Omni Rankings™ 2024-2025 Men's college basketball ratings through 2/16/25 games
Southland
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Team ratings (1-351) NCAA probabilities NIT probabilities
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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 McNeese 76.16 92 79.64 74.27 67.91 234 18 6 14 1 W4 9-1 9 1 7 2 2 3 0 3 2 2 16 1 at UTRGV 87.54 vs UIW 70.03
2 Nicholls 68.22 191 69.51 65.22 68.94 187 12 11 9 6 L2 6-4 6 4 6 7 0 0 0 3 1 1 11 7 vs McNeese       76.33 vs Northwestern State     59.16
3 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 67.73 205 70.98 67.24 67.24 264 12 11 9 6 W1 5-5 8 2 4 8 0 1 0 3 0 1 12 7 vs SFA       76.43 at SFA       60.61
4 Southeastern Louisiana 67.44 211 68.40 63.13 66.32 291 15 9 11 4 W5 9-1 5 2 9 6 1 1 0 1 1 2 14 6 vs UIW       74.58 at McNeese       60.02
5 Lamar 67.36 213 71.08 63.13 67.14 267 13 10 11 4 W3 7-3 6 3 7 5 0 2 0 2 0 2 13 6 at UTRGV       83.83 vs New Orleans     56.55
6 SFA 65.01 248 68.77 63.10 66.86 276 10 13 6 9 W4 5-5 5 6 5 7 0 0 0 1 0 3 10 9 at Lamar       72.21 vs Houston Christian     56.13
7 UTRGV 64.51 255 69.62 60.11 66.66 285 10 12 6 9 W1 4-6 6 3 2 9 2 0 0 3 0 1 10 8 at Wisconsin     77.12 vs Lamar       50.23
8 Northwestern State 64.18 260 66.51 61.86 68.70 195 9 14 8 7 L1 4-6 5 4 4 10 0 0 0 2 1 5 8 7 vs North Alabama     73.81 at East Texas A&M     51.02
9 UIW 62.90 278 64.00 57.44 64.98 327 8 14 5 10 L1 3-7 5 5 2 9 1 0 0 1 0 1 8 12 at McNeese       70.69 vs Prairie View     54.34
10 Houston Christian 61.52 302 63.73 53.78 67.41 260 9 15 8 7 L2 5-5 5 6 4 9 0 0 0 3 0 2 9 10 at Southeastern Louisiana   70.68 at Creighton       51.90
11 East Texas A&M 58.53 330 59.46 55.88 69.04 184 3 23 1 14 L4 1-9 3 8 0 15 0 0 0 2 0 5 3 16 vs Northwestern State     69.73 vs Nicholls       49.68
12 New Orleans 56.01 352 56.40 50.41 69.07 180 4 22 2 13 L8 2-8 0 8 3 13 1 1 0 4 1 5 3 13 at Lamar 64.96 vs Stonehill 40.92
Southland top performances Southland surprise performances Southland upset wins
Rank Team Opponent Result Rating Rank Team Opponent Result Rating Rank Team Opponent Result Rating
1 McNeese at UTRGV W 93 - 63  87.54 1 Lamar at UTRGV W 84 - 52  19.19 1 New Orleans at Tulane W 93 - 87 OT 26.34
2 McNeese vs Southeastern Louisiana W 79 - 51  84.55 2 New Orleans at Tulane W 93 - 87 OT 13.17 2 New Orleans at Lamar W 68 - 62  16.35
3 Lamar at UTRGV W 84 - 52  83.83 3 East Texas A&M vs Northwestern State W 72 - 50  12.59 3 Lamar at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi W 65 - 61  10.45
4 McNeese at Northwestern State W 92 - 69  83.75 4 Lamar at Louisiana W 74 - 45  12.22 4 Houston Christian at SFA W 83 - 73  9.63
5 McNeese vs Longwood W 84 - 69  81.18 5 UTRGV vs Tennessee Tech W 83 - 58  11.72 5 Northwestern State at Nicholls W 72 - 60  9.07
6 Lamar at Louisiana W 74 - 45  80.85 6 New Orleans at Lamar W 68 - 62  11.08 6 Houston Christian at Southeastern Louisiana W 70 - 62  8.38
7 McNeese vs Mississippi State L 63 - 66  80.13 7 UTRGV at Wisconsin L 84 - 87  10.41 7 Nicholls vs McNeese W 71 - 63  8.24
8 McNeese vs SFA W 79 - 59  79.67 8 Northwestern State at Nicholls W 72 - 60  10.35 8 Nicholls at Seattle U W 71 - 69  7.98
9 McNeese at Houston Christian W 75 - 59  78.59 9 UTRGV vs Houston Christian W 76 - 52  10.22 9 Lamar at UTRGV W 84 - 52  7.38
10 McNeese at Alabama L 64 - 72  78.57 10 UIW vs Arkansas Pine Bluff W 92 - 64  10.20 10 SFA at Lamar W 72 - 63  7.26
Southland projected standings Southland projected tournament bracket (projections in italics)
(Texas A&M-Commerce ineligible for NCAA tournament)
Conference Overall 1 McNeese
Rank Team W L W L  
1 McNeese 18 2 22 7 4 Nicholls @ Lake Charles, LA McNeese
2 Southeastern Louisiana 14 6 18 11      
3 Lamar 14 6 16 12 5 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi @ Lake Charles, LA Nicholls  
4 Nicholls 12 8 15 13      
5 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 12 8 15 13 @ Lake Charles, LA Texas A&M-Corpus Christi @ Lake Charles, LA McNeese
6 Northwestern State 11 9 12 16     2025 Southland
7 Houston Christian 10 10 11 18 8 SFA 2 Southeastern Louisiana   Men's Basketball
8 SFA 8 12 12 16     Tournament Champion
9 UTRGV 8 12 12 15 3 Lamar @ Lake Charles, LA Southeastern Louisiana  
10 UIW 7 13 10 17    
11 East Texas A&M 3 17 5 26 6 Northwestern State @ Lake Charles, LA Lamar
12 New Orleans 3 17 5 26    
@ Lake Charles, LA Northwestern State
 
Southland tournament probabilities Outcome realized Outcome unrealized 7 Houston Christian
Probabilities based on pre-tournament ratings and projected bracket
Reaching Reaching Winning
Seed Team semifinals final tournament
1 McNeese 100.00% 76.08% 59.08%
2 Southeastern Louisiana 100.00% 55.13% 16.34%
3 Lamar 63.94% 31.80% 9.36%
4 Nicholls 55.35% 14.09% 7.67%
5 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 28.58% 6.92% 3.66%
6 Northwestern State 23.22% 9.09% 1.98% © Omni Rankings
7 Houston Christian 12.83% 3.98% 0.65%
8 SFA 16.08% 2.91% 1.27%