Omni Rankings™ 2024-2025 Men's college basketball ratings through 3/28/25 games
Missouri Valley
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Home court factor = 2.76 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 Drake 80.00 57 82.24 77.41 72.23 106 29 4 17 3 L1 8-2 12 2 9 1 8 1 1 1 12 2 16 1 vs Florida Atlantic 88.34 vs Murray State 71.03
2 Bradley 76.25 89 79.74 75.06 71.50 124 27 9 15 5 L1 7-3 13 4 9 3 5 2 0 1 11 7 16 1 vs Indiana State 89.76 vs UIC 63.51
3 Northern Iowa 75.51 93 78.19 71.79 71.23 134 19 13 14 6 L3 6-4 13 3 5 6 1 4 0 1 8 9 11 3 at UIC 87.02 at Southern Illinois 61.47
4 Belmont 73.51 115 73.67 69.81 70.98 139 21 11 13 7 L1 7-3 10 5 9 4 2 2 0 0 8 8 13 3 at Murray State 83.18 vs Loyola Marymount 62.16
5 Murray State 72.75 128 77.91 70.48 71.80 111 15 17 9 11 L1 5-5 7 5 5 8 3 4 0 0 4 11 11 6 at Middle Tennessee 85.12 at Missouri State 60.78
6 Illinois State 72.74 129 72.94 67.94 70.05 157 21 14 10 10 W3 7-3 11 4 5 7 5 3 0 0 6 9 15 5 vs Southern Illinois 82.61 at Evansville 60.81
7 Indiana State 70.38 154 72.50 67.31 71.33 129 12 18 8 12 L1 4-6 6 6 4 9 2 3 0 1 2 12 10 5 vs Chicago State 79.10 at Bradley 58.07
8 UIC 68.97 175 76.01 68.43 71.54 122 15 14 10 10 L1 3-7 7 5 7 6 1 3 0 1 6 7 9 6 at Bradley 88.55 vs Northern Iowa 58.10
9 Southern Illinois 68.96 176 73.27 65.16 72.25 105 12 19 8 12 L1 4-6 6 7 5 8 1 4 0 1 2 14 10 4 vs Northern Iowa 81.96 at Illinois State 55.34
10 Valparaiso 68.89 179 69.39 60.99 71.30 131 13 19 6 14 L1 5-5 8 7 3 10 2 2 0 1 3 11 10 7 vs UIC 76.78 vs Cleveland State 57.92
11 Missouri State 68.01 194 73.80 66.03 71.37 127 7 23 2 18 L6 2-8 5 8 1 12 1 3 0 0 3 13 4 10 vs Murray State 78.37 vs Southern Illinois 54.73
12 Evansville 66.40 227 67.53 59.44 71.88 110 10 21 8 12 L4 3-7 6 9 4 11 0 1 0 1 3 11 7 9 vs Illinois State 75.49 at Ball State 46.42
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 Bradley vs Indiana State W 118 - 65  89.76 1 UIC at Bradley W 93 - 70  15.73 1 Indiana State at UIC W 88 - 83  10.34
2 UIC at Bradley W 93 - 70  88.55 2 Northern Iowa at UIC W 83 - 56  15.24 2 Evansville at Southern Illinois W 68 - 53  10.21
3 Drake vs Florida Atlantic W 75 - 63  88.34 3 Southern Illinois vs Northern Iowa W 73 - 49  14.45 3 Evansville at Belmont W 80 - 75  9.71
4 Drake vs Missouri W 67 - 57  87.74 4 Bradley vs Indiana State W 118 - 65  13.31 4 Evansville vs Missouri State W 57 - 40  9.40
5 Bradley at Southern Illinois W 83 - 60  87.07 5 Southern Illinois at Missouri State W 73 - 51  13.24 5 UIC at Bradley W 93 - 70  9.19
6 Northern Iowa at UIC W 83 - 56  87.02 6 Evansville vs Missouri State W 57 - 40  12.94 6 Murray State at Drake W 66 - 59  8.79
7 Drake vs Vanderbilt W 81 - 70  85.22 7 Valparaiso vs Eastern Illinois W 81 - 53  12.93 7 Valparaiso vs Northern Iowa W 64 - 63  8.03
8 Murray State at Middle Tennessee W 88 - 67  85.12 8 Evansville at Southern Illinois W 68 - 53  12.37 8 Drake vs Missouri W 67 - 57  7.82
9 Drake vs Bradley W 63 - 48  84.57 9 Belmont vs Tulane W 89 - 66  11.96 9 Southern Illinois at UIC W 89 - 85  7.34
10 Northern Iowa vs Montana W 104 - 76  84.53 10 Evansville vs Illinois State W 69 - 51  11.90 10 Evansville at Valparaiso W 78 - 68  7.25
MVC projected standings MVC projected tournament bracket (projections in italics)
Conference Overall 1 Drake
Rank Team W L W L  
1 Drake 17 3 29 4 8 Southern Illinois @ St. Louis, MO Drake
2 Bradley 15 5 27 9      
3 Northern Iowa 14 6 19 13 @ St. Louis, MO Southern Illinois  
4 Belmont 13 7 21 11    
5 Illinois State 10 10 21 14 9 Indiana State @ St. Louis, MO Drake
6 UIC 10 10 15 14    
7 Murray State 9 11 15 17 4 Belmont    
8 Indiana State 8 12 12 18      
9 Southern Illinois 8 12 12 19 5 Illinois State @ St. Louis, MO Belmont  
10 Evansville 8 12 10 21      
11 Valparaiso 6 14 13 19 @ St. Louis, MO Illinois State  
12 Missouri State 2 18 7 23    
12 Missouri State @ St. Louis, MO Drake
  2025 MVC
MVC tournament probabilities Outcome realized Outcome unrealized 2 Bradley   Men's Basketball
Probabilities based on pre-tournament ratings and projected bracket     Tournament Champion
Reaching Reaching Winning 7 Murray State @ St. Louis, MO Bradley  
Seed Team semifinals final tournament        
1 Drake 74.23% 50.50% 29.22% @ St. Louis, MO Murray State    
2 Bradley 69.69% 39.72% 22.28%      
3 Northern Iowa 73.27% 40.00% 22.04% 10 Evansville @ St. Louis, MO Bradley
4 Belmont 56.90% 23.23% 9.78%  
5 Illinois State 29.34% 11.32% 4.50% 3 Northern Iowa  
6 UIC 18.79% 6.57% 2.34%    
7 Murray State 22.86% 9.62% 3.96% 6 UIC @ St. Louis, MO Valparaiso
8 Southern Illinois 11.11% 4.51% 1.40%    
9 Indiana State 14.66% 6.52% 2.25% @ St. Louis, MO Valparaiso
10 Evansville 7.45% 2.10% 0.57%  
11 Valparaiso 7.94% 1.99% 0.51% 11 Valparaiso
12 Missouri State 13.75% 3.92% 1.15% © Omni Rankings