Preseason Rankings
Fairfield
Metro Atlantic Athletic
2025-26
Overall
Predictive Rating-9.0#319
Expected Predictive Rating+0.0#1
Pace65.4#252
Improvement--

Offense
Total Offense-5.0#313
First Shot--
After Offensive Rebound--
Layup/Dunks--
2 Pt Jumpshots--
3 Pt Jumpshots--
Freethrows--
Improvement--

Defense
Total Defense-4.1#304
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 2.8% 6.0% 2.7%
At-Large Bid if not Auto Qualifier 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Average Seed 17.3 14.9 15.4
.500 or above 31.5% 63.1% 29.9%
.500 or above in Conference 34.9% 57.8% 33.8%
Conference Champion 2.5% 7.3% 2.2%
Last Place in Conference 15.0% 5.9% 15.5%
First Four1.1% 1.6% 1.1%
First Round2.6% 5.5% 2.4%
Second Round0.0% 0.3% 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: Penn St. (Away) - 4.8% 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 - 2
Quad 31 - 51 - 7
Quad 412 - 1113 - 18


Date Opponent Result/Prediction Record Conf Rating Offense Defense
  Nov 03, 2025 90   @ Penn St. L 62-80 5%    
  Nov 08, 2025 357   @ NJIT W 67-65 58%    
  Nov 10, 2025 101   @ Seton Hall L 56-73 6%    
  Nov 14, 2025 340   Stonehill W 68-63 69%    
  Nov 16, 2025 317   Loyola Maryland W 69-66 59%    
  Nov 22, 2025 347   @ Le Moyne L 72-73 49%    
  Nov 26, 2025 265   Columbia L 74-75 48%    
  Nov 30, 2025 356   New Hampshire W 72-65 74%    
  Dec 05, 2025 260   @ Manhattan L 68-75 28%    
  Dec 07, 2025 257   @ Merrimack L 60-67 27%    
  Dec 14, 2025 211   Monmouth L 68-71 39%    
  Dec 18, 2025 305   @ Central Connecticut St. L 62-66 37%    
  Dec 29, 2025 297   St. Peter's W 63-62 54%    
  Jan 02, 2026 346   @ Canisius L 67-68 49%    
  Jan 04, 2026 335   @ Niagara L 65-67 44%    
  Jan 09, 2026 313   Rider W 68-65 58%    
  Jan 14, 2026 260   Manhattan L 71-72 47%    
  Jan 17, 2026 237   @ Marist L 58-66 25%    
  Jan 19, 2026 222   @ Siena L 64-73 24%    
  Jan 22, 2026 335   Niagara W 68-64 64%    
  Jan 24, 2026 346   Canisius W 71-65 68%    
  Jan 30, 2026 199   @ Iona L 65-75 21%    
  Feb 01, 2026 215   Quinnipiac L 71-74 41%    
  Feb 05, 2026 254   @ Sacred Heart L 70-77 28%    
  Feb 07, 2026 237   Marist L 61-63 44%    
  Feb 15, 2026 297   @ St. Peter's L 60-65 35%    
  Feb 20, 2026 254   Sacred Heart L 73-74 47%    
  Feb 22, 2026 215   @ Quinnipiac L 68-77 24%    
  Feb 27, 2026 222   Siena L 67-70 42%    
  Mar 01, 2026 269   Mount St. Mary's L 67-68 50%    
Projected Record 13 - 17 8 - 12





Numbers in tables represent percent chance of outcome occurring.




Projected Metro Atlantic Athletic 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 0.1 0.3 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.2 0.0 0.0 2.5 1st
2nd 0.0 0.1 0.7 1.3 1.0 0.4 0.1 0.0 3.7 2nd
3rd 0.0 0.2 1.0 2.0 1.1 0.4 0.1 4.7 3rd
4th 0.1 1.1 2.4 1.6 0.3 0.0 5.5 4th
5th 0.1 1.1 2.9 2.0 0.4 0.0 6.5 5th
6th 0.1 0.9 3.1 2.7 0.4 0.0 7.2 6th
7th 0.0 0.9 3.4 3.4 0.8 0.0 8.6 7th
8th 0.0 0.6 3.1 3.8 1.3 0.1 8.9 8th
9th 0.0 0.7 3.0 4.6 1.7 0.1 10.1 9th
10th 0.0 0.8 3.0 4.2 2.2 0.3 0.0 10.5 10th
11th 0.0 0.2 1.1 3.2 4.2 2.0 0.3 0.0 10.9 11th
12th 0.0 0.4 1.6 3.1 3.6 1.8 0.4 0.0 10.9 12th
13th 0.3 1.2 2.2 2.8 2.1 1.1 0.2 0.0 9.9 13th
Total 0.3 1.2 2.7 4.5 6.4 8.7 9.8 10.3 11.1 10.1 9.2 7.8 5.9 4.9 3.1 2.1 1.1 0.6 0.2 0.0 0.0 Total



Metro Atlantic Athletic 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% 0.0    0.0
18-2 94.7% 0.2    0.2 0.0
17-3 82.8% 0.5    0.4 0.1
16-4 57.1% 0.7    0.4 0.3 0.0 0.0
15-5 30.7% 0.6    0.3 0.3 0.1 0.0
14-6 10.4% 0.3    0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0
13-7 1.3% 0.1    0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12-8 0.2% 0.0    0.0 0.0 0.0
11-9 0.0%
10-10 0.0%
Total 2.5% 2.5 1.4 0.8 0.2 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
20-0 0.0% 39.5% 39.5% 12.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
19-1 0.0% 50.0% 50.0% 13.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
18-2 0.2% 34.0% 34.0% 14.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2
17-3 0.6% 33.0% 33.0% 14.7 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.4
16-4 1.1% 20.4% 20.4% 15.7 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.9
15-5 2.1% 16.5% 16.5% 16.6 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.1 1.7
14-6 3.1% 13.5% 13.5% 17.5 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.3 2.7
13-7 4.9% 8.9% 8.9% 18.2 0.0 0.2 0.3 4.5
12-8 5.9% 6.4% 6.4% 17.8 0.0 0.1 0.3 5.5
11-9 7.8% 4.0% 4.0% 18.6 0.1 0.3 7.5
10-10 9.2% 2.0% 2.0% 20.1 0.0 0.2 9.0
9-11 10.1% 1.3% 1.3% 18.0 0.0 0.1 10.0
8-12 11.1% 0.8% 0.8% 16.8 0.1 11.1
7-13 10.3% 0.2% 0.2% 16.0 0.0 10.2
6-14 9.8% 0.0% 0.0% 16.0 0.0 9.8
5-15 8.7% 0.0% 0.0% 16.0 0.0 8.7
4-16 6.4% 6.4
3-17 4.5% 4.5
2-18 2.7% 2.7
1-19 1.2% 1.2
0-20 0.3% 0.3
Total 100% 2.8% 2.8% 0.0% 17.3 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.9 1.9 97.2 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 0.0%