Preseason Rankings
Miami (OH)
Mid-American
2025-26
Overall
Predictive Rating+2.0#128
Expected Predictive Rating+0.0#1
Pace71.1#95
Improvement--

Offense
Total Offense+1.9#113
First Shot--
After Offensive Rebound--
Layup/Dunks--
2 Pt Jumpshots--
3 Pt Jumpshots--
Freethrows--
Improvement--

Defense
Total Defense+0.1#159
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% 0.2% 0.0%
NCAA Tourney Bid 16.6% 18.4% 10.9%
At-Large Bid if not Auto Qualifier 0.0% 0.1% 0.0%
Average Seed 12.9 12.6 13.4
.500 or above 89.0% 92.9% 76.9%
.500 or above in Conference 83.2% 86.1% 74.2%
Conference Champion 14.8% 16.8% 8.5%
Last Place in Conference 0.9% 0.6% 1.6%
First Four0.2% 0.2% 0.2%
First Round16.6% 18.5% 11.0%
Second Round2.3% 2.7% 0.8%
Sweet Sixteen0.4% 0.5% 0.2%
Elite Eight0.1% 0.1% 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: Old Dominion (Home) - 75.5% chance of victory

Projected Seeding Not in Tournament  

Projected Record by Quad
QuadProjectedProjected Cumulative
Quad 1a0 - 00 - 0
Quad 1b0 - 00 - 0
Quad 21 - 21 - 2
Quad 35 - 45 - 6
Quad 413 - 319 - 9


Date Opponent Result/Prediction Record Conf Rating Offense Defense
  Nov 03, 2025 200   Old Dominion W 76-69 75%    
  Nov 15, 2025 280   @ Air Force W 72-66 70%    
  Nov 20, 2025 361   Mercyhurst W 79-58 97%    
  Nov 23, 2025 364   Arkansas Pine Bluff W 92-64 99%    
  Nov 26, 2025 225   UNC Greensboro W 71-65 69%    
  Dec 06, 2025 290   Maine W 75-63 86%    
  Dec 10, 2025 184   @ UNC Asheville W 76-75 53%    
  Dec 13, 2025 174   @ Eastern Kentucky W 76-75 51%    
  Dec 16, 2025 191   @ Wright St. W 76-75 54%    
  Dec 20, 2025 244   @ Ball St. W 75-71 62%    
  Dec 30, 2025 220   @ Bowling Green W 75-73 58%    
  Jan 03, 2026 104   Akron W 80-79 51%    
  Jan 06, 2026 286   Western Michigan W 80-68 85%    
  Jan 09, 2026 180   @ Toledo W 78-77 52%    
  Jan 13, 2026 299   Central Michigan W 79-66 85%    
  Jan 17, 2026 334   Buffalo W 84-69 90%    
  Jan 20, 2026 126   @ Kent St. L 70-73 40%    
  Jan 27, 2026 173   Massachusetts W 79-73 69%    
  Jan 31, 2026 316   Northern Illinois W 82-68 88%    
  Feb 03, 2026 334   @ Buffalo W 81-72 78%    
  Feb 14, 2026 145   Ohio W 80-76 65%    
  Feb 17, 2026 173   @ Massachusetts W 77-76 50%    
  Feb 21, 2026 220   Bowling Green W 78-70 76%    
  Feb 24, 2026 291   @ Eastern Michigan W 78-72 70%    
  Feb 28, 2026 286   @ Western Michigan W 77-71 69%    
  Mar 06, 2026 145   @ Ohio L 77-79 44%    
Projected Record 18 - 8 11 - 6





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 0.1 1.2 3.5 4.8 3.8 1.4 14.8 1st
2nd 0.0 0.3 2.0 5.1 5.3 2.7 0.5 15.9 2nd
3rd 0.0 0.3 2.1 5.8 5.4 1.9 0.2 15.6 3rd
4th 0.2 1.8 5.4 4.6 1.3 0.1 13.3 4th
5th 0.1 1.3 4.6 3.8 1.0 0.0 0.0 10.9 5th
6th 0.0 0.9 3.7 3.5 1.0 0.0 9.1 6th
7th 0.0 0.0 0.4 2.4 2.8 0.8 0.1 6.5 7th
8th 0.0 0.3 1.6 2.3 0.8 0.0 5.1 8th
9th 0.0 0.1 1.0 1.6 0.7 0.1 3.5 9th
10th 0.1 0.6 1.2 0.6 0.1 2.6 10th
11th 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.7 0.5 0.1 1.5 11th
12th 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.9 12th
13th 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.4 13th
Total 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.8 1.6 3.1 4.4 6.4 8.8 11.1 12.6 13.6 13.0 10.8 7.6 4.3 1.4 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% 1.4    1.3 0.1
16-2 88.3% 3.8    3.0 0.8 0.0
15-3 62.5% 4.8    2.6 1.8 0.3 0.0
14-4 32.6% 3.5    1.2 1.6 0.6 0.1 0.0
13-5 9.2% 1.2    0.2 0.5 0.4 0.1 0.0
12-6 1.1% 0.1    0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
11-7 0.1% 0.0    0.0 0.0 0.0
10-8 0.0%
9-9 0.0%
Total 14.8% 14.8 8.3 4.8 1.4 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 1.4% 60.3% 58.1% 2.1% 9.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.5 5.1%
16-2 4.3% 46.4% 46.2% 0.3% 11.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.9 0.8 0.2 0.0 2.3 0.5%
15-3 7.6% 36.1% 36.1% 12.1 0.0 0.0 0.6 1.5 0.5 0.1 0.0 4.9
14-4 10.8% 29.5% 29.5% 12.6 0.2 1.4 1.3 0.3 0.0 7.6
13-5 13.0% 22.5% 22.5% 13.2 0.0 0.6 1.3 0.7 0.2 0.0 10.0
12-6 13.6% 15.1% 15.1% 13.6 0.0 0.2 0.8 0.7 0.3 0.0 11.5
11-7 12.6% 10.9% 10.9% 14.1 0.1 0.4 0.6 0.3 0.1 11.3
10-8 11.1% 8.0% 8.0% 14.9 0.0 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.1 10.2
9-9 8.8% 4.7% 4.7% 16.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.1 8.4
8-10 6.4% 2.5% 2.5% 17.7 0.0 0.1 0.1 6.3
7-11 4.4% 0.5% 0.5% 19.0 0.0 0.0 4.4
6-12 3.1% 0.1% 0.1% 15.0 0.0 3.1
5-13 1.6% 1.6
4-14 0.8% 0.8
3-15 0.3% 0.3
2-16 0.1% 0.1
1-17 0.0% 0.0
0-18
Total 100% 16.6% 16.5% 0.0% 12.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.2 2.0 4.7 4.7 2.9 1.5 0.4 83.4 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
Win Out 0.3% 100.0% 7.5 1.5 8.6 10.1 23.3 11.6 8.6 8.7 11.5 16.0
Win Out, Lose in Conf. Tourney Championship 0.1% 24.0% 10.2 4.8 9.5 5.0 4.7
Win Out, Lose in Conf. Tourney Semi-Final 0.1% 0.2% 10.0 0.2