Omni Rankings™ 2023-2024 Men's college basketball ratings through 4/8/24 games
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Season range Schedule strength Overall Conference Home Road Neutral vs 1-50 vs 51-150 vs 151+
Rank Team Rating D-I rank Max Min Rating D-I rank W L W L Streak Last 10 W L W L W L W L W L W L Highest single-game rating Lowest single-game rating
1 Purdue 92.14 3 94.89 90.01 80.08 2 34 5 17 3 L1 8-2 16 0 7 3 11 2 15 5 13 0 6 0 vs Utah State 103.13 at Nebraska 79.58
2 Illinois 87.93 11 89.06 78.31 78.17 19 29 9 14 6 L1 8-2 15 3 6 5 8 1 9 7 12 2 8 0 vs Duquesne 95.60 vs Maryland 76.83
3 Michigan State 84.48 22 87.80 81.98 79.00 7 20 15 10 10 L1 4-6 14 4 3 7 3 4 5 11 9 4 6 0 vs Baylor 96.85 vs Wisconsin 76.39
4 Wisconsin 83.50 28 85.31 78.80 79.33 5 22 14 11 9 L2 5-5 14 3 3 9 5 2 9 7 9 6 4 1 vs Maryland 96.06 at Rutgers 70.88
5 Nebraska 82.72 36 84.31 76.48 75.41 79 23 11 12 8 L2 7-3 18 1 3 8 2 2 5 7 8 4 10 0 vs Indiana 93.42 vs Creighton 68.16
6 Northwestern 82.09 43 83.04 76.31 77.69 26 22 12 12 8 L1 5-5 15 2 4 7 3 3 5 8 9 3 8 1 vs Ohio State 90.30 vs Chicago State 66.33
7 Ohio State 81.80 45 84.53 77.65 77.05 47 22 14 9 11 L1 7-3 15 5 2 8 5 1 4 7 12 6 6 1 vs Santa Clara 94.25 at Northwestern 68.71
8 Iowa 80.54 53 86.00 80.19 77.64 29 19 15 10 10 L1 5-5 14 4 4 9 1 2 6 10 6 4 7 1 vs North Dakota 90.38 at Iowa State 74.19
9 Penn State 78.85 64 84.53 75.65 75.95 71 16 17 9 11 L1 4-6 12 4 2 8 2 5 3 8 6 8 7 1 vs Maryland 85.64 vs Bucknell 63.95
10 Maryland 78.21 70 81.91 75.10 76.42 61 16 17 7 13 L1 3-7 11 6 4 8 1 3 2 10 6 7 8 0 vs Nebraska 89.51 vs Wisconsin 65.95
11 Minnesota 76.76 80 79.63 70.83 75.12 84 19 15 9 11 L1 4-6 16 4 3 9 0 2 4 9 5 5 10 1 vs Rutgers 82.63 vs San Francisco 67.66
12 Indiana 76.32 90 77.72 71.12 78.17 18 19 14 10 10 L1 5-5 12 5 4 6 3 3 4 11 7 3 8 0 at Minnesota       84.70 vs Auburn       65.64
13 Rutgers 75.17 104 81.29 74.73 77.34 40 15 17 7 13 L4 3-7 12 5 3 9 0 3 4 11 2 6 9 0 vs Wisconsin     89.56 vs Stonehill       64.68
14 Michigan 71.24 151 86.40 71.24 78.81 9 8 24 3 17 L9 1-9 5 10 2 9 1 5 3 13 3 10 2 1 at St. John's 89.35 at Rutgers 61.91
Big Ten top performances Big Ten surprise performances Big Ten upset wins
Rank Team Opponent Result Rating Rank Team Opponent Result Rating Rank Team Opponent Result Rating
1 Purdue vs Utah State W 106 - 67  103.13 1 Wisconsin vs Virginia W 65 - 41  15.05 1 Ohio State vs Alabama W 92 - 81  17.92
2 Purdue vs Michigan W 99 - 67  99.31 2 Michigan State vs Baylor W 88 - 64  14.78 2 Northwestern vs Purdue W 92 - 88 OT 13.52
3 Purdue vs Arizona W 92 - 84  98.72 3 Ohio State vs Alabama W 92 - 81  14.30 3 Nebraska vs Purdue W 88 - 72  12.52
