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 Arkansas State 76.86 86 77.07 71.74 68.93 178 24 11 13 5 L1 6-4 13 2 8 6 3 3 0 1 6 6 18 4 at Memphis 86.55 vs Jackson State 65.74
2 Troy 74.85 100 75.31 70.78 68.42 198 21 11 13 5 L1 8-2 9 4 9 6 3 1 0 4 3 2 18 5 vs ULM 81.88 vs Louisiana 64.89
3 South Alabama 71.02 149 74.40 66.75 66.09 290 19 11 13 5 L1 7-3 11 4 8 6 0 1 0 1 4 4 15 6 at Georgia Southern 83.75 at ULM 60.23
4 Marshall 70.27 159 70.27 63.66 67.33 255 18 13 12 6 L1 7-3 12 3 5 9 1 1 0 1 1 4 17 8 vs South Carolina State 76.28 at Purdue 60.73
5 James Madison 68.63 183 76.29 68.63 67.69 236 18 12 13 5 L2 7-3 11 2 5 8 2 2 0 1 4 5 14 6 vs UIC 82.67 at South Alabama 58.22
6 App State 66.84 218 71.15 62.94 67.24 261 15 14 10 8 L4 5-5 8 4 5 8 2 2 0 1 0 5 15 8 vs James Madison 77.92 vs Miami (OH) 56.43
7 Texas State 66.37 228 73.07 66.08 67.21 262 14 16 9 9 L1 4-6 8 4 4 10 2 2 0 0 2 7 12 9 vs Georgia Southern 78.44 vs Louisiana 58.34
8 Georgia Southern 65.80 241 68.75 63.08 66.90 267 16 16 8 10 L1 6-4 10 3 4 11 2 2 0 1 1 5 15 10 at Western Michigan 76.41 vs South Alabama 52.90
9 Georgia State 65.44 250 65.56 60.49 68.69 185 13 19 8 10 L1 6-4 8 6 3 11 2 2 0 3 0 5 13 11 vs ULM 74.61 vs South Alabama 52.00
10 Old Dominion 62.56 284 62.91 55.31 66.54 281 13 20 8 10 L1 4-6 5 9 5 7 3 4 0 1 1 5 12 14 vs Louisiana 69.63 vs Boston College 49.38
11 Southern Miss 60.47 311 64.77 60.47 67.66 238 9 22 5 13 L1 1-9 7 6 1 13 1 3 0 1 0 9 9 12 vs Alabama State 70.80 at Tulane 53.61
12 Louisiana 60.05 317 65.87 58.36 67.96 220 11 21 8 10 L1 5-5 4 12 6 5 1 4 0 1 1 11 10 9 at Troy 70.56 vs Lamar 50.09
13 Coastal Carolina 58.89 331 64.11 56.80 64.98 313 8 22 3 15 L2 2-8 4 8 3 13 1 1 0 0 0 6 8 16 vs USC Upstate 69.05 at Old Dominion 50.01
14 ULM 56.25 350 58.97 55.66 66.79 270 5 25 3 15 L5 2-8 3 11 2 12 0 2 0 0 2 7 3 18 vs South Alabama 68.13 at Georgia State 45.39
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 Arkansas State at Memphis W 85 - 72  86.55 1 South Alabama vs James Madison W 77 - 49  15.24 1 Old Dominion at South Alabama W 71 - 63 OT 17.71
2 Arkansas State vs Saint Louis W 103 - 78  85.82 2 Arkansas State at Memphis W 85 - 72  14.74 2 Arkansas State at Memphis W 85 - 72  16.88
3 Arkansas State vs Southern Miss W 101 - 67  85.25 3 Georgia State vs ULM W 97 - 64  12.36 3 ULM at South Alabama W 62 - 58  15.83
4 South Alabama at Georgia Southern W 76 - 47  83.75 4 South Alabama at Georgia Southern W 76 - 47  12.23 4 Louisiana at Troy W 72 - 69  15.23
5 James Madison vs UIC W 99 - 81  82.67 5 ULM vs South Alabama W 77 - 66  12.13 5 Louisiana at Texas State W 70 - 61  14.20
6 South Alabama vs James Madison W 77 - 49  82.58 6 Georgia Southern at Western Michigan W 83 - 57  11.99 6 ULM vs South Alabama W 77 - 66  13.61
7 Arkansas State vs Coastal Carolina W 97 - 67  82.34 7 Louisiana at Texas State W 70 - 61  11.46 7 Old Dominion at App State W 78 - 77  13.00
8 Troy vs ULM W 87 - 50  81.88 8 App State vs Colgate W 72 - 50  11.24 8 ULM at Northwestern State W 65 - 63  12.34
9 Troy vs Arkansas State W 94 - 81  81.68 9 Georgia State vs Louisiana W 94 - 70  10.94 9 App State vs Sam Houston W 66 - 63  11.78
10 Arkansas State at ULM W 94 - 67  80.86 10 Georgia Southern vs Coastal Carolina W 85 - 58  10.49 10 Georgia State at Marshall W 85 - 81  11.66
Sun Belt projected standings Sun Belt projected tournament bracket (projections in italics)
Conference Overall 1 South Alabama
Rank Team W L W L  
1 Arkansas State 13 5 24 11 4 Arkansas State @ Pensacola, FL Arkansas State
2 Troy 13 5 21 11          
3 South Alabama 13 5 19 11 5 Marshall @ Pensacola, FL Arkansas State  
4 James Madison 13 5 18 12      
5 Marshall 12 6 18 13 8 Georgia State @ Pensacola, FL Marshall @ Pensacola, FL Troy
6 App State 10 8 15 14       2025 Sun Belt
7 Texas State 9 9 14 16 9 Georgia Southern @ Pensacola, FL Georgia State 2 James Madison   Men's Basketball
8 Georgia Southern 8 10 16 16         Tournament Champion
9 Georgia State 8 10 13 19 12 Southern Miss @ Pensacola, FL Georgia Southern 3 Troy @ Pensacola, FL Troy
10 Old Dominion 8 10 13 20        
11 Louisiana 8 10 11 21 @ Pensacola, FL Southern Miss 6 App State @ Pensacola, FL Troy
12 Southern Miss 5 13 9 22      
13 Coastal Carolina 3 15 8 22 13 Coastal Carolina 7 Texas State @ Pensacola, FL Old Dominion
14 ULM 3 15 5 25    
10 Old Dominion @ Pensacola, FL Old Dominion
   
Sun Belt tournament probabilities Outcome realized Outcome unrealized 11 Louisiana @ Pensacola, FL Old Dominion
Probabilities based on pre-tournament ratings and projected bracket    
Reaching Reaching Winning @ Pensacola, FL Louisiana
Seed Team semifinals final tournament  
1 South Alabama 100.00% 35.88% 17.97% 14 ULM
2 James Madison 100.00% 43.91% 15.59%
3 Troy 70.79% 44.06% 20.68%
4 Arkansas State 76.29% 53.68% 37.61%
5 Marshall 18.84% 8.94% 4.26%
6 App State 18.06% 7.71% 2.26%
7 Texas State 9.95% 4.04% 1.12%
8 Georgia State 2.36% 0.69% 0.20%
9 Georgia Southern 2.33% 0.77% 0.26%
10 Old Dominion 0.58% 0.13% 0.02%
11 Louisiana 0.59% 0.14% 0.02%
12 Southern Miss 0.14% 0.03% 0.01%
13 Coastal Carolina 0.04% 0.01% 0.00%
14 ULM 0.02% 0.00% 0.00% © Omni Rankings