Omni Rankings™ 2024-2025 Men's college basketball ratings through 3/28/25 games
Ohio 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 Southeast Missouri 67.81 198 69.70 54.54 64.77 316 18 12 15 5 L1 8-2 9 3 8 7 1 2 0 0 0 5 18 7 at Morehead State 78.65 at Bradley 54.39
2 SIUE 67.02 214 70.82 65.06 65.49 300 19 12 13 7 L1 6-4 9 3 7 8 3 1 0 3 0 0 19 9 vs Southeast Missouri 77.80 at Green Bay 57.01
3 Tennessee State 65.83 240 69.25 62.17 63.57 352 14 16 12 8 L1 7-3 9 3 4 10 1 3 0 1 0 2 14 13 at Colorado State 75.94 at Lindenwood 56.07
4 Little Rock 64.81 257 70.09 64.81 64.26 332 17 14 12 8 L1 5-5 7 5 9 7 1 2 0 2 0 2 17 10 at Lindenwood 79.19 vs Southeast Missouri 57.87
5 UT Martin 62.11 288 68.73 62.11 64.17 337 11 19 9 11 L1 5-5 5 5 5 12 1 2 0 1 1 1 10 17 at Southern Indiana 81.48 vs Morehead State 53.24
6 Eastern Illinois 61.51 295 62.47 57.53 65.86 293 9 19 8 12 W4 6-4 4 7 4 12 1 0 0 3 0 2 9 14 at Northwestern 71.63 at Valparaiso 49.55
7 Tennessee Tech 60.20 315 63.57 59.91 64.36 328 13 17 10 10 L3 4-6 7 5 5 10 1 2 0 1 0 3 13 13 vs Presbyterian 71.35 vs UTRGV 50.18
8 Lindenwood 58.88 332 59.35 50.76 63.85 344 13 17 10 10 L1 6-4 8 3 3 12 2 2 0 3 0 1 13 13 at Little Rock 64.28 vs Little Rock 45.42
9 Southern Indiana 58.70 333 67.06 57.51 64.15 339 8 20 5 15 L2 1-9 6 7 2 13 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 19 at DePaul 71.37 at Western Illinois 46.55
10 Morehead State 58.25 338 63.53 57.18 64.17 336 12 17 10 10 L1 1-9 6 5 6 10 0 2 0 2 0 1 12 14 at Southeast Missouri 69.47 vs Southeast Missouri 47.80
11 Western Illinois 57.70 339 61.75 54.60 63.06 358 9 19 6 14 W2 4-6 5 7 4 11 0 1 0 0 1 1 8 18 vs Southern Indiana 68.01 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  81.48 1 UT Martin at Southern Indiana W 77 - 46  17.90 1 Western Illinois at South Alabama W 64 - 63  16.05
2 Little Rock at Lindenwood W 78 - 46  79.19 2 Southeast Missouri at Morehead State W 80 - 51  14.15 2 Lindenwood at Little Rock W 93 - 92 OT 13.26
3 Southeast Missouri at Morehead State W 80 - 51  78.65 3 Eastern Illinois at Northwestern L 58 - 67 OT 14.09 3 Eastern Illinois vs Little Rock W 56 - 54  11.39
4 SIUE vs Southeast Missouri W 69 - 48  77.80 4 Western Illinois vs Southern Indiana W 87 - 62  13.40 4 SIUE at Indiana State W 77 - 72  10.19
5 Little Rock at Tulsa W 71 - 57  76.96 5 Little Rock at Lindenwood W 78 - 46  11.91 5 Lindenwood at UT Martin W 52 - 51  10.17
6 Southeast Missouri vs Little Rock W 78 - 59  76.27 6 SIUE vs Southeast Missouri W 69 - 48  11.86 6 Morehead State at Little Rock W 59 - 53  9.45
7 Southeast Missouri at SIUE W 83 - 68  76.21 7 Southeast Missouri vs Kansas City W 80 - 59  11.79 7 Morehead State at UT Martin W 59 - 47  8.87
8 Southeast Missouri at Little Rock W 57 - 45  75.30 8 Lindenwood vs IU Indy W 81 - 63  10.92 8 Western Illinois at Tennessee Tech W 82 - 69  8.63
9 Little Rock at UTSA W 81 - 64  75.17 9 Eastern Illinois vs Southeast Missouri W 73 - 58  10.70 9 Lindenwood vs SIUE W 65 - 63  7.74
10 Little Rock at Southern Indiana W 74 - 56  74.71 10 Western Illinois at Tennessee Tech W 82 - 69  10.61 10 UT Martin at SIUE W 76 - 71  7.59
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 18 12 4 Little Rock @ Evansville, IN Southeast Missouri
2 SIUE 13 7 19 12      
3 Tennessee State 12 8 14 16 5 Tennessee Tech @ Evansville, IN Little Rock  
4 Little Rock 12 8 17 14      
5 Tennessee Tech 10 10 13 17 @ Evansville, IN UT Martin @ Evansville, IN SIUE
6 Lindenwood 10 10 13 17     2025 OVC
7 Morehead State 10 10 12 17 8 UT Martin 2 SIUE   Men's Basketball
8 UT Martin 9 11 11 19     Tournament Champion
9 Eastern Illinois 8 12 9 19 3 Tennessee State @ Evansville, IN SIUE  
10 Western Illinois 6 14 9 19    
11 Southern Indiana 5 15 8 20 6 Lindenwood @ Evansville, IN Tennessee State
   
@ Evansville, IN Lindenwood
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% 63.55% 38.54%
2 SIUE 100.00% 57.26% 26.28%
3 Tennessee State 72.20% 35.27% 15.79%
4 Little Rock 65.42% 27.00% 14.07%
5 Tennessee Tech 13.57% 3.28% 1.09%
6 Lindenwood 14.07% 3.80% 0.92%
7 Morehead State 13.73% 3.67% 0.88%
8 UT Martin 21.01% 6.17% 2.43% © Omni Rankings