Omni Rankings™ 2024-2025 Men's college basketball ratings through 3/28/25 games
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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 Chattanooga 75.22 98 75.22 66.07 68.17 209 25 9 15 3 W3 9-1 12 3 12 5 1 1 0 2 8 3 17 4 vs Dayton 81.93 vs Lipscomb 60.17
2 Wofford 73.34 121 73.34 65.71 69.62 164 17 16 10 8 L1 6-4 5 6 8 8 4 2 0 2 5 5 12 9 at VMI 85.05 vs VMI 61.79
3 Furman 71.68 139 75.65 68.17 68.57 191 22 10 11 7 L2 7-3 10 3 9 6 3 1 0 1 5 5 17 4 at Western Carolina 81.72 vs Wofford 60.59
4 Samford 70.75 151 74.46 70.75 67.24 260 20 11 12 6 L3 4-6 11 3 9 7 0 1 0 2 5 6 15 3 vs Austin Peay 80.36 vs Furman 63.49
5 ETSU 70.70 153 73.41 68.34 67.64 240 17 13 12 6 L1 7-3 11 3 6 9 0 1 0 0 2 7 15 6 vs Elon 84.62 at Western Carolina 61.85
6 UNCG 70.24 160 75.48 70.24 67.63 241 17 12 13 5 L1 6-4 8 3 8 6 1 3 0 2 5 2 12 8 vs Long Beach State 80.71 vs VMI 62.75
7 Mercer 62.63 282 65.45 59.24 66.69 274 12 19 6 12 L1 3-7 5 6 5 11 2 2 0 0 1 10 11 9 vs The Citadel 76.30 at DePaul 50.30
8 VMI 61.45 296 63.65 58.93 67.30 258 11 19 7 11 L1 4-6 3 7 5 10 3 2 0 0 2 8 9 11 at Wofford 71.33 vs Wofford 47.83
9 Western Carolina 58.46 336 65.16 55.07 69.51 168 5 22 4 14 L5 2-8 4 7 1 14 0 1 0 2 0 8 5 12 vs ETSU 67.81 vs UNCG 49.93
10 The Citadel 55.65 351 67.06 55.65 67.46 251 1 25 0 18 L24 0-10 1 12 0 12 0 1 0 0 0 8 1 17 vs Stetson 72.48 at Mercer 46.11
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 Wofford at VMI W 82 - 43  85.05 1 Wofford at VMI W 82 - 43  15.77 1 Mercer at UNCG W 79 - 78  13.65
2 ETSU vs Elon W 84 - 58  84.62 2 ETSU vs Elon W 84 - 58  13.62 2 Western Carolina vs ETSU W 76 - 67  11.74
3 Chattanooga vs Dayton W 87 - 72  81.93 3 Mercer vs The Citadel W 80 - 46  12.52 3 VMI at Wofford W 74 - 67  11.16
4 Wofford at Furman W 81 - 62  81.76 4 Wofford vs Gardner-Webb W 88 - 64  12.31 4 VMI vs UNCG W 64 - 57  10.45
5 Furman at Western Carolina W 90 - 61  81.72 5 Wofford at Furman W 81 - 62  12.25 5 Mercer vs Jacksonville W 90 - 89 OT 8.80
6 Chattanooga at Samford W 82 - 68  81.39 6 ETSU at Charlotte W 75 - 55  11.38 6 Furman at Samford W 80 - 72  7.29
7 Wofford vs Gardner-Webb W 88 - 64  80.86 7 Wofford vs North Alabama W 74 - 54  10.67 7 VMI vs Furman W 91 - 82  6.82
8 UNCG vs Long Beach State W 71 - 48  80.71 8 Furman vs The Citadel W 85 - 42  10.27 8 Wofford vs St. Thomas (MN) W 81 - 73  6.70
9 UNCG vs Furman W 84 - 67  80.47 9 Western Carolina vs ETSU W 76 - 67  10.23 9 Western Carolina at The Citadel W 80 - 78 OT 6.42
10 ETSU at Charlotte W 75 - 55  80.47 10 The Citadel at Chattanooga L 75 - 76  9.20 10 Wofford at Furman W 81 - 62  6.09
SoCon projected standings SoCon projected tournament bracket (projections in italics)
Conference Overall 1 Chattanooga
Rank Team W L W L  
1 Chattanooga 15 3 25 9 8 Mercer @ Asheville, NC Chattanooga
2 UNCG 13 5 17 12      
3 Samford 12 6 20 11 @ Asheville, NC Mercer  
4 ETSU 12 6 17 13    
5 Furman 11 7 22 10 9 Western Carolina @ Asheville, NC Furman
6 Wofford 10 8 17 16    
7 VMI 7 11 11 19 4 Samford    
8 Mercer 6 12 12 19      
9 Western Carolina 4 14 5 22 @ Asheville, NC Furman  
10 The Citadel 0 18 1 25    
5 Furman  
 
SoCon tournament probabilities Outcome realized Outcome unrealized @ Asheville, NC Wofford
Probabilities based on pre-tournament ratings and projected bracket   2025 SoCon
Reaching Reaching Winning 2 UNCG   Men's Basketball
Seed Team semifinals final tournament     Tournament Champion
1 Chattanooga 84.04% 46.77% 27.01% 7 VMI @ Asheville, NC VMI  
2 UNCG 85.12% 42.48% 19.88%        
3 ETSU 50.37% 27.88% 13.12% @ Asheville, NC VMI    
4 Samford 54.69% 28.41% 15.43%      
5 Furman 45.31% 21.55% 10.70% 10 The Citadel @ Asheville, NC Wofford
6 Wofford 49.63% 27.31% 12.76%  
7 VMI 11.39% 1.98% 0.32% 3 ETSU  
8 Mercer 12.59% 2.84% 0.70%    
9 Western Carolina 3.37% 0.42% 0.06% @ Asheville, NC Wofford
10 The Citadel 3.49% 0.35% 0.03%  
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