Omni Rankings™ 2024-2025 Men's college basketball ratings through 2/16/25 games
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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 Arkansas State 76.58 87 77.06 71.78 69.25 176 18 8 10 4 L1 7-3 11 1 6 5 1 2 0 1 4 2 14 5 at Memphis 86.40 vs Jackson State 65.80
2 Troy 73.94 108 73.94 70.76 68.55 200 15 9 10 4 W2 7-3 8 3 7 6 0 0 0 3 1 1 14 5 vs ULM 81.97 vs Merrimack 65.84
3 App State 69.94 163 71.16 63.00 67.46 257 14 10 9 5 L1 7-3 7 3 5 6 2 1 0 1 0 5 14 4 vs James Madison 78.02 vs Miami (OH) 56.51
4 South Alabama 69.18 178 74.40 66.78 65.45 310 16 9 10 4 W2 6-4 10 4 6 5 0 0 0 1 3 3 13 5 at Georgia Southern 83.67 at ULM 60.16
5 James Madison 69.16 179 76.33 68.95 68.12 222 15 10 10 4 W2 8-2 9 2 4 7 2 1 0 1 6 2 9 7 vs UIC 82.67 at South Alabama 58.15
6 Marshall 67.91 199 69.58 63.69 67.41 261 13 12 8 6 L2 6-4 10 3 3 9 0 0 0 1 1 4 12 7 vs South Carolina State 76.34 at Louisiana 60.66
7 Texas State 66.72 225 73.07 66.06 67.63 247 11 14 6 8 L1 4-6 5 3 4 10 2 1 0 0 1 5 10 9 vs Georgia Southern 78.50 vs Louisiana 58.43
8 Georgia State 65.60 242 65.60 60.52 69.28 174 11 15 7 7 W4 5-5 8 6 2 8 1 1 0 3 0 4 11 8 vs ULM 74.69 vs South Alabama 52.10
9 Georgia Southern 65.42 245 68.74 63.06 67.00 272 13 13 6 8 W1 6-4 8 3 4 9 1 1 0 1 0 4 13 8 at Western Michigan 76.30 vs South Alabama 52.97
10 Southern Miss 62.42 284 64.81 60.56 68.58 197 8 17 5 9 L4 2-8 7 2 1 13 0 2 0 1 0 6 8 10 vs Alabama State 70.83 at Tulane 53.54
11 Louisiana 61.51 303 65.91 58.40 68.26 213 8 18 6 8 W1 4-6 4 11 4 4 0 3 0 1 0 8 8 9 at Texas State 69.75 vs Lamar 50.15
12 Old Dominion 61.01 308 62.18 55.32 66.67 284 9 16 7 7 L3 3-7 5 7 4 6 0 3 0 1 0 4 9 11 vs Coastal Carolina 68.67 vs Boston College 49.42
13 Coastal Carolina 57.38 342 64.06 56.77 65.10 323 6 19 1 13 L12 0-10 3 7 2 12 1 0 0 0 1 4 5 15 vs USC Upstate 69.10 at Old Dominion 49.95
14 ULM 56.51 349 58.97 55.65 66.13 297 5 20 3 11 W1 3-7 3 9 2 10 0 1 0 0 0 5 5 15 vs South Alabama 68.22 at Georgia State 45.32
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  86.40 1 South Alabama vs James Madison W 77 - 49  15.32 1 Old Dominion at South Alabama W 71 - 63 OT 17.51
2 Arkansas State vs Southern Miss W 101 - 67  85.30 2 Arkansas State at Memphis W 85 - 72  14.56 2 Arkansas State at Memphis W 85 - 72  16.51
3 South Alabama at Georgia Southern W 76 - 47  83.67 3 Georgia State vs ULM W 97 - 64  12.43 3 ULM at South Alabama W 62 - 58  15.67
4 South Alabama vs James Madison W 77 - 49  82.68 4 ULM vs South Alabama W 77 - 66  12.23 4 Louisiana at Texas State W 70 - 61  13.98
5 James Madison vs UIC W 99 - 81  82.67 5 South Alabama at Georgia Southern W 76 - 47  12.13 5 ULM vs South Alabama W 77 - 66  13.79
6 Arkansas State vs Coastal Carolina W 97 - 67  82.40 6 Georgia Southern at Western Michigan W 83 - 57  11.89 6 Old Dominion at App State W 78 - 77  12.77
7 Troy vs ULM W 87 - 50  81.97 7 Louisiana at Texas State W 70 - 61  11.35 7 ULM at Northwestern State W 65 - 63  12.19
8 South Alabama at Georgia State W 77 - 51  79.89 8 App State vs Colgate W 72 - 50  11.17 8 App State vs Sam Houston W 66 - 63  11.61
9 South Alabama vs Arkansas State W 76 - 62  79.87 9 Georgia State vs Louisiana W 94 - 70  11.03 9 Georgia State at Marshall W 85 - 81  11.43
10 Arkansas State vs Georgia State W 85 - 59  79.78 10 Georgia Southern vs Coastal Carolina W 85 - 58  10.59 10 Old Dominion vs William & Mary W 88 - 83  8.63
Sun Belt projected standings Sun Belt projected tournament bracket (projections in italics)
Conference Overall 1 Arkansas State
Rank Team W L W L  
1 Arkansas State 14 4 22 8 8 Old Dominion @ Pensacola, FL Arkansas State
2 Troy 13 5 18 10      
3 James Madison 13 5 18 11 @ Pensacola, FL Texas State  
4 South Alabama 12 6 18 11    
5 App State 11 7 16 12 9 Texas State @ Pensacola, FL Arkansas State
6 Marshall 10 8 15 14    
7 Georgia State 9 9 13 17 4 South Alabama    
8 Old Dominion 9 9 11 18      
9 Texas State 8 10 13 16 5 App State @ Pensacola, FL App State  
10 Georgia Southern 8 10 15 15    
11 Southern Miss 7 11 10 19 12 Louisiana @ Pensacola, FL App State
12 Louisiana 7 11 9 21    
13 ULM 3 15 5 24 @ Pensacola, FL Louisiana @ Pensacola, FL Arkansas State
14 Coastal Carolina 2 16 7 22   2025 Sun Belt
13 ULM 2 Troy Men's Basketball
  Tournament Champion
Sun Belt tournament probabilities Outcome realized Outcome unrealized 7 Georgia State @ Pensacola, FL Troy
Probabilities based on pre-tournament ratings and projected bracket        
Reaching Reaching Winning @ Pensacola, FL Georgia State    
Seed Team semifinals final tournament      
1 Arkansas State 82.34% 60.16% 40.44% 10 Georgia Southern @ Pensacola, FL Troy
2 Troy 75.79% 51.66% 26.50%  
3 James Madison 59.76% 24.55% 8.98% 3 James Madison  
4 South Alabama 53.42% 17.62% 7.76%    
5 App State 41.66% 14.63% 6.80% 6 Marshall @ Pensacola, FL James Madison
6 Marshall 33.01% 12.31% 4.06%    
7 Georgia State 12.36% 5.10% 1.37% 11 Southern Miss @ Pensacola, FL Marshall
8 Old Dominion 3.41% 0.86% 0.19%    
9 Texas State 14.25% 5.99% 2.18% @ Pensacola, FL Southern Miss
10 Georgia Southern 11.85% 4.83% 1.27%  
11 Southern Miss 6.14% 1.40% 0.27% 14 Coastal Carolina
12 Louisiana 4.21% 0.67% 0.15%
13 ULM 0.72% 0.07% 0.01%
14 Coastal Carolina 1.10% 0.15% 0.02% © Omni Rankings