2025-26 Preseason Rankings

[jessej]

Dog Days of August
while we await the release of the full schedule and partial season ticket pricing
thought this would be a better discussion instead of when Mason is getting a D-1 Football Program

with free transfers and players moving teams for better pay, there is a large degree of uncertainty

from barttorvik.com

Rk	Team
51	vcu
59	George Washington
79	Saint Louis
89	Loyola Chicago
97	Dayton
99	Saint Joseph's
102	George Mason
112	Duquesne
129	Richmond
136	St. Bonaventure
152	Fordham
161	Davidson
163	Rhode Island
200	La Salle

 

[jessej]

from KenPom

2025 Pomeroy College Basketball Ratings

ranking at the start of the year is based on the ranking at the end of the previous season
so initially it is pretty bad - but self-correcting over the season as new information/game results aer added in

Rk	Team
34	vcu 11
77	Dayton
79	George Mason
85	Saint Joseph's
107	Loyola Chicago
121	Saint Louis
123	St. Bonaventure
128	George Washington
140	Duquesne
147	Davidson
157	Rhode Island
222	Massachusetts
229	La Salle
237	Fordham
247	Richmond

 

[jessej]

Jeff Sagarin

maybe the original of the analytic approach
no longer publicly available
and i don't have a membership
but it can be found on the sport reference data site
and it has the same problems as the KenPom Data

2024-25 Men's College Basketball School Ratings | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com

2024-25 Men's College Basketball Season Summary and More About College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com

www.sports-reference.com

		Net Rating
1	Dayton	11.9
2	George Mason	10.95
3	Saint Joseph's	10.7
4	Loyola (IL)	5
5	St. Bonaventure	4.81
6	Saint Louis	4.71
7	George Washington	3.39
8	Duquesne	2.04
9	Davidson	1.87
10	Rhode Island	1.29
11	Massachusetts	-4.42
12	La Salle	-4.86
13	Fordham	-6.44
14	Richmond	-8.29

 

[hoopsjunkie75]

Jeff Sagarin

maybe the original of the analytic approach
no longer publicly available
and i don't have a membership
but it can be found on the sport reference data site
and it has the same problems as the KenPom Data

2024-25 Men's College Basketball School Ratings | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com

2024-25 Men's College Basketball Season Summary and More About College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com

www.sports-reference.com

		Net Rating
1	Dayton	11.9
2	George Mason	10.95
3	Saint Joseph's	10.7
4	Loyola (IL)	5
5	St. Bonaventure	4.81
6	Saint Louis	4.71
7	George Washington	3.39
8	Duquesne	2.04
9	Davidson	1.87
10	Rhode Island	1.29
11	Massachusetts	-4.42
12	La Salle	-4.86
13	Fordham	-6.44
14	Richmond	-8.29

Was VCpoo left off of this list intentionally? Or am I missing something here?

 

[psyclone]

Was VCpoo left off of this list intentionally? Or am I missing something here?

vcu 21.60

 

[phoenix-arizona]

I am happy that 2 out of 3 have GMU finishing high enough for the double-bye.

 

[Patriotsince81]

@jessej Thanks for posting, it's always interesting to see various predictions/prognostications. Given the day and age we live in with the portal and NIL I will confidently predict we finish first, or 14th, or anywhere in-between in A10 play.