Omni Rankings™ 2023-2024 Men's college basketball ratings through 4/8/24 games
Missouri Valley
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Home court factor = 2.68 Record vs D-I teams
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 Indiana State 83.19 32 85.36 77.36 73.22 102 31 7 17 3 L1 8-2 15 1 9 4 7 2 2 3 14 3 15 1 vs Southern Illinois 91.66 vs Illinois State 68.10
2 Drake 80.88 52 81.96 77.38 72.14 111 27 7 16 4 L1 8-2 15 0 6 5 6 2 3 2 10 4 14 1 vs Evansville 90.03 at Belmont 65.40
3 Bradley 79.96 57 81.44 74.98 73.50 99 22 12 13 7 L1 6-4 13 3 6 7 3 2 0 3 13 6 9 3 vs Evansville 89.39 vs Cleveland State 68.19
4 Belmont 75.34 102 75.71 64.39 72.26 110 19 13 12 8 L1 8-2 11 2 6 9 2 2 0 3 5 8 14 2 at Murray State 84.79 at Furman 62.92
5 Northern Iowa 74.36 113 75.47 68.45 73.24 101 18 14 12 8 L1 7-3 10 3 6 8 2 3 0 4 10 6 8 4 vs Stanford 83.23 vs Belmont 58.04
6 Southern Illinois 72.75 130 78.41 72.75 70.43 147 18 13 11 9 L3 5-5 12 5 5 6 1 2 1 1 2 10 15 2 vs Saint Louis 89.54 at Indiana State 66.17
7 Missouri State 71.55 147 77.68 69.71 72.08 113 17 16 8 12 L1 3-7 9 5 4 10 4 1 1 3 4 7 12 6 vs Murray State 82.81 vs Murray State 58.97
8 Illinois State 69.74 172 71.20 64.71 71.06 130 14 17 9 11 L2 4-6 9 6 4 8 1 3 1 1 4 8 9 8 at Indiana State 83.40 vs Wright State 55.98
9 Murray State 69.41 176 73.91 64.53 72.09 112 11 20 9 11 L3 4-6 7 8 4 9 0 3 0 3 4 12 7 5 at Northern Iowa 87.92 vs SMU 58.50
10 UIC 67.45 211 78.71 66.72 71.20 129 11 21 4 16 L1 4-6 5 9 3 10 3 2 0 3 3 10 8 8 vs Middle Tennessee 88.92 at Evansville 60.17
11 Evansville 67.20 214 73.34 63.83 71.67 123 16 17 6 14 W1 2-8 9 5 4 11 3 1 0 4 3 9 13 4 vs Tennessee Tech 79.58 vs Murray State 57.77
12 Valparaiso 61.14 308 62.79 56.03 70.36 148 6 25 3 17 L1 1-9 5 11 1 13 0 1 0 3 0 14 6 8 at Illinois State 68.83 vs IUPUI 49.39
MVC top performances MVC surprise performances MVC upset wins
Rank Team Opponent Result Rating Rank Team Opponent Result Rating Rank Team Opponent Result Rating
1 Indiana State vs Southern Illinois W 77 - 48  91.66 1 UIC vs Middle Tennessee W 70 - 40  17.05 1 Illinois State at Indiana State W 80 - 67  18.65
2 Indiana State vs Belmont W 94 - 64  90.77 2 Murray State at Northern Iowa W 71 - 43  16.26 2 Illinois State at UIC W 69 - 64  15.35
3 Drake vs Evansville W 97 - 48  90.03 3 Illinois State at Indiana State W 80 - 67  15.64 3 Murray State vs Bradley W 79 - 72  11.95
4 Drake vs Nevada W 72 - 53  89.86 4 Murray State at Missouri State W 77 - 53  15.39 4 Valparaiso at Illinois State W 59 - 50  11.88
5 Indiana State at Northern Illinois W 90 - 67  89.69 5 Murray State at Evansville W 81 - 59  14.40 5 Evansville vs Bradley W 73 - 70  11.39
6 Southern Illinois vs Saint Louis W 101 - 62  89.54 6 Belmont vs Drake W 87 - 65  14.28 6 Illinois State vs Long Beach State W 61 - 52  10.88
7 Bradley vs Evansville W 86 - 50  89.39 7 Belmont at Northern Iowa W 90 - 70  14.17 7 Missouri State at Saint Mary's W 69 - 64  9.64
8 Indiana State vs Valparaiso W 101 - 61  89.28 8 Southern Illinois vs Saint Louis W 101 - 62  14.10 8 Illinois State at Missouri State W 69 - 60  9.37
9 Indiana State vs Northern Iowa W 94 - 72  89.24 9 Northern Iowa vs Stanford W 73 - 51  13.77 9 Belmont at Penn W 84 - 79 OT 8.96
10 Indiana State vs Southern Indiana W 98 - 54  89.01 10 Missouri State vs Murray State W 60 - 35  12.53 10 Belmont at Northern Iowa W 90 - 70  8.92
MVC projected standings MVC projected tournament bracket (projections in italics)
Conference Overall 1 Indiana State
Rank Team W L W L  
1 Indiana State 17 3 31 7 8 Murray State @ St. Louis, MO Indiana State
2 Drake 16 4 27 7      
3 Bradley 13 7 22 12 @ St. Louis, MO Missouri State  
4 Belmont 12 8 19 13    
5 Northern Iowa 12 8 18 14 9 Missouri State @ St. Louis, MO Indiana State
6 Southern Illinois 11 9 18 13    
7 Illinois State 9 11 14 17 4 Northern Iowa    
8 Murray State 9 11 11 20      
9 Missouri State 8 12 17 16 5 Belmont @ St. Louis, MO Northern Iowa  
10 Evansville 6 14 16 17      
11 UIC 4 16 11 21 @ St. Louis, MO Belmont  
12 Valparaiso 3 17 6 25    
12 Valparaiso @ St. Louis, MO Drake
  2024 MVC
MVC tournament probabilities Outcome realized Outcome unrealized 2 Drake   Men's Basketball
Probabilities based on pre-tournament ratings and projected bracket     Tournament Champion
Reaching Reaching Winning 7 Illinois State @ St. Louis, MO Drake  
Seed Team semifinals final tournament        
1 Indiana State 80.60% 56.88% 33.25% @ St. Louis, MO Evansville    
2 Drake 80.69% 45.57% 24.95%      
3 Bradley 74.65% 41.27% 22.38% 10 Evansville @ St. Louis, MO Drake
4 Northern Iowa 55.25% 20.18% 7.71%  
5 Belmont 42.57% 15.54% 5.93% 3 Bradley  
6 Southern Illinois 19.35% 6.83% 2.33%    
7 Illinois State 13.49% 3.79% 1.02% 6 Southern Illinois @ St. Louis, MO Bradley
8 Murray State 10.61% 4.04% 1.10%    
9 Missouri State 8.79% 3.14% 0.79% @ St. Louis, MO UIC
10 Evansville 5.82% 1.17% 0.22%  
11 UIC 6.00% 1.37% 0.30% 11 UIC
12 Valparaiso 2.18% 0.22% 0.02% © Omni Rankings