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mens · season 2026

The season's top 25 going into the tournament, by AdjPace — each traced across every cutoff of the season's walk. One season is one fit, so these lines share one time axis; a team that only entered the ratings later starts where it entered, not at zero. Values are possessions per game.

end state cutoff 2026-04-07 teams rated 365 cutoffs in the walk 131
mens 2026: AdjPace for the top 25 teams across the season's walk-forward cutoffsstart of the NCAA tournament — left of this line is pre-tournament1. Georgia 2. IU Indianapolis 3. Cal Poly 4. Kennesaw State 5. Cornell1. Georgia 2. IU Indianapolis 3. Cal Poly 4. South Florida 5. Providence1. Georgia 2. IU Indianapolis 3. Cal Poly 4. South Florida 5. Providence1. Georgia 2. IU Indianapolis 3. Cal Poly 4. South Florida 5. Providence1. Georgia 2. IU Indianapolis 3. South Florida 4. Cal Poly 5. Charleston Southern1. Georgia 2. IU Indianapolis 3. South Florida 4. Providence 5. Cornell1. Georgia 2. IU Indianapolis 3. Providence 4. Cal Poly 5. South Florida1. Georgia 2. IU Indianapolis 3. Cornell 4. Providence 5. South Florida1. Georgia 2. Providence 3. Cornell 4. Cal Poly 5. South Florida1. Georgia 2. Providence 3. IU Indianapolis 4. South Florida 5. Cal Poly1. Georgia 2. Providence 3. South Florida 4. Cal Poly 5. IU Indianapolis1. Georgia 2. South Florida 3. Cal Poly 4. Providence 5. Alabama1. Georgia 2. South Florida 3. Providence 4. Cal Poly 5. Florida International1. Georgia 2. Cal Poly 3. Providence 4. Cal State Northridge 5. South Florida1. Georgia 2. South Florida 3. Providence 4. Cal Poly 5. Cal State Northridge1. Georgia 2. Providence 3. South Florida 4. Cal State Northridge 5. IU Indianapolis1. Georgia 2. Providence 3. Alabama 4. IU Indianapolis 5. Cal State Northridge1. Georgia 2. Providence 3. Cal Poly 4. Alabama 5. IU Indianapolis1. Georgia 2. Providence 3. Alabama 4. Cal Poly 5. William & Mary1. Georgia 2. Providence 3. IU Indianapolis 4. Alabama 5. Cal Poly1. Georgia 2. IU Indianapolis 3. Alabama 4. Cal Poly 5. Cal State Northridge1. Georgia 2. Cal Poly 3. IU Indianapolis 4. Cal State Northridge 5. Alabama1. Georgia 2. Cal Poly 3. IU Indianapolis 4. Cal State Northridge 5. Alabama1. Georgia 2. Cal Poly 3. Alabama 4. Providence 5. Cal State Northridge1. Georgia 2. Providence 3. Cal Poly 4. Cal State Northridge 5. Alabama1. Georgia 2. Providence 3. Cal Poly 4. Cal State Northridge 5. Alabama1. Georgia 2. Providence 3. Cal State Northridge 4. Alabama 5. IU Indianapolis1. Cal Poly 2. Providence 3. Alabama 4. Georgia 5. Cal State Northridge1. Cal Poly 2. Alabama 3. Providence 4. Cal State Northridge 5. Georgia1. Cal Poly 2. Alabama 3. Cal State Northridge 4. Providence 5. Charleston Southern1. Cal Poly 2. Charleston Southern 3. Alabama 4. Cal State Northridge 5. Providence1. Cal Poly 2. Alabama 3. Cal State Northridge 4. Charleston Southern 5. Providence1. Cal Poly 2. Cal State Northridge 3. Alabama 4. Charleston Southern 5. Providence1. Cal State Northridge 2. Cal Poly 3. Charleston Southern 4. Alabama 5. South Florida1. Cal Poly 2. Cal State Northridge 3. Charleston Southern 4. South Florida 5. Alabama1. Cal Poly 2. Charleston Southern 3. Cal State Northridge 4. Alabama 5. South Florida1. Charleston Southern 2. Cal Poly 3. Cal State Northridge 4. Alabama 5. South Florida1. Cal Poly 2. Charleston Southern 3. Cal State Northridge 4. Oklahoma State 5. South Florida1. Cal Poly 2. Charleston Southern 3. Cal State Northridge 4. Alabama 5. South Florida1. Cal Poly 2. Charleston Southern 3. Cal State Northridge 4. Alabama 5. IU Indianapolis1. Cal Poly 2. Charleston Southern 3. Cal State Northridge 4. Alabama 5. IU Indianapolis1. Cal Poly 2. Cal State Northridge 3. Alabama 4. Charleston Southern 5. IU Indianapolis1. Cal Poly 2. Cal State Northridge 3. Charleston Southern 4. Alabama 5. IU Indianapolis1. Cal Poly 2. Cal State Northridge 3. Charleston Southern 4. Alabama 5. IU Indianapolis1. Cal Poly 2. Cal State Northridge 3. Charleston Southern 4. IU Indianapolis 5. Alabama1. Cal Poly 2. Cal State Northridge 3. Charleston Southern 4. Alabama 5. IU Indianapolis1. Cal Poly 2. Cal State Northridge 3. Charleston Southern 4. Alabama 5. IU Indianapolis1. Cal Poly 2. Cal State Northridge 3. Alabama 4. Charleston Southern 5. Oklahoma State1. Cal Poly 2. Cal State Northridge 3. Alabama 4. IU Indianapolis 5. Charleston Southern1. Cal Poly 2. Cal State Northridge 3. Alabama 4. Charleston Southern 5. IU Indianapolis1. Cal Poly 2. Cal State Northridge 3. Alabama 4. Charleston Southern 5. Oklahoma State1. Cal Poly 2. Cal State Northridge 3. Charleston Southern 4. Alabama 5. IU Indianapolis1. Cal Poly 2. Charleston Southern 3. Cal State Northridge 4. Alabama 5. IU Indianapolis1. Cal Poly 2. Cal State Northridge 3. Charleston Southern 4. Alabama 5. Oklahoma State1. Cal Poly 2. Cal State Northridge 3. Charleston Southern 4. IU Indianapolis 5. Alabama1. Cal Poly 2. Cal State Northridge 3. Charleston Southern 4. IU Indianapolis 5. Alabama1. Cal State Northridge 2. Cal Poly 3. Charleston Southern 4. IU Indianapolis 5. Alabama1. Cal Poly 2. Cal State Northridge 3. Charleston Southern 4. Oklahoma State 5. Alabama1. Cal Poly 2. Cal State Northridge 3. Charleston Southern 4. Oklahoma State 5. Alabama1. Cal Poly 2. Charleston Southern 3. Cal State Northridge 4. Oklahoma State 5. Alabama
AdjPace (possessions per game) across train_cutoff_at — 131 cutoffs from 2026-01-23 to 2026-04-07. Axis spans 68.97 to 75.17. Hover or tap the chart to name the teams at that point and their order — every line carries its own hit area, so nothing is read off its color alone. Warm-up: show · hidden
  • Cal Poly
  • Cal State Northridge
  • Charleston Southern
  • Alabama
  • IU Indianapolis
  • 20 more, drawn as grey context

