Omni Rankings™ 2023-2024 Men's college basketball ratings through 4/8/24 games
Ohio 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 Morehead State 72.35 136 73.55 67.04 66.53 280 22 9 14 4 L1 6-4 10 1 9 7 3 1 0 3 1 2 21 4 at Tennessee State 80.45 vs Southern Indiana 60.62
2 UALR 69.57 173 70.95 61.65 63.04 357 21 13 14 4 L2 8-2 14 4 6 6 1 3 0 0 2 1 19 12 vs Tennessee Tech 79.38 vs Jacksonville State 50.45
3 UT Martin 66.62 222 66.69 62.05 64.31 337 17 11 14 4 L1 8-2 8 2 9 7 0 2 0 2 1 3 16 6 at Tennessee State 74.96 at Rice 55.12
4 Western Illinois 62.58 289 64.56 56.64 63.99 344 17 12 13 5 L1 6-4 6 5 10 6 1 1 0 2 0 3 17 7 at Southeast Missouri 70.32 at Illinois 54.18
5 Tennessee State 62.55 290 71.23 61.90 64.93 324 14 15 10 8 L1 5-5 7 3 5 10 2 2 0 2 0 3 14 10 at Portland 78.29 at Tennessee Tech 52.42
6 SIUE 62.10 297 67.12 61.91 63.98 345 14 16 9 9 L1 4-6 9 2 2 13 3 1 0 0 1 5 13 11 vs Morehead State 72.94 at Southern Indiana 54.22
7 Eastern Illinois 59.37 325 60.14 53.78 64.54 332 10 18 8 10 L2 4-6 5 6 4 11 1 1 0 3 0 3 10 12 at Kansas 70.28 vs UALR 47.67
8 Southern Indiana 58.11 330 62.66 58.11 65.91 306 5 24 5 13 L4 2-8 2 10 3 13 0 1 0 3 1 2 4 19 at Morehead State 70.10 vs Tennessee Tech 51.06
9 Tennessee Tech 56.77 339 61.54 55.86 65.72 308 7 21 5 13 L2 3-7 4 8 3 13 0 0 0 1 0 4 7 16 vs Tennessee State 69.16 at Southeast Missouri 47.36
10 Southeast Missouri 54.70 352 61.54 53.26 65.18 320 5 22 4 14 W1 2-8 4 7 1 14 0 1 0 1 0 4 5 17 vs Tennessee Tech 63.13 at Kansas City 44.83
11 Lindenwood 53.84 354 58.38 52.43 64.63 330 6 22 3 15 L1 2-8 1 10 3 12 2 0 0 2 0 2 6 18 vs William & Mary 67.41 at SIUE 46.38
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 Morehead State at Tennessee State W 68 - 49  80.45 1 Eastern Illinois at Kansas L 63 - 71  16.26 1 Southern Indiana at Morehead State W 80 - 73  14.93
2 Morehead State at Eastern Illinois W 78 - 52  80.05 2 Tennessee Tech vs Tennessee State W 70 - 50  13.17 2 Lindenwood vs William & Mary W 71 - 60  12.28
3 UALR vs Tennessee Tech W 81 - 43  79.38 3 UALR vs Ball State W 90 - 64  12.95 3 Lindenwood vs Omaha W 72 - 70  11.12
4 UALR vs Western Illinois W 82 - 57  78.89 4 Lindenwood vs William & Mary W 71 - 60  11.48 4 Eastern Illinois at UT Martin W 79 - 72  10.64
5 Morehead State at Western Illinois W 78 - 57  78.83 5 UT Martin at Tennessee State W 91 - 75  11.28 5 Lindenwood at Southern Indiana W 67 - 63  10.62
6 Morehead State vs UALR W 69 - 55  78.04 6 UALR vs Tennessee Tech W 81 - 43  11.13 6 Tennessee Tech at Presbyterian W 79 - 75 OT 10.29
7 Tennessee State vs Tennessee Tech W 85 - 53  76.88 7 UALR at Eastern Illinois W 71 - 47  11.11 7 Southeast Missouri vs SIUE W 52 - 47  8.66
8 UALR vs Tennessee State W 85 - 60  75.96 8 Tennessee State vs Tennessee Tech W 85 - 53  10.93 8 Southeast Missouri at Southern Indiana W 70 - 66  8.44
9 UALR vs Ball State W 90 - 64  75.68 9 Southern Indiana at Morehead State W 80 - 73  10.86 9 SIUE vs Morehead State W 61 - 48  7.96
10 Morehead State vs Tennessee Tech W 82 - 57  75.65 10 SIUE vs Morehead State W 61 - 48  10.29 10 Western Illinois at Green Bay W 68 - 59  7.06
OVC projected standings OVC projected tournament bracket (projections in italics)
(Lindenwood, Southern Indiana ineligible for NCAA tournament)
Conference Overall 1 UALR
Rank Team W L W L  
1 Morehead State 14 4 22 9 4 Western Illinois @ Evansville, IN UALR
2 UALR 14 4 21 13      
3 UT Martin 14 4 17 11 5 Tennessee State @ Evansville, IN Western Illinois  
4 Western Illinois 13 5 17 12      
5 Tennessee State 10 8 14 15 @ Evansville, IN Tennessee State @ Evansville, IN Morehead State
6 SIUE 9 9 14 16     2024 OVC
7 Eastern Illinois 8 10 10 18 8 Southern Indiana 2 UT Martin   Men's Basketball
8 Southern Indiana 5 13 5 24     Tournament Champion
9 Tennessee Tech 5 13 7 21 3 Morehead State @ Evansville, IN Morehead State  
10 Southeast Missouri 4 14 5 22    
11 Lindenwood 3 15 6 22 6 SIUE @ Evansville, IN Morehead State
   
@ Evansville, IN SIUE
OVC tournament probabilities Outcome realized Outcome unrealized  
Probabilities based on pre-tournament ratings and projected bracket 7 Eastern Illinois
Reaching Reaching Winning
Seed Team semifinals final tournament
1 UALR 100.00% 71.97% 38.63%
2 UT Martin 100.00% 42.42% 19.65%
3 Morehead State 79.15% 50.83% 30.60%
4 Western Illinois 59.97% 18.59% 6.48%
5 Tennessee State 26.45% 6.88% 2.04%
6 SIUE 12.83% 4.43% 1.41%
7 Eastern Illinois 8.02% 2.32% 0.62%
8 Southern Indiana 13.58% 2.56% 0.56% © Omni Rankings