The Dayton Flyers ranked 63rd in the preseason Ken Pomeroy ratings that were released on Sunday, Oct. 11.
Dayton is the third-ranked Atlantic 10 Conference team behind No. 54 Saint Louis and No. 55 Virginia Commonwealth. One other A-10 team, No. 99 George Mason, is in the top 100.
KenPom.com projects Dayton to finish 23-9 overall and 12-6 in the A-10.
No. 157 Wright State is the highest-ranked Horizon League team. It’s projected to finish 20-12 overall and 14-6 in the conference.
The No. 123 Miami Redhawks are the third-ranked Mid-American Conference team behind No. 109 Akron and No. 121 Kent State. Miami is projected to finish 20-11 and 14-8.
Ohio State is No. 21. It’s the fourth-ranked Big Ten team. It’s projected to finish 22-10 and 12-8.
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Dayton ranked 54th in the preseason ratings last season and finished 68th.
In 2024-25, Dayton started at No. 27 and finished at No. 77. In 2023-24, it started 69th and finished 30th.
In non-conference play, Dayton will face six top-100 teams: No. 31 Cincinnati, No. 84 Utah, No. 89 Northwestern, No. 85 Memphis, No. 73 Florida State and No. 94 South Florida.
Dayton opens the season on Nov. 2 against No. 347 New Jersey Institute of Technology. There are 365 Division I teams.
Last week, Dayton opened the exhibition season with an 82-76 loss to Xavier at the CareSource Invitational at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason. Dayton returns to action at 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 17, in an exhibition game against Notre Dame at UD Arena.
Dayton has finished the season with a better KenPom ranking than its preseason ranking nine times in the last 16 seasons, including four times in coach Anthony Grant’s first nine seasons
Here's where Dayton has ranked in the preseason KenPom ratings over the years and where it has finished:
2010-11: 54 to 97.
2011-12: 81 to 69.
2012-13: 107 to 67.
2013-14: 70 to 42.
2014-15: 50 to 42.
2015-16: 64 to 59.
2016-17: 37 to 39.
2017-18: 103 to 172.
2018-19: 99 to 62.
2019-20: 55 to 4.
2020-21: 54 to 87.
2021-22: 84 to 55.
2022-23: 24 to 79.
2023-24: 69 to 30.
2024-25: 27 to 77.
2025-26: 54 to 68.