Omni Rankings™ 2023-2024 Men's college basketball ratings through 4/8/24 games
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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 Samford 76.71 82 79.51 69.21 67.66 240 27 6 15 3 L1 7-3 16 0 8 5 3 1 0 2 7 2 20 2 vs Western Carolina 87.62 at Wofford 63.31
2 Western Carolina 75.05 106 75.71 71.31 68.54 202 19 10 11 7 L1 6-4 9 3 10 6 0 1 0 0 4 6 15 4 vs Mercer 84.79 at High Point 60.98
3 Furman 72.04 140 79.61 71.43 69.99 156 15 15 10 8 L1 5-5 10 2 3 10 2 3 0 0 5 10 10 5 at VMI 82.75 at Chattanooga 64.09
4 Chattanooga 71.49 149 73.10 66.38 67.44 249 19 12 12 6 L1 6-4 10 4 8 7 1 1 0 1 2 5 17 6 at UNCG 86.27 at Auburn 60.71
5 UNCG 70.64 159 75.83 69.82 68.94 192 19 11 12 6 L2 5-5 9 3 7 7 3 1 0 1 6 4 13 6 at Arkansas 81.98 vs Chattanooga 56.39
6 ETSU 69.97 168 69.99 61.70 69.05 186 17 16 8 10 L1 6-4 8 4 5 11 4 1 0 0 2 12 15 4 at East Carolina 76.83 at Butler 57.93
7 Mercer 68.18 194 68.51 62.98 69.19 181 14 16 8 10 L1 6-4 8 5 4 9 2 2 0 1 3 8 11 7 at Furman 74.87 at Western Carolina 55.42
8 Wofford 67.99 201 69.26 65.44 70.27 150 14 15 10 8 L1 5-5 8 2 6 9 0 4 0 1 4 8 10 6 vs Samford 82.00 vs Chattanooga 60.29
9 Citadel 63.95 269 68.69 63.41 68.05 224 8 21 3 15 L3 2-8 4 7 2 13 2 1 0 1 2 9 6 11 at Notre Dame 78.76 vs ETSU 55.85
10 VMI 51.76 360 61.09 51.76 69.40 177 1 28 1 17 L13 0-10 1 10 0 15 0 3 0 0 0 10 1 18 at Wofford 65.01 vs ETSU 44.86
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 Samford vs Western Carolina W 88 - 62  87.62 1 Chattanooga at UNCG W 89 - 61  15.56 1 UNCG at Arkansas W 78 - 72  13.63
2 Chattanooga at UNCG W 89 - 61  86.27 2 Wofford vs Samford W 91 - 69  14.83 2 ETSU vs Davidson W 70 - 68  12.23
3 Samford at Chattanooga W 78 - 56  86.01 3 Citadel at Notre Dame W 65 - 45  12.25 3 Mercer vs Samford W 88 - 84  11.91
4 Samford at VMI W 102 - 63  85.46 4 Western Carolina vs Mercer W 79 - 46  12.06 4 Mercer at UNCG W 70 - 64  10.99
5 Western Carolina vs Mercer W 79 - 46  84.79 5 Chattanooga vs VMI W 109 - 61  11.07 5 VMI vs Citadel W 70 - 63  10.21
6 Western Carolina at Chattanooga W 82 - 63  83.48 6 Wofford at Gardner-Webb W 81 - 66  10.91 6 Wofford at Middle Tennessee W 74 - 64 OT 8.82
7 Furman at VMI W 100 - 60  82.75 7 Samford at Chattanooga W 78 - 56  10.89 7 Mercer at Furman W 82 - 75  8.45
8 Samford vs VMI W 134 - 96  82.31 8 ETSU at East Carolina W 86 - 70  10.82 8 Wofford vs Samford W 91 - 69  8.29
9 Wofford vs Samford W 91 - 69  82.00 9 Samford vs Louisiana Lafayette W 88 - 65  10.48 9 Western Carolina at Middle Tennessee W 66 - 64  8.03
10 UNCG at Arkansas W 78 - 72  81.98 10 Furman at VMI W 100 - 60  10.15 10 Wofford at Gardner-Webb W 81 - 66  7.25
SoCon projected standings SoCon projected tournament bracket (projections in italics)
Conference Overall 1 Samford
Rank Team W L W L  
1 Samford 15 3 27 6 8 Mercer @ Asheville, NC Samford
2 Chattanooga 12 6 19 12      
3 UNCG 12 6 19 11 @ Asheville, NC Mercer  
4 Western Carolina 11 7 19 10    
5 Furman 10 8 15 15 9 Citadel @ Asheville, NC Samford
6 Wofford 10 8 14 15    
7 ETSU 8 10 17 16 4 Western Carolina    
8 Mercer 8 10 14 16      
9 Citadel 3 15 8 21 @ Asheville, NC Furman  
10 VMI 1 17 1 28    
5 Furman  
 
SoCon tournament probabilities Outcome realized Outcome unrealized @ Asheville, NC Samford
Probabilities based on pre-tournament ratings and projected bracket   2024 SoCon
Reaching Reaching Winning 2 UNCG   Men's Basketball
Seed Team semifinals final tournament     Tournament Champion
1 Samford 76.97% 43.45% 29.64% 7 ETSU @ Asheville, NC ETSU  
2 UNCG 65.00% 35.92% 14.45%        
3 Chattanooga 55.19% 28.35% 10.63% @ Asheville, NC ETSU    
4 Western Carolina 60.72% 32.70% 21.65%      
5 Furman 39.28% 17.14% 9.59% 10 VMI @ Asheville, NC ETSU
6 Wofford 44.81% 20.73% 6.81%  
7 ETSU 34.13% 14.92% 4.47% 3 Chattanooga  
8 Mercer 16.71% 5.35% 2.34%    
9 Citadel 6.32% 1.36% 0.42% @ Asheville, NC Chattanooga
10 VMI 0.87% 0.08% 0.00%  
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