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 -1.8 185 C -1 181 C- -1 196 0 1 0 1
Maryland Baltimore Co. 16%   Negligible 0 - 0 0 - 0 -6.4 277 D+ -3 256 D -4 299 0 1 0 1
Bryant 9%   Negligible 0 - 0 0 - 0 -8.9 317 D -5 314 D -4 312 0 1 0 1
UMass Lowell 9%   Negligible 0 - 0 0 - 0 -9.0 318 D -5 307 D -4 324 0 1 0 1
Albany 8%   Negligible 0 - 0 0 - 0 -9.4 323 D -5 326 D -4 310 0 1 0 1
New Hampshire 6%   Negligible 0 - 0 0 - 0 -10.1 329 D- -6 338 D -4 305 0 1 0 1
Maine 6%   Negligible 0 - 0 0 - 0 -10.1 331 D- -8 355 D+ -2 256 0 1 0 1
NJIT 8%   Negligible 0 - 0 0 - 0 -10.2 333 D -6 333 D -4 325 0 1 0 1
Binghamton 3%   Negligible 0 - 0 0 - 0 -11.5 348 D -5 319 F+ -6 358 0 1 0 1


Upcoming Games

Date Team Points Team Points Chance Interest
Mon, Nov 2 331 Maine 57 40 Providence 83 98%   
Mon, Nov 2 100 George Mason 74 277 Maryland Baltimore Co. 59 90%   
Mon, Nov 2 70 Dayton 80 333 NJIT 59 97%   
Mon, Nov 2 348 Binghamton 58 88 Northwestern 78 96%   
Mon, Nov 2 228 Iona 70 185 Vermont 69 54%   
Mon, Nov 2 317 Bryant 64 253 Siena 65 53%   
Mon, Nov 2 231 Brown 71 329 New Hampshire 62 80%   




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 55% 42% 10% 3% 55 21 9 6 4 2 2 1 0
Maryland Baltimore Co. 3 21% 13% 6% 2% 21 21 16 12 9 7 6 4 2
UMass Lowell 5 9% 5% 3% 1% 9 13 14 14 14 12 10 7 6
Bryant 5 9% 5% 3% 1% 9 13 12 13 13 12 11 10 8
Albany 5 8% 4% 2% 1% 8 11 12 13 13 12 12 9 10
New Hampshire 5 7% 3% 2% 1% 7 10 12 12 13 13 12 12 9
NJIT 5 7% 4% 2% 1% 7 10 12 12 12 12 12 12 10
Maine 5 5% 3% 2% 1% 5 9 10 12 14 14 13 13 11
Binghamton 6 3% 1% 1% 1% 3 6 7 10 11 11 15 17 21

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 1 2 3 6 9 13 16 17 16 10 5 2
Maryland Baltimore Co. 9 - 7 14 - 15 0 0 0 1 2 4 7 10 12 16 15 13 10 7 3 1 0
UMass Lowell 8 - 8 12 - 17 0 0 1 2 4 7 12 14 16 14 12 8 5 2 1 0 0
Bryant 8 - 8 11 - 19 0 0 1 3 6 10 13 14 15 12 11 8 4 2 1 0 0
Albany 8 - 8 13 - 17 0 0 1 4 6 10 13 15 14 13 11 7 4 2 0 0 0
New Hampshire 7 - 9 12 - 19 0 0 1 3 7 11 14 14 14 13 10 6 3 2 0 0
NJIT 7 - 9 12 - 19 0 0 2 4 7 10 14 14 15 12 10 6 3 1 1 0 0
Maine 7 - 9 12 - 19 0 1 2 4 9 11 15 16 14 12 8 5 3 1 0 0 0
Binghamton 6 - 10 10 - 18 0 1 5 8 13 15 16 13 11 9 5 3 1 1 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 17 65
Maryland Baltimore Co. 16% 16% 0% Negligible 2 14 84
Bryant 9% 9% 0% Negligible 8 91
UMass Lowell 9% 9% 0% Negligible 8 91
Albany 8% 8% 0% Negligible 8 92
New Hampshire 6% 6% 0% Negligible 6 94
Maine 6% 6% 0% Negligible 6 94
NJIT 8% 8% 0% Negligible 7 92
Binghamton 3% 3% 0% Negligible 3 97

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% 0.6 45 55
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
Final Game 0% 0.0 100
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% 27% 23% 2%
Maryland Baltimore Co. 16% 16% 9%
Bryant 9% 8% 4%
UMass Lowell 9% 9% 5%
Albany 8% 8% 4%
New Hampshire 6% 6% 3%
Maine 6% 6% 3%
NJIT 8% 8% 4%
Binghamton 3% 3% 2%