Preseason Rankings
Air Force
Mountain West
2025-26
Overall
Predictive Rating-6.4#277
Expected Predictive Rating+0.0#1
Pace62.5#328
Improvement--

Offense
Total Offense-4.6#305
First Shot--
After Offensive Rebound--
Layup/Dunks--
2 Pt Jumpshots--
3 Pt Jumpshots--
Freethrows--
Improvement--

Defense
Total Defense-1.8#232
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 0.0% 0.1% 0.0%
At-Large Bid if not Auto Qualifier 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Average Seed 11.3 12.0 10.5
.500 or above 7.0% 20.7% 5.4%
.500 or above in Conference 2.7% 6.1% 2.3%
Conference Champion 0.0% 0.1% 0.0%
Last Place in Conference 56.2% 40.9% 58.1%
First Four0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
First Round0.0% 0.1% 0.0%
Second Round0.0% 0.1% 0.0%
Sweet Sixteen0.0% 0.1% 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: Belmont (Away) - 10.9% chance of victory

Projected Seeding Not in Tournament  

Projected Record by Quad
QuadProjectedProjected Cumulative
Quad 1a0 - 10 - 1
Quad 1b0 - 30 - 4
Quad 21 - 71 - 11
Quad 32 - 83 - 18
Quad 46 - 49 - 23


Date Opponent Result/Prediction Record Conf Rating Offense Defense
  Nov 03, 2025 111   @ Belmont L 64-77 11%    
  Nov 08, 2025 272   Austin Peay W 67-64 60%    
  Nov 11, 2025 297   LIU Brooklyn W 64-60 65%    
  Nov 15, 2025 125   Miami (OH) L 66-72 30%    
  Nov 19, 2025 289   Alabama St. W 68-64 63%    
  Nov 21, 2025 240   SIU Edwardsville W 64-63 53%    
  Nov 23, 2025 359   IU Indianapolis W 71-60 85%    
  Nov 26, 2025 194   Northern Colorado L 69-70 45%    
  Nov 29, 2025 294   South Dakota W 77-76 53%    
  Dec 03, 2025 219   Pacific L 66-67 49%    
  Dec 07, 2025 230   @ Navy L 63-69 31%    
  Dec 17, 2025 35   @ San Diego St. L 52-75 2%    
  Dec 30, 2025 157   Wyoming L 62-65 39%    
  Jan 03, 2026 86   @ UNLV L 57-73 9%    
  Jan 06, 2026 54   Utah St. L 62-75 13%    
  Jan 10, 2026 81   New Mexico L 65-75 20%    
  Jan 13, 2026 159   @ San Jose St. L 61-70 22%    
  Jan 17, 2026 104   Nevada L 58-66 25%    
  Jan 20, 2026 98   @ Colorado St. L 58-73 11%    
  Jan 24, 2026 62   @ Boise St. L 56-75 6%    
  Jan 31, 2026 186   Fresno St. L 69-71 45%    
  Feb 03, 2026 78   @ Grand Canyon L 61-78 8%    
  Feb 07, 2026 35   San Diego St. L 55-72 9%    
  Feb 10, 2026 98   Colorado St. L 61-70 24%    
  Feb 14, 2026 186   @ Fresno St. L 66-74 26%    
  Feb 17, 2026 81   @ New Mexico L 62-78 9%    
  Feb 21, 2026 86   UNLV L 60-70 22%    
  Feb 24, 2026 159   San Jose St. L 64-67 40%    
  Feb 28, 2026 157   @ Wyoming L 59-68 22%    
  Mar 03, 2026 78   Grand Canyon L 64-75 19%    
  Mar 07, 2026 104   @ Nevada L 55-69 12%    
Projected Record 9 - 22 4 - 16





Numbers in tables represent percent chance of outcome occurring.




Projected Mountain West 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 0.0 0.0 0.0 1st
2nd 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2nd
3rd 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 3rd
4th 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.4 4th
5th 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.4 0.1 0.0 1.0 5th
6th 0.0 0.1 0.5 0.6 0.2 0.0 1.4 6th
7th 0.0 0.2 0.9 1.0 0.3 0.0 2.6 7th
8th 0.0 0.5 1.4 1.5 0.7 0.0 4.3 8th
9th 0.1 1.1 2.9 2.7 1.0 0.1 8.0 9th
10th 0.0 0.5 2.8 5.0 3.9 1.2 0.1 13.6 10th
11th 0.3 2.9 6.7 7.5 4.7 1.3 0.2 23.5 11th
12th 6.2 12.3 12.7 9.5 3.5 0.7 0.1 45.0 12th
Total 6.2 12.6 15.6 16.7 14.0 11.6 8.6 5.8 3.7 2.5 1.4 0.7 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 Total



Mountain West Regular Season Championship

Record Champion Total Outright 2-Way 3-Way 4-Way 5-Way 6-Way 7-Way 8-Way
20-0
19-1
18-2
17-3
16-4 33.3% 0.0    0.0
15-5 0.0%
14-6 25.0% 0.0    0.0 0.0
13-7 4.5% 0.0    0.0
12-8 0.0%
11-9 0.0%
10-10 0.0%
Total 0.0% 0.0 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
20-0
19-1
18-2
17-3
16-4 0.0% 100.0% 66.7% 33.3% 11.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0%
15-5 0.0% 0.0
14-6 0.1% 0.1
13-7 0.2% 0.2
12-8 0.4% 0.4
11-9 0.7% 0.7
10-10 1.4% 1.4
9-11 2.5% 0.3% 0.3% 12.0 0.0 2.5
8-12 3.7% 3.7
7-13 5.8% 5.8
6-14 8.6% 8.6
5-15 11.6% 11.6
4-16 14.0% 14.0
3-17 16.7% 16.7
2-18 15.6% 15.6
1-19 12.6% 12.6
0-20 6.2% 6.2
Total 100% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 11.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 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%