Omni Rankings™ 2024-2025 Men's college basketball ratings through 2/16/25 games
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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 Chattanooga 73.69 110 73.69 66.03 68.15 219 17 8 11 3 W7 9-1 9 3 8 5 0 0 0 3 3 3 14 2 at Samford 81.27 vs Lipscomb 60.21
2 Samford 73.23 117 74.42 71.41 66.91 274 18 7 10 4 W1 6-4 10 2 8 5 0 0 0 2 4 3 14 2 vs Austin Peay 80.40 vs Chattanooga 65.10
3 UNCG 72.05 131 75.48 70.46 67.56 249 15 9 11 3 W4 8-2 7 2 7 5 1 2 0 2 3 3 12 4 vs Long Beach State 80.70 vs Wofford 63.84
4 ETSU 70.60 149 73.40 68.38 67.80 240 13 12 8 6 L2 5-5 9 3 4 9 0 0 0 0 3 5 10 7 vs Elon 84.64 at Western Carolina 61.72
5 Wofford 69.21 177 71.89 65.62 69.40 172 12 13 8 6 L1 5-5 5 4 6 8 1 1 0 1 5 7 7 5 at Furman 81.61 vs VMI 61.81
6 Furman 68.72 186 75.63 68.12 68.04 225 16 8 7 7 L1 5-5 8 3 7 5 1 0 0 1 4 5 12 2 at Western Carolina 81.60 vs Wofford 60.61
7 VMI 62.99 275 63.58 58.88 66.82 279 9 14 7 7 W1 7-3 3 4 5 9 1 1 0 0 0 9 9 5 at Wofford 71.19 at Chattanooga 53.62
8 Mercer 62.28 289 65.40 59.22 67.05 269 9 16 4 10 L5 2-8 4 5 4 10 1 1 0 0 2 6 7 10 vs The Citadel 76.33 at DePaul 50.25
9 Western Carolina 58.80 328 65.12 55.02 69.57 167 5 17 4 10 W2 3-7 4 6 1 11 0 0 0 2 1 7 4 8 vs ETSU 67.84 vs UNCG 49.96
10 The Citadel 56.69 347 67.06 55.74 67.48 255 1 20 0 14 L19 0-10 1 10 0 10 0 0 0 1 0 7 1 12 vs Stetson 72.56 at Mercer 45.99
SoCon top performances SoCon surprise performances SoCon upset wins
Rank Team Opponent Result Rating Rank Team Opponent Result Rating Rank Team Opponent Result Rating
1 ETSU vs Elon W 84 - 58  84.64 1 ETSU vs Elon W 84 - 58  13.67 1 Mercer at UNCG W 79 - 78  13.49
2 Wofford at Furman W 81 - 62  81.61 2 Mercer vs The Citadel W 80 - 46  12.62 2 Western Carolina vs ETSU W 76 - 67  11.94
3 Furman at Western Carolina W 90 - 61  81.60 3 Wofford vs Gardner-Webb W 88 - 64  12.39 3 VMI at Wofford W 74 - 67  10.98
4 Chattanooga at Samford W 82 - 68  81.27 4 Wofford at Furman W 81 - 62  12.17 4 Mercer vs Jacksonville W 90 - 89 OT 8.80
5 Wofford vs Gardner-Webb W 88 - 64  80.85 5 ETSU at Charlotte W 75 - 55  11.31 5 VMI vs Furman W 91 - 82  7.03
6 UNCG vs Long Beach State W 71 - 48  80.70 6 Wofford vs North Alabama W 74 - 54  10.79 6 Wofford vs St. Thomas (MN) W 81 - 73  6.71
7 UNCG vs Furman W 84 - 67  80.49 7 Western Carolina vs ETSU W 76 - 67  10.33 7 Western Carolina at The Citadel W 80 - 78 OT 6.28
8 ETSU at Charlotte W 75 - 55  80.43 8 VMI at Wofford W 74 - 67  8.88 8 Wofford at Furman W 81 - 62  5.93
9 Samford vs Austin Peay W 72 - 47  80.40 9 Chattanooga at Samford W 82 - 68  8.84 9 Chattanooga at ETSU W 71 - 63  5.73
10 UNCG at Western Carolina W 83 - 55  79.69 10 UNCG vs Furman W 84 - 67  8.60 10 Wofford at ETSU W 81 - 78  5.55
SoCon projected standings SoCon projected tournament bracket (projections in italics)
Conference Overall 1 Chattanooga
Rank Team W L W L  
1 Chattanooga 14 4 20 9 8 Mercer @ Asheville, NC Chattanooga
2 Samford 13 5 21 8      
3 UNCG 13 5 17 11 @ Asheville, NC Mercer  
4 ETSU 11 7 16 13    
5 Wofford 11 7 15 14 9 Western Carolina @ Asheville, NC Chattanooga
6 Furman 9 9 18 10    
7 VMI 8 10 10 17 4 ETSU    
8 Mercer 6 12 11 18      
9 Western Carolina 5 13 6 20 @ Asheville, NC ETSU  
10 The Citadel 1 17 2 23    
5 Wofford  
 
SoCon tournament probabilities Outcome realized Outcome unrealized @ Asheville, NC Chattanooga
Probabilities based on pre-tournament ratings and projected bracket   2025 SoCon
Reaching Reaching Winning 2 Samford   Men's Basketball
Seed Team semifinals final tournament     Tournament Champion
1 Chattanooga 84.68% 52.74% 29.74% 7 VMI @ Asheville, NC Samford  
2 Samford 83.11% 48.37% 26.63%        
3 UNCG 61.05% 31.52% 16.13% @ Asheville, NC VMI    
4 ETSU 54.65% 24.88% 11.50%      
5 Wofford 45.35% 18.73% 7.82% 10 The Citadel @ Asheville, NC Samford
6 Furman 38.95% 16.07% 6.49%  
7 VMI 14.03% 3.67% 0.89% 3 UNCG  
8 Mercer 10.81% 2.83% 0.63%    
9 Western Carolina 4.50% 0.81% 0.12% @ Asheville, NC UNCG
10 The Citadel 2.86% 0.38% 0.05%  
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