Preseason Rankings
Southern Utah
Western Athletic
2025-26
Overall
Predictive Rating-5.8#268
Expected Predictive Rating+0.0#1
Pace71.5#83
Improvement--

Offense
Total Offense-3.5#278
First Shot--
After Offensive Rebound--
Layup/Dunks--
2 Pt Jumpshots--
3 Pt Jumpshots--
Freethrows--
Improvement--

Defense
Total Defense-2.3#250
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 5.4% 10.6% 5.1%
At-Large Bid if not Auto Qualifier 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Average Seed 15.4 14.0 14.7
.500 or above 17.1% 40.4% 15.8%
.500 or above in Conference 32.1% 50.9% 31.0%
Conference Champion 4.9% 11.7% 4.6%
Last Place in Conference 28.8% 14.1% 29.6%
First Four1.3% 1.2% 1.3%
First Round5.1% 10.3% 4.8%
Second Round0.1% 0.5% 0.1%
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: Arizona St. (Away) - 5.3% chance of victory

Projected Seeding Not in Tournament  

Projected Record by Quad
QuadProjectedProjected Cumulative
Quad 1a0 - 10 - 1
Quad 1b0 - 10 - 3
Quad 20 - 30 - 6
Quad 33 - 83 - 13
Quad 48 - 610 - 19


Date Opponent Result/Prediction Record Conf Rating Offense Defense
  Nov 04, 2025 68   @ Arizona St. L 65-82 5%    
  Nov 08, 2025 270   UT Rio Grande Valley W 77-74 61%    
  Nov 15, 2025 182   @ Nebraska Omaha L 71-78 25%    
  Nov 17, 2025 19   @ Gonzaga L 65-90 1%    
  Nov 19, 2025 124   @ Washington St. L 71-82 16%    
  Nov 28, 2025 207   @ Robert Morris L 69-75 29%    
  Nov 29, 2025 350   Stetson W 77-71 71%    
  Dec 06, 2025 113   @ Oregon St. L 63-75 14%    
  Dec 13, 2025 48   @ Washington L 64-84 4%    
  Dec 18, 2025 263   @ Northern Arizona L 71-74 38%    
  Dec 29, 2025 271   @ Utah Tech L 70-73 40%    
  Jan 03, 2026 202   Texas Arlington L 72-73 48%    
  Jan 08, 2026 119   @ Utah Valley L 66-77 17%    
  Jan 10, 2026 169   @ California Baptist L 66-74 25%    
  Jan 15, 2026 274   Tarleton St. W 69-66 61%    
  Jan 17, 2026 175   Abilene Christian L 71-73 45%    
  Jan 21, 2026 119   Utah Valley L 69-74 33%    
  Jan 24, 2026 271   @ Utah Tech L 70-73 40%    
  Jan 29, 2026 202   @ Texas Arlington L 70-76 29%    
  Jan 31, 2026 175   @ Abilene Christian L 68-76 27%    
  Feb 07, 2026 274   Tarleton St. W 69-66 60%    
  Feb 12, 2026 169   California Baptist L 69-71 44%    
  Feb 14, 2026 202   @ Texas Arlington L 70-76 30%    
  Feb 19, 2026 274   @ Tarleton St. L 66-69 41%    
  Feb 21, 2026 175   @ Abilene Christian L 68-76 27%    
  Feb 28, 2026 271   Utah Tech W 73-70 60%    
  Mar 05, 2026 119   Utah Valley L 69-74 34%    
  Mar 07, 2026 169   California Baptist L 69-71 44%    
Projected Record 10 - 18 7 - 11





Numbers in tables represent percent chance of outcome occurring.




Projected Western Athletic 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 0.3 0.9 1.2 1.1 0.8 0.4 0.2 0.0 4.9 1st
2nd 0.0 0.2 1.3 2.7 2.5 1.4 0.5 0.1 0.0 8.7 2nd
3rd 0.1 0.9 3.2 4.2 2.5 0.8 0.1 0.0 11.8 3rd
4th 0.0 0.4 2.4 5.2 4.6 1.7 0.3 0.0 14.6 4th
5th 0.0 0.2 1.6 4.8 6.5 3.9 0.9 0.1 18.1 5th
6th 0.2 1.3 4.0 6.6 5.5 2.5 0.4 0.0 20.5 6th
7th 0.8 2.3 4.3 5.5 4.8 2.6 0.8 0.1 21.3 7th
Total 0.8 2.3 4.6 6.8 9.1 10.8 11.5 11.5 10.4 8.8 7.3 5.9 4.3 2.7 1.6 1.0 0.4 0.2 0.0 Total



Western Athletic 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% 0.2    0.2
16-2 97.9% 0.4    0.4 0.0
15-3 88.4% 0.8    0.7 0.1
14-4 70.3% 1.1    0.8 0.3 0.0
13-5 43.3% 1.2    0.6 0.5 0.0 0.0
12-6 21.2% 0.9    0.3 0.4 0.2 0.0
11-7 5.2% 0.3    0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0
10-8 0.5% 0.0    0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
9-9 0.0%
Total 4.9% 4.9 3.1 1.4 0.4 0.1 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% 87.8% 87.8% 11.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
17-1 0.2% 53.9% 53.9% 12.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
16-2 0.4% 49.0% 49.0% 12.8 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.2
15-3 1.0% 40.1% 40.1% 13.2 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.6
14-4 1.6% 31.5% 31.5% 13.5 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 1.1
13-5 2.7% 25.3% 25.3% 14.2 0.0 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.0 2.0
12-6 4.3% 20.8% 20.8% 14.9 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.1 3.4
11-7 5.9% 14.7% 14.7% 16.4 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.3 5.0
10-8 7.3% 8.0% 8.0% 16.5 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 6.8
9-9 8.8% 4.6% 4.6% 17.6 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.3 8.4
8-10 10.4% 3.3% 3.3% 18.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 10.1
7-11 11.5% 2.0% 2.0% 16.0 0.0 0.2 11.3
6-12 11.5% 1.2% 1.2% 16.0 0.1 11.4
5-13 10.8% 0.4% 0.4% 16.0 0.0 10.8
4-14 9.1% 0.1% 0.1% 16.0 0.0 9.0
3-15 6.8% 0.4% 0.4% 16.0 0.0 6.8
2-16 4.6% 0.2% 0.2% 16.0 0.0 4.6
1-17 2.3% 2.3
0-18 0.8% 0.8
Total 100% 5.4% 5.4% 0.0% 15.4 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.8 1.3 1.4 1.9 94.6 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 0.2%