Omni Rankings™ 2024-2025 Men's college basketball ratings through 3/28/25 games
Mid-American
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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 Akron 73.42 118 76.16 69.74 67.03 266 26 7 17 1 L1 8-2 14 0 8 4 4 3 0 2 4 2 22 3 vs Miami (OH) 84.06 vs Milwaukee 61.95
2 Kent State 73.17 124 73.54 69.47 68.46 195 22 12 11 7 L1 6-4 9 4 10 6 3 2 0 2 5 4 17 6 vs Toledo 84.46 vs Western Michigan 60.16
3 Miami (OH) 70.37 155 70.62 66.20 65.81 295 23 9 14 4 L1 6-4 13 1 6 7 4 1 0 2 4 2 19 5 at Kent State 75.85 at Akron 60.66
4 Ohio 67.36 210 71.24 66.65 66.50 283 15 16 10 8 L3 4-6 11 3 3 10 1 3 0 0 3 5 12 11 vs Akron 78.61 at Toledo 60.21
5 Central Michigan 66.82 219 72.67 66.57 67.84 227 10 17 7 11 L1 4-6 5 6 5 10 0 1 0 3 2 4 8 10 at Western Michigan 80.56 vs Northern Illinois 60.67
6 Eastern Michigan 64.12 265 64.15 58.55 66.02 291 15 16 9 9 L2 6-4 8 5 6 10 1 1 0 0 0 5 15 11 at Ohio 69.57 vs Akron 52.79
7 Toledo 63.92 266 74.03 62.52 67.70 234 17 15 10 8 L1 3-7 8 4 6 9 3 2 0 3 1 6 16 6 vs Stetson 78.27 vs Oakland 50.72
8 Ball State 63.17 274 67.10 61.64 65.36 306 11 17 7 11 L4 4-6 6 7 4 9 1 1 0 0 1 3 10 14 vs Evansville 78.12 vs Detroit Mercy 54.00
9 Western Michigan 62.84 279 64.96 58.63 67.61 242 11 20 9 9 L1 5-5 5 9 6 10 0 1 0 1 1 6 10 13 at Buffalo 76.40 vs Georgia Southern 48.46
10 Bowling Green 61.83 290 63.80 59.83 64.76 317 12 18 8 10 L2 6-4 6 8 5 8 1 2 0 1 1 6 11 11 vs Morgan State 67.79 vs Akron 54.07
11 Northern Illinois 57.26 344 62.04 53.94 66.87 269 3 25 2 16 W1 1-9 2 10 1 15 0 0 0 0 0 7 3 18 vs Monmouth 65.10 at Ohio 46.80
12 Buffalo 57.16 345 61.28 55.40 67.67 237 7 22 4 14 L2 2-8 4 9 3 13 0 0 0 1 0 7 7 14 at Western Michigan 66.34 vs Western Michigan 41.67
MAC top performances MAC surprise performances MAC upset wins
Rank Team Opponent Result Rating Rank Team Opponent Result Rating Rank Team Opponent Result Rating
1 Kent State vs Toledo W 105 - 65  84.46 1 Ball State vs Evansville W 80 - 43  16.17 1 Northern Illinois at Central Michigan W 83 - 81 2OT 14.23
2 Akron vs Miami (OH) W 102 - 75  84.06 2 Western Michigan at Buffalo W 97 - 64  16.04 2 Western Michigan at Kent State W 94 - 83  13.57
3 Kent State at St. Bonaventure W 75 - 56  83.03 3 Kent State vs Toledo W 105 - 65  13.22 3 Eastern Michigan at Oakland W 68 - 64  12.36
4 Akron at Buffalo W 90 - 58  82.95 4 Central Michigan at Western Michigan W 86 - 57  12.73 4 Central Michigan at George Mason W 70 - 69  11.67
5 Akron vs Bowling Green W 96 - 67  82.17 5 Western Michigan at Kent State W 94 - 83  12.12 5 Ball State at Kent State W 75 - 67  10.41
6 Akron at Kent State W 85 - 71  81.47 6 Kent State at St. Bonaventure W 75 - 56  11.83 6 Western Michigan at Youngstown State W 73 - 62  10.25
7 Central Michigan at Western Michigan W 86 - 57  80.56 7 Western Michigan at Youngstown State W 73 - 62  10.45 7 Eastern Michigan vs Wright State W 86 - 82  9.87
8 Kent State at Toledo W 83 - 64  79.43 8 Akron at Buffalo W 90 - 58  10.01 8 Eastern Michigan at Ohio W 83 - 79  9.40
9 Akron at Eastern Michigan W 105 - 81  78.81 9 Toledo at Ball State W 93 - 75  10.00 9 Ball State vs Eastern Kentucky W 63 - 61  9.28
10 Ohio vs Akron W 84 - 67  78.61 10 Western Michigan vs Canisius W 92 - 69  9.89 10 Eastern Michigan vs Ohio W 94 - 87  8.47
MAC projected standings MAC projected tournament bracket (projections in italics)
Conference Overall 1 Akron
Rank Team W L W L  
1 Akron 17 1 26 7 @ Cleveland, OH Akron
2 Miami (OH) 14 4 23 9  
3 Kent State 11 7 22 12 8 Bowling Green  
4 Ohio 10 8 15 16
5 Toledo 10 8 17 15 @ Cleveland, OH Akron
6 Eastern Michigan 9 9 15 16  
7 Western Michigan 9 9 11 20 4 Toledo  
8 Bowling Green 8 10 12 18      
9 Central Michigan 7 11 10 17 @ Cleveland, OH Toledo  
10 Ball State 7 11 11 17
11 Buffalo 4 14 7 22 5 Ohio
12 Northern Illinois 2 16 3 25
@ Cleveland, OH Akron
2025 MAC
MAC tournament probabilities Outcome realized Outcome unrealized 2 Miami (OH) Men's Basketball
Probabilities based on pre-tournament ratings and projected bracket   Tournament Champion
Reaching Reaching Winning @ Cleveland, OH Miami (OH)
Seed Team semifinals final tournament    
1 Akron 81.40% 59.46% 36.57% 7 Eastern Michigan    
2 Miami (OH) 68.31% 32.60% 15.42%  
3 Kent State 79.22% 50.79% 28.24% @ Cleveland, OH Miami (OH)
4 Toledo 36.01% 9.37% 2.80%
5 Ohio 63.99% 23.93% 10.15% 3 Kent State
6 Western Michigan 20.78% 6.82% 1.81%    
7 Eastern Michigan 31.69% 9.79% 2.99% @ Cleveland, OH Kent State
8 Bowling Green 18.60% 7.24% 2.03%
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