Preseason Rankings
America East
2026-27


Team Tourney Chance Exp Seed At-Large
Selection		 Record Predictive
Rating		 Offense Defense Results
Rating		 Conf Results Rating
Overall Conf
Vermont 35%   16   Negligible 0 - 0 0 - 0 -1.6 181 C -1 180 C- -1 194 0 1 0 1
Maryland Baltimore Co. 17%   Negligible 0 - 0 0 - 0 -6.0 274 D+ -3 251 D -3 292 0 1 0 1
Bryant 9%   Negligible 0 - 0 0 - 0 -8.6 316 D -5 312 D -4 308 0 1 0 1
Albany 8%   Negligible 0 - 0 0 - 0 -8.7 317 D -5 313 D -4 314 0 1 0 1
UMass Lowell 9%   Negligible 0 - 0 0 - 0 -8.9 321 D -5 308 D -4 328 0 1 0 1
Maine 7%   Negligible 0 - 0 0 - 0 -9.7 329 D- -7 353 D+ -2 254 0 1 0 1
New Hampshire 7%   Negligible 0 - 0 0 - 0 -9.8 331 D- -6 338 D -4 302 0 1 0 1
NJIT 6%   Negligible 0 - 0 0 - 0 -9.8 332 D -6 334 D -4 325 0 1 0 1
Binghamton 4%   Negligible 0 - 0 0 - 0 -11.2 348 D -5 319 F+ -6 355 0 1 0 1




Numbers in tables represent percent chance of outcome occurring.



Projected Conference Season

Team Avg
Finish		 Champ Co-Champions Finishing Place
0 1 2+ 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th
Vermont 2 63% 51% 10% 3% 63 17 8 5 3 2 1 1 0
Maryland Baltimore Co. 4 14% 8% 5% 2% 14 22 17 14 11 8 6 4 3
Bryant 4 12% 7% 4% 1% 12 16 15 13 12 10 9 8 6
New Hampshire 5 9% 5% 3% 1% 9 14 14 13 12 12 10 10 8
Maine 5 8% 4% 3% 1% 8 13 13 13 12 11 11 10 9
UMass Lowell 5 5% 2% 2% 1% 5 10 12 13 13 13 13 12 10
Albany 5 4% 2% 1% 1% 4 9 12 12 13 13 13 13 11
NJIT 5 4% 2% 1% 1% 4 9 10 13 13 13 14 13 11
Binghamton 6 4% 2% 2% 1% 4 8 9 9 11 12 13 15 18

Team Expected Record Projected Conference Record
Conf Overall 0-16 1-15 2-14 3-13 4-12 5-11 6-10 7-9 8-8 9-7 10-6 11-5 12-4 13-3 14-2 15-1 16-0
Vermont 11 - 5 17 - 12 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 6 10 13 15 17 15 11 5 2
Maryland Baltimore Co. 8 - 6 14 - 13 0 0 0 1 3 6 9 14 16 17 14 10 6 2 0
Bryant 8 - 8 11 - 19 0 0 1 3 6 9 12 15 15 13 11 7 4 2 1 0 0
New Hampshire 7 - 9 12 - 19 0 0 2 4 7 11 14 15 15 12 9 6 3 1 1 0 0
Maine 7 - 9 12 - 19 0 0 2 4 8 11 14 15 15 12 8 5 3 1 0 0 0
UMass Lowell 7 - 7 11 - 16 0 0 2 5 9 14 16 17 14 11 7 3 1 0 0
Albany 7 - 7 11 - 16 0 1 2 6 10 14 17 16 14 10 6 3 1 0 0
NJIT 7 - 7 11 - 17 0 1 3 6 10 14 16 17 14 10 6 3 1 0 0
Binghamton 6 - 10 10 - 18 0 2 4 8 12 15 16 14 11 8 5 3 1 0 0 0 0


NCAA Tournament Selection and Simulation

Tournament Selection
Team Tourney Bid Auto At-Large Exp Seed At-Large Chances 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 No Bid
Vermont 35% 35% 0% 16 Negligible 1 4 13 16 65
Maryland Baltimore Co. 17% 17% 0% Negligible 3 13 83
Bryant 9% 9% 0% Negligible 1 8 91
Albany 8% 8% 0% Negligible 8 92
UMass Lowell 9% 9% 0% Negligible 8 91
Maine 7% 7% 0% Negligible 6 93
New Hampshire 7% 7% 0% Negligible 7 93
NJIT 6% 6% 0% Negligible 6 94
Binghamton 4% 4% 0% Negligible 4 96

Conference Totals
Number of Teams
One or MoreAvg # 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Tourney Bid 100% 1.0 100 0
1st Round 55% 0.5 45 55 0
2nd Round 3% 0.0 97 3
Sweet Sixteen 0% 0.0 100 0
Elite Eight 0% 0.0 100 0
Final Four 0% 0.0 100 0
Final Game 0% 0.0 100 0
Champion 0% 0.0 100

Tournament Simulation
TeamTourney
Bid		First
Four		First
Round		Second
Round		Sweet
Sixteen		Elite
Eight		Final
Four		Final
Game		Champion
Vermont 35% 26% 22% 2%
Maryland Baltimore Co. 17% 16% 9%
Bryant 9% 9% 4%
Albany 8% 8% 4%
UMass Lowell 9% 9% 4%
Maine 7% 7% 3%
New Hampshire 7% 7% 3%
NJIT 6% 6% 3%
Binghamton 4% 4% 2%