Omni Rankings™ 2024-2025 Men's college basketball ratings through 2/16/25 games
Ohio Valley
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Home court factor = 2.60 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 Little Rock 68.09 195 69.98 65.74 64.87 328 15 10 11 5 W1 7-3 6 4 9 5 0 1 0 2 0 2 15 6 at Lindenwood 79.04 vs Morehead State 59.37
2 Southeast Missouri 68.01 198 68.01 54.50 65.33 315 14 10 12 4 W7 8-2 7 3 7 6 0 1 0 1 0 4 14 5 at Morehead State 78.51 at Bradley 54.31
3 SIUE 67.06 218 70.73 65.01 64.50 337 15 9 11 5 W1 7-3 8 2 6 7 1 0 0 2 0 0 15 7 at Western Michigan 74.40 at Green Bay 56.86
4 Tennessee State 65.56 243 69.22 62.10 64.16 346 10 14 9 7 L1 7-3 7 3 3 9 0 2 0 0 0 3 10 11 at Colorado State 75.88 at Lindenwood 55.93
5 UT Martin 63.39 272 68.69 62.48 64.83 329 9 15 8 8 W3 5-5 4 3 5 11 0 1 0 1 1 1 8 13 at Southern Indiana 81.32 at Charleston Southern 55.40
6 Tennessee Tech 61.87 296 63.55 59.88 65.14 321 11 14 8 8 L2 4-6 5 3 5 10 1 1 0 1 0 3 11 10 vs Presbyterian 71.38 vs UTRGV 50.14
7 Morehead State 58.29 332 63.49 58.29 64.39 341 11 13 9 7 L5 4-6 6 3 5 9 0 1 0 2 0 1 11 10 at Southeast Missouri 69.31 vs Southeast Missouri 47.81
8 Southern Indiana 58.22 333 67.03 58.06 64.19 345 7 17 4 12 L6 3-7 5 6 2 11 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 15 vs Indiana State 71.32 at Western Illinois 46.41
9 Eastern Illinois 57.69 338 62.40 57.48 66.25 294 5 19 4 12 L4 3-7 2 7 2 12 1 0 0 2 0 3 5 14 at Northwestern 71.54 at Valparaiso 49.44
10 Lindenwood 57.62 340 57.77 50.70 63.78 353 10 14 8 8 W2 5-5 8 3 1 10 1 1 0 2 0 1 10 11 vs IU Indy 63.37 vs Little Rock 45.43
11 Western Illinois 56.68 348 61.71 54.54 62.74 360 7 17 4 12 W2 2-8 4 7 3 9 0 1 0 0 0 1 7 16 vs Southern Indiana 68.04 vs Southeast Missouri 48.18
OVC top performances OVC surprise performances OVC upset wins
Rank Team Opponent Result Rating Rank Team Opponent Result Rating Rank Team Opponent Result Rating
1 UT Martin at Southern Indiana W 77 - 46  81.32 1 UT Martin at Southern Indiana W 77 - 46  17.88 1 Western Illinois at South Alabama W 64 - 63  15.94
2 Little Rock at Lindenwood W 78 - 46  79.04 2 Southeast Missouri at Morehead State W 80 - 51  14.06 2 Eastern Illinois vs Little Rock W 56 - 54  11.34
3 Southeast Missouri at Morehead State W 80 - 51  78.51 3 Eastern Illinois at Northwestern L 58 - 67 OT 14.06 3 SIUE at Indiana State W 77 - 72  10.09
4 Little Rock at Tulsa W 71 - 57  76.85 4 Western Illinois vs Southern Indiana W 87 - 62  13.49 4 Lindenwood at UT Martin W 52 - 51  9.94
5 Southeast Missouri at Little Rock W 57 - 45  75.13 5 Southeast Missouri vs Kansas City W 80 - 59  11.88 5 Morehead State at Little Rock W 59 - 53  9.31
6 Little Rock at UTSA W 81 - 64  75.04 6 Little Rock at Lindenwood W 78 - 46  11.84 6 Lindenwood vs SIUE W 65 - 63  7.89
7 Little Rock at Southern Indiana W 74 - 56  74.56 7 Lindenwood vs IU Indy W 81 - 63  11.03 7 UT Martin at SIUE W 76 - 71  7.43
8 SIUE at Western Michigan W 79 - 60  74.40 8 Tennessee Tech vs Presbyterian W 90 - 75  9.92 8 Tennessee Tech at UT Martin W 89 - 85 OT 6.93
9 SIUE at Tennessee Tech W 75 - 58  74.17 9 Southeast Missouri vs SIUE W 80 - 64  9.90 9 Lindenwood vs UT Martin W 82 - 81  6.26
10 SIUE vs Canisius W 76 - 58  73.84 10 Little Rock at UTSA W 81 - 64  9.23 10 Tennessee State at Little Rock W 72 - 70  6.01
OVC projected standings OVC projected tournament bracket (projections in italics)
(Lindenwood, Southern Indiana ineligible for NCAA tournament)
Conference Overall 1 Southeast Missouri
Rank Team W L W L  
1 Southeast Missouri 15 5 17 11 4 Tennessee State @ Evansville, IN Southeast Missouri
2 Little Rock 14 6 18 11      
3 SIUE 14 6 18 10 5 UT Martin @ Evansville, IN Tennessee State  
4 Tennessee State 12 8 13 15      
5 UT Martin 10 10 11 17 @ Evansville, IN UT Martin @ Evansville, IN Little Rock
6 Tennessee Tech 10 10 13 16     2025 OVC
7 Morehead State 10 10 12 16 8 Lindenwood 2 Little Rock   Men's Basketball
8 Lindenwood 9 11 11 17     Tournament Champion
9 Southern Indiana 5 15 8 20 3 SIUE @ Evansville, IN Little Rock  
10 Eastern Illinois 5 15 6 22    
11 Western Illinois 5 15 8 20 6 Tennessee Tech @ Evansville, IN SIUE
   
@ Evansville, IN Tennessee Tech
OVC tournament probabilities Outcome realized Outcome unrealized  
Probabilities based on pre-tournament ratings and projected bracket 7 Morehead State
Reaching Reaching Winning
Seed Team semifinals final tournament
1 Southeast Missouri 100.00% 62.00% 32.65%
2 Little Rock 100.00% 59.11% 32.17%
3 SIUE 70.58% 32.84% 16.75%
4 Tennessee State 62.71% 26.21% 11.67%
5 UT Martin 29.30% 10.22% 3.84%
6 Tennessee Tech 20.50% 6.18% 2.12%
7 Morehead State 8.93% 1.87% 0.46%
8 Lindenwood 7.99% 1.57% 0.34% © Omni Rankings