4 Michigan State vs Baylor W 88 - 64  96.85 4 Wisconsin vs Maryland W 87 - 56  14.13 4 Maryland at Illinois W 76 - 67  12.34
5 Purdue vs Iowa W 87 - 68  96.65 5 Nebraska vs Purdue W 88 - 72  14.03 5 Ohio State vs Purdue W 73 - 69  11.05
6 Purdue vs Rutgers W 96 - 68  96.44 6 Rutgers vs Wisconsin W 78 - 56  13.13 6 Ohio State at Michigan State W 60 - 57  9.31
7 Purdue vs Gonzaga W 80 - 68  96.22 7 Purdue vs Utah State W 106 - 67  13.04 7 Indiana at Michigan W 78 - 75  9.28
8 Wisconsin vs Maryland W 87 - 56  96.06 8 Ohio State vs Santa Clara W 86 - 56  12.31 8 Indiana at Maryland W 83 - 78  8.85
9 Purdue at Iowa W 84 - 70  95.75 9 Rutgers vs Michigan W 82 - 52  12.23 9 Iowa at Michigan State W 78 - 71  8.43
10 Purdue vs Gonzaga W 73 - 63  95.64 10 Northwestern vs Ohio State W 83 - 58  11.20 10 Northwestern vs Michigan State W 88 - 74  8.36
Big Ten projected standings Big Ten projected tournament bracket (projections in italics)
Conference Overall 1 Purdue
Rank Team W L W L  
1 Purdue 17 3 34 5 8 Michigan State @ Minneapolis, MN Purdue
2 Illinois 14 6 29 9      
3 Nebraska 12 8 23 11 @ Minneapolis, MN Michigan State  
4 Northwestern 12 8 22 12    
5 Wisconsin 11 9 22 14 9 Minnesota @ Minneapolis, MN Wisconsin
6 Michigan State 10 10 20 15    
7 Iowa 10 10 19 15 4 Northwestern    
8 Indiana 10 10 19 14      
9 Ohio State 9 11 22 14 5 Wisconsin @ Minneapolis, MN Wisconsin  
10 Penn State 9 11 16 17    
11 Minnesota 9 11 19 15 12 Maryland @ Minneapolis, MN Wisconsin
12 Maryland 7 13 16 17    
13 Rutgers 7 13 15 17 @ Minneapolis, MN Maryland @ Minneapolis, MN Illinois
14 Michigan 3 17 8 24   2024 Big Ten
13 Rutgers 2 Illinois Men's Basketball
  Tournament Champion
Big Ten tournament probabilities Outcome realized Outcome unrealized 7 Iowa @ Minneapolis, MN Illinois
Probabilities based on pre-tournament ratings and projected bracket        
Reaching Reaching Winning @ Minneapolis, MN Ohio State    
Seed Team semifinals final tournament      
1 Purdue 75.13% 56.51% 39.30% 10 Ohio State @ Minneapolis, MN Illinois
2 Illinois 67.17% 45.57% 22.61%  
3 Nebraska 66.67% 28.29% 10.52% 3 Nebraska  
4 Northwestern 58.02% 19.04% 8.86%    
5 Wisconsin 28.91% 8.61% 3.70% 6 Indiana @ Minneapolis, MN Nebraska
6 Indiana 16.78% 4.48% 1.03%    
7 Iowa 15.35% 7.70% 2.52% 11 Penn State @ Minneapolis, MN Indiana
8 Michigan State 20.98% 11.70% 5.76%    
9 Minnesota 3.88% 1.29% 0.36% @ Minneapolis, MN Penn State
10 Ohio State 17.48% 9.10% 3.12%  
11 Penn State 15.14% 4.66% 1.24% 14 Michigan
12 Maryland 9.82% 2.32% 0.82%
13 Rutgers 3.26% 0.53% 0.14%
14 Michigan 1.41% 0.20% 0.02% © Omni Rankings