Samford Bulldogs
mens
SoCon
canonical name from espn_mbb
Ratings · 2026
| Dimension | Value | Unit | σ |
|---|---|---|---|
| OE | 1.11 | points per possession | 0.13 |
| DE | 1.14 | points per possession | 0.13 |
| ME | -0.03 | points per possession | 0.18 |
| PACE | 67.52 | possessions per game | 4.49 |
At season 2026's latest cutoff
(2026-04-07 00:50),
with 30 games played. OE is points scored
per possession, DE points allowed per possession, and the adjusted margin (ME) is their
difference — so 0.47 reads as +0.47 pts per possession, not 0.47 points. PACE is
possessions per game, a count, not a per-possession rate. The σ column shares
its row's unit.
Ratings over time
Season 2026 · 2025 · 2024 · 2023 · 2022 · 2021
Show AdjME · AdjOE · AdjDE · AdjPace
Warm-up shown · hide
train_cutoff_at — a walk-forward replay for season 2026.
Axis spans 0.73 to 1.37 over
131 cutoffs. The shaded band is the model's own ±2σ
(AdjOE_sigma) — it is widest early, when few games have been
played.
The dashed rule is the mean warm-up gate: left of it the team had
played fewer than 18 games, where the rating has not yet settled (a rating
is a mean, so it gates on the mean curve; the prediction-σ gate is later or equal at
18).
This line is the smoothed rating: an exponentially-weighted causal
average of this team's own history (alpha 0.75 on each
factor), fitted once on five seasons and frozen — it removes cutoff-to-cutoff fit
noise without pulling the team toward the league mean.Record · 2026
| Season | W | L | Pct |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 18 | 14 | 0.562 |
Countable games per NCAA policy — includes non-D1, which count for the record and not for the ratings.
Vendor names
| Source | Name | Reviewed |
|---|---|---|
| cbbd | Samford | auto |
Schedule & results
| Date | S | Matchup | Score | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-07 | 2026 | Furman @ Samford N | 86–81 | conf_tournament |
| 2026-02-28 | 2026 | UNC Greensboro @ Samford | 78–87 | regular |
| 2026-02-27 | 2026 | VMI @ Samford | 61–80 | regular |
| 2026-02-21 | 2026 | Samford @ Mercer | 86–89 | regular |
| 2026-02-20 | 2026 | Samford @ The Citadel | 78–75 | regular |
| 2026-02-14 | 2026 | Samford @ East Tennessee State | 82–72 | regular |
| 2026-02-12 | 2026 | Wofford @ Samford | 80–97 | regular |
| 2026-02-07 | 2026 | Mercer @ Samford | 49–69 | regular |
| 2026-02-06 | 2026 | The Citadel @ Samford | 64–78 | regular |
| 2026-02-01 | 2026 | Samford @ Western Carolina | 88–74 | regular |
| 2026-01-29 | 2026 | Samford @ Furman | 73–78 | regular |
| 2026-01-24 | 2026 | Chattanooga @ Samford | 64–75 | regular |
| 2026-01-21 | 2026 | Samford @ Wofford | 78–88 | regular |
| 2026-01-17 | 2026 | East Tennessee State @ Samford | 76–75 | regular |
| 2026-01-15 | 2026 | Furman @ Samford | 77–73 | regular |
| 2026-01-10 | 2026 | Samford @ Chattanooga | 79–88 | regular |
| 2026-01-08 | 2026 | Western Carolina @ Samford | 77–82 | regular |
| 2026-01-03 | 2026 | Samford @ UNC Greensboro | 82–89 | regular |
| 2026-01-01 | 2026 | Samford @ VMI | 78–58 | regular |
| 2025-12-19 | 2026 | Reinhardt @ Samford | 49–85 | non_d1 |
| 2025-12-15 | 2026 | Bryan (TN) @ Samford | 51–106 | non_d1 |
| 2025-12-08 | 2026 | Cornell @ Samford | 90–93 | regular |
| 2025-12-06 | 2026 | Samford @ VCU | 57–83 | regular |
| 2025-11-26 | 2026 | Samford @ Utah Valley N | 45–89 | regular |
| 2025-11-25 | 2026 | Samford @ Georgia State N | 78–63 | regular |
| 2025-11-22 | 2026 | Samford @ New Mexico State | 72–81 | regular |
| 2025-11-20 | 2026 | Florida Gulf Coast @ Samford | 77–62 | regular |
| 2025-11-16 | 2026 | Samford @ Central Arkansas | 84–77 | regular |
| 2025-11-15 | 2026 | Samford @ Arkansas | 75–79 | regular |
| 2025-11-13 | 2026 | Samford @ Texas Southern | 93–90 | regular |
| 2025-11-08 | 2026 | South Carolina State @ Samford | 72–82 | regular |
| 2025-11-04 | 2026 | Samford @ Tulane | 72–85 | regular |