Omni Rankings™ 2023-2024 Men's college basketball ratings through 4/8/24 games
Sun Belt
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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 James Madison 78.83 65 82.74 78.57 68.00 227 31 4 15 3 L1 9-1 13 1 12 2 6 1 2 1 4 2 25 1 vs Fresno State 90.66 vs Duke 67.13
2 Appalachian State 75.85 94 77.09 67.98 68.25 213 25 7 16 2 L2 8-2 13 0 8 5 4 2 1 1 5 2 19 4 vs UNC Wilmington 84.93 vs UNC Asheville 63.44
3 Troy 72.02 141 73.02 66.44 67.33 252 17 12 13 5 L2 6-4 12 2 5 9 0 1 0 0 1 6 16 6 at Louisiana Lafayette 79.65 at Ole Miss 62.84
4 Arkansas State 71.62 146 73.24 61.59 69.26 179 19 17 11 7 L1 7-3 10 3 5 11 4 3 0 2 5 6 14 9 vs Louisiana Lafayette 84.10 at Wisconsin 58.80
5 Louisiana Lafayette 69.12 179 74.64 69.12 68.34 209 17 14 10 8 L1 4-6 9 3 5 9 3 2 0 0 3 9 14 5 vs Bowling Green 81.26 vs Arkansas State 57.88
6 Texas State 68.50 188 68.50 63.87 69.79 165 15 18 7 11 L1 6-4 7 4 5 11 3 3 0 3 5 6 10 9 at Sam Houston State 75.44 vs Louisiana Lafayette 58.73
7 South Alabama 67.12 216 75.37 65.41 68.16 218 14 15 8 10 L1 6-4 9 5 5 9 0 1 0 1 1 6 13 8 at Mercer 78.50 at Louisiana Monroe 58.58
8 Georgia Southern 65.78 238 65.78 55.08 68.46 205 9 24 8 10 L1 4-6 6 7 2 14 1 3 0 2 0 9 9 13 vs Appalachian State 71.03 at Georgia State 51.08
9 Georgia State 65.64 239 68.19 63.77 68.13 219 12 17 8 10 L1 5-5 7 5 5 11 0 1 0 1 1 7 11 9 at South Alabama 75.78 at Georgia Southern 57.13
10 Marshall 65.12 249 74.89 64.28 69.71 172 12 20 7 11 L1 2-8 7 7 3 9 2 4 0 1 1 11 11 8 vs Louisiana Lafayette 76.27 at Old Dominion 55.98
11 Southern Miss 64.40 263 68.47 63.26 67.58 244 14 16 9 9 L3 4-6 9 3 5 9 0 4 0 0 4 7 10 9 vs Western Michigan 78.48 at Georgia Southern 52.57
12 Old Dominion 63.28 282 69.53 63.04 70.28 149 6 25 3 15 L3 1-9 4 10 1 12 1 3 0 1 1 10 5 14 vs Marshall 77.58 at Georgia Southern 56.80
13 Louisiana Monroe 61.62 304 64.46 58.79 68.26 212 9 19 6 12 L4 4-6 6 6 3 12 0 1 0 1 1 8 8 10 at Southern Miss 70.24 at Lamar 53.16
14 Coastal Carolina 60.64 314 63.82 58.83 68.00 228 7 22 5 13 L1 3-7 5 11 1 9 1 2 0 0 0 10 7 12 at Texas State 69.30 at James Madison 53.82
Sun Belt top performances Sun Belt surprise performances Sun Belt upset wins
Rank Team Opponent Result Rating Rank Team Opponent Result Rating Rank Team Opponent Result Rating
1 James Madison vs Fresno State W 95 - 64  90.66 1 Appalachian State vs UNC Wilmington W 86 - 56  16.66 1 Southern Miss vs James Madison W 81 - 71  14.28
2 James Madison vs South Alabama W 89 - 55  88.98 2 Old Dominion vs Marshall W 91 - 66  13.15 2 Southern Miss at UAB W 85 - 82  12.66
3 James Madison vs Wisconsin W 72 - 61  87.36 3 Southern Miss vs Western Michigan W 86 - 54  13.07 3 Georgia State at Louisiana Lafayette W 78 - 69  10.61
4 James Madison at Marshall W 84 - 58  86.59 4 Arkansas State vs Louisiana Lafayette W 89 - 62  12.95 4 Marshall at Ohio W 74 - 69  10.25
