The UMass Minutemen What If table presents playoff probabilities depended upon how UMass plays future conference games. These games include either the next game, all remaining games, or a set of games called Best/Worst Case Scenarios. Other unplayed future conference games are assumed won/lost with a probability based upon relative team strengths.
| Resultant Record | Regular Season Finish | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | L | 1* Conference Championship Game Participant | 2* Conference Championship Game Participant | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | |
| Win Next Game | 1 | 4 | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 5% | 10% | 17% | 24% | 40% | 
| Current Standings | 0 | 4 | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 4% | 10% | 20% | 63% | 
| Lose Next Game | 0 | 5 | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 8% | 20% | 70% | 
| Regular Season Finish | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1* Conference Championship Game Participant | 2* Conference Championship Game Participant | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | |
| Current Standings | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 4% | 10% | 20% | 63% | 
| Best Case Scenario None | Worst Case Scenario None | ||||||||||||
| Remaining Games Won | Winning Percentage of Remaining Games | Resultant Record | Regular Season Finish | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | L | 1* Conference Championship Game Participant | 2* Conference Championship Game Participant | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | ||
| 4 of 4 | 100% | 4 | 4 | X | X | <1% | 2% | 9% | 25% | 32% | 23% | 8% | 1% | <1% | <1% | ^ | 
| 3 of 4 | 75% | 3 | 5 | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | 3% | 14% | 28% | 33% | 18% | 4% | <1% | 
| 2 of 4 | 50% | 2 | 6 | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | <1% | 7% | 32% | 42% | 18% | 
| 1 of 4 | 25% | 1 | 7 | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 1% | 23% | 75% | 
| 0 of 4 | 0% | 0 | 8 | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 100% |