Omni Rankings™ 2024-2025 Men's college basketball ratings through 3/28/25 games
Southland
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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 McNeese 78.73 69 79.66 74.27 68.66 187 26 7 19 1 L1 9-1 13 1 10 2 3 4 1 4 2 2 23 1 at UTRGV 87.65 vs UIW 69.99
2 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 69.24 169 71.00 67.31 66.76 273 16 14 12 8 L1 5-5 11 2 4 10 1 2 0 3 0 3 16 8 vs New Orleans     76.41 at SFA       60.73
3 Lamar 68.99 174 71.17 63.19 67.76 231 17 13 14 6 L1 7-3 7 4 9 7 1 2 0 2 0 5 17 6 at UTRGV       83.97 vs New Orleans     56.51
4 Nicholls 68.73 181 70.03 65.23 67.98 219 17 13 13 7 L1 6-4 8 4 8 8 1 1 0 3 2 3 15 7 at SFA       79.21 vs Northwestern State     59.13
5 Southeastern Louisiana 66.22 232 68.49 63.15 66.13 288 16 14 12 8 L4 5-5 6 4 9 8 1 2 0 1 1 3 15 10 vs UIW       74.56 at McNeese       60.14
6 UIW 66.20 233 66.20 57.46 65.43 301 15 17 9 11 L1 7-3 7 5 4 10 4 2 0 1 0 3 15 13 vs Jacksonville     74.06 vs Prairie View     54.29
7 Northwestern State 65.57 245 66.53 61.92 68.24 207 14 16 12 8 L1 6-4 7 5 6 11 1 0 0 2 1 6 13 8 vs North Alabama     73.76 at East Texas A&M     51.15
8 UTRGV 62.73 281 69.67 60.15 66.52 282 12 15 8 12 W2 4-6 8 4 2 11 2 0 0 2 0 3 12 10 at Wisconsin     77.17 vs Lamar       50.20
9 Houston Christian 61.79 291 63.78 53.83 67.09 265 10 20 9 11 L3 2-8 6 7 4 12 0 1 0 2 0 3 10 15 at Southeastern Louisiana   70.82 at Creighton       51.98
10 SFA 61.18 302 68.81 61.18 66.78 272 11 17 7 13 L4 5-5 5 8 6 9 0 0 0 1 0 4 11 12 at Lamar       72.35 vs Nicholls       53.20
11 East Texas A&M 58.57 335 59.54 55.91 68.05 214 5 26 3 17 W1 3-7 4 10 1 16 0 0 0 3 0 4 5 19 vs Northwestern State     69.70 vs Nicholls       49.65
12 New Orleans 54.34 357 56.46 50.43 68.27 205 4 27 2 18 L13 0-10 0 11 3 15 1 1 0 1 1 9 3 17 at Lamar 65.08 vs Stonehill 40.96
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  87.65 1 Lamar at UTRGV W 84 - 52  19.25 1 New Orleans at Tulane W 93 - 87 OT 26.44
2 McNeese at SFA W 95 - 64  86.25 2 New Orleans at Tulane W 93 - 87 OT 13.22 2 New Orleans at Lamar W 68 - 62  16.52
3 McNeese vs UTRGV W 100 - 65  85.70 3 East Texas A&M vs Northwestern State W 72 - 50  12.51 3 Lamar at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi W 65 - 61  10.57
4 McNeese vs Southeastern Louisiana W 79 - 51  84.51 4 Lamar at Louisiana W 74 - 45  12.22 4 Houston Christian at SFA W 83 - 73  9.80
5 Lamar at UTRGV W 84 - 52  83.97 5 UTRGV vs Tennessee Tech W 83 - 58  11.69 5 Northwestern State at Nicholls W 72 - 60  9.22
6 McNeese at Northwestern State W 92 - 69  83.85 6 New Orleans at Lamar W 68 - 62  11.17 6 Houston Christian at Southeastern Louisiana W 70 - 62  8.60
7 McNeese vs Clemson W 69 - 67  83.66 7 Nicholls at SFA W 94 - 70  10.62 7 McNeese vs Clemson W 69 - 67  8.56
8 McNeese vs Longwood W 84 - 69  81.15 8 Northwestern State at Nicholls W 72 - 60  10.42 8 Nicholls at Seattle U W 71 - 69  8.17
9 Lamar at Louisiana W 74 - 45  80.95 9 UTRGV at Wisconsin L 84 - 87  10.40 9 Nicholls vs McNeese W 71 - 63  8.03
10 McNeese vs Mississippi State L 63 - 66  80.06 10 UIW vs Arkansas Pine Bluff W 92 - 64  10.14 10 Lamar at UTRGV W 84 - 52  7.50
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 19 1 26 7 4 Northwestern State @ Lake Charles, LA McNeese
2 Lamar 14 6 17 13      
3 Nicholls 13 7 17 13 5 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi @ Lake Charles, LA Northwestern State  
4 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 12 8 16 14      
5 Southeastern Louisiana 12 8 16 14 @ Lake Charles, LA Texas A&M-Corpus Christi @ Lake Charles, LA McNeese
6 Northwestern State 12 8 14 16     2025 Southland
7 UIW 9 11 15 17 8 Houston Christian 2 Lamar   Men's Basketball
8 Houston Christian 9 11 10 20     Tournament Champion
9 UTRGV 8 12 12 15 3 Nicholls @ Lake Charles, LA Lamar  
10 SFA 7 13 11 17    
11 East Texas A&M 3 17 5 26 6 Southeastern Louisiana @ Lake Charles, LA Nicholls
12 New Orleans 2 18 4 27    
@ Lake Charles, LA UIW
 
Southland tournament probabilities Outcome realized Outcome unrealized 7 UIW
Probabilities based on pre-tournament ratings and projected bracket
Reaching Reaching Winning
Seed Team semifinals final tournament
1 McNeese 100.00% 83.59% 67.58%
2 Lamar 100.00% 52.11% 13.00%
3 Nicholls 63.56% 33.52% 9.00%
4 Northwestern State 42.68% 5.59% 2.19%
5 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 46.85% 9.90% 5.27%
6 Southeastern Louisiana 23.40% 9.93% 2.00% © Omni Rankings
7 UIW 13.04% 4.44% 0.68%
8 Houston Christian 10.47% 0.92% 0.27%