Preseason Rankings
Western Michigan
Mid-American
2025-26
Overall
Predictive Rating-7.0#286
Expected Predictive Rating+0.0#1
Pace69.0#150
Improvement--

Offense
Total Offense-3.0#262
First Shot--
After Offensive Rebound--
Layup/Dunks--
2 Pt Jumpshots--
3 Pt Jumpshots--
Freethrows--
Improvement--

Defense
Total Defense-4.0#301
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 1.3% 1.8% 0.7%
At-Large Bid if not Auto Qualifier 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Average Seed 15.0 14.2 14.8
.500 or above 18.6% 25.5% 9.1%
.500 or above in Conference 27.9% 33.5% 20.0%
Conference Champion 1.2% 1.6% 0.6%
Last Place in Conference 15.0% 11.2% 20.3%
First Four0.2% 0.1% 0.2%
First Round1.3% 1.8% 0.7%
Second Round0.1% 0.1% 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: Coastal Carolina (Home) - 57.9% chance of victory

Projected Seeding Not in Tournament  

Projected Record by Quad
QuadProjectedProjected Cumulative
Quad 1a0 - 10 - 1
Quad 1b0 - 10 - 2
Quad 20 - 20 - 5
Quad 32 - 62 - 11
Quad 48 - 710 - 18


Date Opponent Result/Prediction Record Conf Rating Offense Defense
  Nov 03, 2025 275   Coastal Carolina W 69-67 58%    
  Nov 09, 2025 203   @ Campbell L 66-74 24%    
  Nov 12, 2025 192   Purdue Fort Wayne L 74-76 43%    
  Nov 16, 2025 294   @ South Dakota L 82-85 41%    
  Nov 20, 2025 27   @ Ohio St. L 61-86 1%    
  Nov 23, 2025 269   Mount St. Mary's W 72-70 57%    
  Nov 29, 2025 261   @ Valparaiso L 70-75 35%    
  Dec 03, 2025 298   Southern Indiana W 74-71 62%    
  Dec 06, 2025 240   @ SIU Edwardsville L 66-72 31%    
  Dec 14, 2025 32   @ Iowa L 65-89 2%    
  Dec 20, 2025 334   Buffalo W 78-72 71%    
  Dec 30, 2025 180   @ Toledo L 72-80 23%    
  Jan 06, 2026 128   @ Miami (OH) L 68-80 15%    
  Jan 10, 2026 291   Eastern Michigan W 75-72 60%    
  Jan 13, 2026 173   Massachusetts L 73-76 40%    
  Jan 17, 2026 104   @ Akron L 70-85 11%    
  Jan 20, 2026 220   Bowling Green L 72-73 48%    
  Jan 24, 2026 299   Central Michigan W 73-69 62%    
  Jan 27, 2026 316   @ Northern Illinois L 73-74 46%    
  Feb 03, 2026 145   @ Ohio L 71-82 19%    
  Feb 11, 2026 180   Toledo L 75-77 42%    
  Feb 14, 2026 291   @ Eastern Michigan L 72-75 41%    
  Feb 17, 2026 104   Akron L 73-82 24%    
  Feb 21, 2026 299   @ Central Michigan L 70-72 42%    
  Feb 24, 2026 220   @ Bowling Green L 69-76 30%    
  Feb 28, 2026 128   Miami (OH) L 71-77 31%    
  Mar 03, 2026 244   Ball St. W 73-72 52%    
  Mar 06, 2026 126   @ Kent St. L 64-76 16%    
Projected Record 10 - 18 7 - 11





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 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.0 1.2 1st
2nd 0.0 0.1 0.5 0.8 0.5 0.2 0.0 2.1 2nd
3rd 0.0 0.2 0.7 1.3 0.8 0.1 0.0 3.1 3rd
4th 0.2 1.0 1.9 1.1 0.2 0.0 4.4 4th
5th 0.0 0.1 1.2 2.8 1.6 0.3 0.0 6.0 5th
6th 0.0 0.1 1.2 3.7 2.4 0.4 0.0 7.7 6th
7th 0.0 0.1 1.2 4.1 3.2 0.5 0.0 9.1 7th
8th 0.0 1.0 4.1 4.1 0.9 0.0 0.0 10.2 8th
9th 0.0 1.0 4.1 4.5 1.3 0.1 11.0 9th
10th 0.1 0.9 4.3 5.0 1.8 0.1 12.1 10th
11th 0.1 1.2 4.3 4.9 1.8 0.2 12.4 11th
12th 0.2 1.8 4.0 4.1 1.7 0.2 0.0 11.9 12th
13th 0.6 2.1 2.9 2.3 0.8 0.1 8.9 13th
Total 0.6 2.2 4.8 7.5 10.1 12.0 12.2 11.8 10.8 9.2 6.9 4.7 3.3 2.0 1.0 0.5 0.2 0.0 0.0 Total



Mid-American Regular Season Championship

Record Champion Total Outright 2-Way 3-Way 4-Way 5-Way 6-Way 7-Way 8-Way
18-0 100.0% 0.0    0.0
17-1 100.0% 0.0    0.0
16-2 88.2% 0.2    0.1 0.0 0.0
15-3 61.8% 0.3    0.2 0.1 0.0
14-4 40.2% 0.4    0.1 0.2 0.1 0.0
13-5 9.5% 0.2    0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0
12-6 1.9% 0.1    0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
11-7 0.0%
10-8 0.0%
9-9 0.0%
Total 1.2% 1.2 0.5 0.4 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 0.0% 0.0
17-1 0.0% 45.6% 45.6% 11.4 0.0 0.0 0.0
16-2 0.2% 14.3% 14.3% 12.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
15-3 0.5% 15.9% 15.9% 12.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4
14-4 1.0% 14.3% 14.3% 13.2 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.9
13-5 2.0% 10.9% 10.9% 14.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 1.8
12-6 3.3% 5.5% 5.5% 14.3 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 3.1
11-7 4.7% 4.1% 4.1% 15.3 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 4.5
10-8 6.9% 3.6% 3.6% 16.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 6.7
9-9 9.2% 1.5% 1.5% 16.2 0.0 0.1 0.1 9.1
8-10 10.8% 0.7% 0.7% 19.2 0.0 0.1 10.7
7-11 11.8% 0.1% 0.1% 15.0 0.0 0.0 11.8
6-12 12.2% 12.2
5-13 12.0% 12.0
4-14 10.1% 10.1
3-15 7.5% 7.5
2-16 4.8% 4.8
1-17 2.2% 2.2
0-18 0.6% 0.6
Total 100% 1.3% 1.3% 0.0% 15.0 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.3 98.7 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%