The top 25 going into the tournament

#TeamAdjPace Cutoffs ratedPostseason
1 Cal Poly Mustangs 73.43 114 —
2 Cal State Northridge Matadors 72.88 114 —
3 Charleston Southern Buccaneers 72.61 114 —
4 Alabama Crimson Tide 72.39 114 #4 Sweet 16 (out)
5 IU Indianapolis Jaguars 72.38 114 —
6 Cal State Fullerton Titans 72.24 114 —
7 South Florida Bulls 72.12 114 #11 Round of 64 (out)
8 Arkansas State Red Wolves 71.99 114 —
9 Oklahoma State Cowboys 71.99 114 —
10 Kansas State Wildcats 71.88 114 —
11 Lindenwood Lions 71.80 114 —
12 Providence Friars 71.45 114 —
13 Cornell Big Red 71.45 114 —
14 William & Mary Tribe 71.42 114 —
15 Texas A&M Aggies 71.36 114 #10 Round of 32 (out)
16 Florida International Panthers 71.27 114 —
17 Georgia Bulldogs 71.21 114 #8 Round of 64 (out)
18 Arkansas Razorbacks 71.03 114 #4 Sweet 16 (out)
19 Radford Highlanders 71.00 114 —
20 Murray State Racers 70.77 114 —
21 USC Trojans 70.69 114 —
22 Kent State Golden Flashes 70.59 114 —
23 Sacramento State Hornets 70.46 114 —
24 Kennesaw State Owls 70.34 114 #14 Round of 64 (out)
25 Michigan Wolverines 70.29 114 #1 Champion

Ranked and valued at the pre-tournament cutoff (2026-03-15) — the last one whose ratings had seen no NCAA tournament game. This is the rating each team carried into the bracket the Postseason column reports, so the two are read on the same information. Hover or click the chart for any other cutoff. A team's value is blank when it had not yet been rated at that cutoff; a line begins where a team entered the ratings, so early-season lines are shorter, not missing.