5 James Madison vs Coastal Carolina W 105 - 67  85.63 5 Georgia Southern vs Southern Miss W 88 - 67  12.83 5 Louisiana Monroe at Old Dominion W 80 - 73  9.87
6 James Madison vs Arkansas State W 91 - 71  85.62 6 Arkansas State vs UAB W 87 - 68  12.74 6 Texas State at UT Arlington W 73 - 66  8.74
7 Appalachian State vs UNC Wilmington W 86 - 56  84.93 7 Southern Miss vs James Madison W 81 - 71  12.00 7 Georgia State at South Alabama W 90 - 76  8.61
8 Arkansas State vs Louisiana Lafayette W 89 - 62  84.10 8 Georgia State at South Alabama W 90 - 76  11.10 8 Louisiana Monroe vs Louisiana Lafayette W 66 - 59  8.50
9 Appalachian State vs Arkansas State W 80 - 57  83.95 9 Georgia Southern vs Georgia State W 86 - 70  11.06 9 Coastal Carolina at Texas State W 71 - 63  8.42
10 James Madison vs Akron W 73 - 59  83.43 10 James Madison vs South Alabama W 89 - 55  10.15 10 Appalachian State at James Madison W 59 - 55  8.32
Sun Belt projected standings Sun Belt projected tournament bracket (projections in italics)
Conference Overall 1 Appalachian State
Rank Team W L W L  
1 Appalachian State 16 2 25 7 8 South Alabama @ Pensacola, FL Appalachian State
2 James Madison 15 3 31 4      
3 Troy 13 5 17 12 @ Pensacola, FL Georgia Southern  
4 Arkansas State 11 7 19 17    
5 Louisiana Lafayette 10 8 17 14 9 Georgia Southern @ Pensacola, FL Arkansas State
6 Southern Miss 9 9 14 16    
7 South Alabama 8 10 14 15 4 Arkansas State    
8 Georgia Southern 8 10 9 24      
9 Georgia State 8 10 12 17 5 Louisiana Lafayette @ Pensacola, FL Arkansas State  
10 Texas State 7 11 15 18    
11 Marshall 7 11 12 20 12 Louisiana Monroe @ Pensacola, FL Louisiana Lafayette
12 Louisiana Monroe 6 12 9 19    
13 Coastal Carolina 5 13 7 22 @ Pensacola, FL Coastal Carolina @ Pensacola, FL James Madison
14 Old Dominion 3 15 6 25   2024 Sun Belt
13 Coastal Carolina 2 James Madison Men's Basketball
  Tournament Champion
Sun Belt tournament probabilities Outcome realized Outcome unrealized 7 Georgia State @ Pensacola, FL James Madison
Probabilities based on pre-tournament ratings and projected bracket        
Reaching Reaching Winning @ Pensacola, FL Marshall    
Seed Team semifinals final tournament      
1 Appalachian State 80.50% 56.67% 30.39% 10 Marshall @ Pensacola, FL James Madison
2 James Madison 85.21% 62.64% 40.30%  
3 Troy 72.68% 26.88% 12.30% 3 Troy  
4 Arkansas State 57.93% 21.83% 7.79%    
5 Louisiana Lafayette 37.26% 13.43% 4.58% 6 Southern Miss @ Pensacola, FL Texas State
6 Southern Miss 13.56% 2.61% 0.65%    
7 Georgia State 9.30% 3.41% 0.95% 11 Texas State @ Pensacola, FL Texas State
8 South Alabama 13.37% 5.44% 1.44%    
9 Georgia Southern 6.13% 1.90% 0.37% @ Pensacola, FL Texas State
10 Marshall 5.49% 1.68% 0.38%  
11 Texas State 10.28% 2.25% 0.63% 14 Old Dominion
12 Louisiana Monroe 2.99% 0.48% 0.07%
13 Coastal Carolina 1.82% 0.25% 0.03%
14 Old Dominion 3.48% 0.53% 0.11% © Omni Rankings