MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The 2026 SSAC Men’s Basketball Championship will take place Feb. 25-28 at the Multiplex at Cramton Bowl in Montgomery, Ala., and none of the seeds are set.
Link To Championship Schedule
Seeds
The top five from each division will advance to Montgomery, while the team with the fewest losses, regardless of division, earns the regular season title.
Regular Season Champion
Faulkner, William Carey and Loyola are still fighting for a share of the regular season title. While Loyola could claim a piece of a Co-Championship, they would lose the head-to-head tiebreaker to both Faulkner and William Carey. Faulkner is 2-0 v. Loyola and 1-1 v. WCU; William Carey is 1-1 v. Faulkner and 1-1 v. Loyola. Loyola is 0-2 v. Faulkner and 1-1 v. WCU.
- If Faulkner and William Carey win out, Faulkner would win the tiebreaker due to going 2-0 v. Loyola, compared to 1-1 for WCU
- With a three-way tie, grouped H2H would be Faulkner 3-1, William Carey 2-2 and Loyola 1-3. The seeds would fall in that order
- Both WCU and Faulkner fared the same v. Dalton State and Life, so the tiebreakers would not change if those teams tied Loyola or jumped the Wolf Pack in the standings
Noteworthy Wins / Head-to-Heads
- UT Southern and Mobile have split, but UT Southern has a win over Faulkner
- Dalton State is 2-0 v. Life and 1-1 v. BPCU
- Life and Brewton-Parker split
- Dalton State has wins over William Carey and Faulkner
Standings
| West |
| Seed |
Team |
Record |
Possible Seeds |
| 1. |
Faulkner |
14-3 |
1-2 |
| 2. |
William Carey |
13-3 |
1-3 |
| 3. |
Loyola |
12-4 |
2-3 |
| 4. |
UT Southern |
7-9 |
4-5 |
| 5. |
Mobile |
7-10 |
4-5 |
| X. |
Blue Mountain |
2-14 |
X |
| East |
| Seed |
Team |
Record |
Possible Seeds |
| 1. |
Dalton State |
11-5 |
1-2 |
| 2. |
Life |
10-6 |
1-3 |
| 3. |
Brewton-Parker |
10-7 |
2-3 |
| 4. |
Point |
6-11 |
4-5 |
| 5. |
Thomas |
4-12 |
4-6 |
| 6. |
ABAC |
2-14 |
5-6 |
Tiebreakers
1. Head-to-head
* For comparing a tie of three or more, teams must have played each other an equal number of times
2. Head-to-head against common opponents working at the top of the standing down
* You can only use common opponents that teams played an equal number of times
3. Modified Krause System (don’t ask)
4. Coin flip
*There are more details involved in each step and other qualifiers, but that is the gist of it
Remaining Games
Thursday, Feb. 19
Thomas @ Life
ABAC @ Dalton State
Blue Mountain @ Loyola
UT Southern @ William Carey
Saturday, Feb. 21
Point @ Brewton-Parker
Thomas @ Dalton State
ABAC @ Life
Blue Mountain @ William Carey
UT Southern @ Loyola
Faulkner @ Mobile
*This information is subject to be wrong and/or changed repeatedly over the next few days