference 14.3% 10.8% 19.2%
First Four0.2% 0.2% 0.3%
First Round1.3% 1.7% 0.8%
Second Round0.0% 0.1% 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: Coastal Carolina (Home) - 58.0% chance of victory

Projected Seeding Not in Tournament  

Projected Record by Quad
QuadProjectedProjected Cumulative
Quad 1a0 - 10 - 1
Quad 1b0 - 10 - 2
Quad 20 - 20 - 5
Quad 32 - 62 - 11
Quad 49 - 711 - 18


Date Opponent Result/Prediction Record Conf Rating Offense Defense
  Nov 03, 2025 274   Coastal Carolina W 69-67 58%    
  Nov 09, 2025 200   @ Campbell L 66-73 24%    
  Nov 12, 2025 193   Purdue Fort Wayne L 74-76 44%    
  Nov 16, 2025 294   @ South Dakota L 82-84 42%    
  Nov 20, 2025 27   @ Ohio St. L 61-86 1%    
  Nov 23, 2025 270   Mount St. Mary's W 72-70 58%    
  Nov 29, 2025 261   @ Valparaiso L 71-75 35%    
  Dec 03, 2025 311   Southern Indiana W 75-70 65%    
  Dec 06, 2025 240   @ SIU Edwardsville L 66-72 31%    
  Dec 14, 2025 34   @ Iowa L 65-88 2%    
  Dec 20, 2025 337   Buffalo W 79-72 72%    
  Dec 30, 2025 196   @ Toledo L 72-80 25%    
  Jan 06, 2026 125   @ Miami (OH) L 68-80 15%    
  Jan 10, 2026 292   Eastern Michigan W 75-72 62%    
  Jan 13, 2026 170   Massachusetts L 73-76 40%    
  Jan 17, 2026 108   @ Akron L 71-85 12%    
  Jan 20, 2026 212   Bowling Green L 72-73 47%    
  Jan 24, 2026 299   Central Michigan W 73-69 62%    
  Jan 27, 2026 314   @ Northern Illinois L 73-74 47%    
  Feb 03, 2026 152   @ Ohio L 71-81 20%    
  Feb 11, 2026 196   Toledo L 75-77 44%    
  Feb 14, 2026 292   @ Eastern Michigan L 72-75 41%    
  Feb 17, 2026 108   Akron L 74-82 25%    
  Feb 21, 2026 299   @ Central Michigan L 70-72 42%    
  Feb 24, 2026 212   @ Bowling Green L 69-76 28%    
  Feb 28, 2026 125   Miami (OH) L 71-77 30%    
  Mar 03, 2026 247   Ball St. W 72-71 52%    
  Mar 06, 2026 127   @ Kent St. L 64-76 17%    
Projected Record 10 - 18 7 - 11





Numbers in tables represent percent chance of outcome occurring.




Projected Mid-American 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 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.1 1.1 1st
2nd 0.0 0.1 0.5 0.8 0.5 0.1 0.0 2.1 2nd
3rd 0.1 1.0 1.4 0.8 0.1 0.0 3.4 3rd
4th 0.1 1.1 2.2 1.3 0.1 0.0 4.9 4th
5th 0.0 0.1 1.1 3.0 1.7 0.2 0.0 6.1 5th
6th 0.0 0.1 1.1 3.3 2.4 0.4 0.0 7.3 6th
7th 0.1 1.2 4.1 3.2 0.6 0.0 9.2 7th
8th 0.1 1.1 4.1 4.0 0.9 0.0 10.2 8th
9th 0.0 1.1 4.4 4.8 1.4 0.1 11.8 9th
10th 0.1 0.8 3.8 5.1 1.7 0.2 0.0 11.6 10th
11th 0.1 1.1 3.8 5.1 1.9 0.2 0.0 12.3 11th
12th 0.2 1.5 4.2 4.1 1.6 0.2 11.6 12th
13th 0.4 1.7 2.8 2.3 0.8 0.2 8.3 13th
Total 0.4 1.9 4.4 7.6 9.6 11.8 12.7 12.0 10.9 8.8 7.3 5.4 3.4 1.9 1.1 0.4 0.2 0.1 Total



Mid-American 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
16-2 88.6% 0.2    0.1 0.0
15-3 64.0% 0.3    0.2 0.1 0.0
14-4 36.4% 0.4    0.1 0.1 0.1
13-5 8.8% 0.2    0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
12-6 1.4% 0.0    0.0 0.0 0.0
11-7 0.0%
10-8 0.0%
9-9 0.0%
Total 1.1% 1.1 0.5 0.4 0.2 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% 9.9% 9.9% 12.0 0.0 0.1
16-2 0.2% 23.6% 23.6% 12.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
15-3 0.4% 18.1% 18.1% 13.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4
14-4 1.1% 10.0% 10.0% 13.7 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.9
13-5 1.9% 8.9% 8.9% 13.8 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 1.7
12-6 3.4% 5.2% 5.2% 14.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 3.2
11-7 5.4% 4.8% 4.8% 15.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 5.2
10-8 7.3% 3.5% 3.5% 17.8 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 7.1
9-9 8.8% 1.3% 1.3% 17.4 0.0 0.0 0.1 8.7
8-10 10.9% 0.8% 0.8% 18.4 0.0 0.1 10.8
7-11 12.0% 0.1% 0.1% 16.0 0.0 12.0
6-12 12.7% 12.7
5-13 11.8% 11.8
4-14 9.6% 9.6
3-15 7.6% 7.6
2-16 4.4% 4.4
1-17 1.9% 1.9
0-18 0.4% 0.4
Total 100% 1.3% 1.3% 0.0% 15.4 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.4 98.7 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 0.1%