| Omni Rankings™ | 2024 College football ratings | through 1/4/25 games | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home field factor = 2.55 | Record vs D-I teams | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Season range | Schedule strength | Overall | Conference | Home | Road | Neutral | vs 1-25 | vs 26-100 | vs 100+ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Team | Rating | D-I rank | Max | Min | Rating | D-I rank | W | L | W | L | Streak | Last 5 | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | L | Highest single-game rating | Lowest single-game rating | ||||||||||
| 1 | UIW | 72.48 | 118 | 78.56 | 70.70 | 64.74 | 161 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 0 | L1 | 4-1 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 1 | vs | Nicholls | 87.40 | at | South Dakota State | 66.67 | ||||||
| 2 | SFA | 69.69 | 130 | 71.72 | 63.93 | 60.09 | 203 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | W1 | 3-2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | vs | Northern Colorado | 76.85 | at | Texas A&M-Commerce | 58.54 | ||||||
| 3 | Southeastern Louisiana | 63.37 | 173 | 63.37 | 53.21 | 64.26 | 167 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 1 | W3 | 4-1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | at | Houston Christian | 69.20 | at | Southern Miss | 49.62 | ||||||
| 4 | McNeese | 61.60 | 182 | 62.08 | 54.94 | 60.03 | 204 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 4 | L1 | 2-3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | at | Weber State | 67.75 | at | Houston Christian | 45.56 | ||||||
| 5 | Nicholls | 58.34 | 195 | 67.33 | 58.34 | 61.32 | 194 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 5 | L4 | 1-4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | at | Southern U | 74.26 | at | Lamar | 54.01 | ||||||
| 6 | Houston Christian | 51.66 | 223 | 51.66 | 45.11 | 61.58 | 192 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 4 | W1 | 2-3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | vs | McNeese | 62.89 | vs | Southeastern Louisiana | 38.24 | ||||||
| 7 | Houston Christian | 51.66 | 223 | 51.66 | 45.11 | 61.58 | 192 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 4 | W1 | 2-3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | vs | McNeese | 62.89 | vs | Southeastern Louisiana | 38.24 | ||||||
| 8 | Texas A&M-Commerce | 51.41 | 226 | 51.41 | 46.83 | 60.61 | 200 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 4 | L1 | 2-3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | vs | SFA | 60.72 | at | McNeese | 42.27 | ||||||
| 9 | Northwestern State | 33.99 | 260 | 39.42 | 33.99 | 61.93 | 187 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 7 | L12 | 0-5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | at | Southeast Missouri State | 46.56 | at | Houston Christian | 27.44 | ||||||
| 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 | UIW | vs | Nicholls | W 55 - 10 | 87.40 | 1 | Houston Christian | vs | McNeese | W 43 - 22 | 16.52 | 1 | Texas A&M-Commerce | vs | SFA | W 19 - 14 | 21.64 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | UIW | vs | Northern Arizona | W 38 - 14 | 84.35 | 2 | UIW | vs | Northern Arizona | W 38 - 14 | 13.29 | 2 | McNeese | at | Weber State | W 28 - 26 | 13.98 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | UIW | vs | Lamar | W 41 - 20 | 77.27 | 3 | Texas A&M-Commerce | vs | SFA | W 19 - 14 | 13.19 | 3 | Houston Christian | vs | McNeese | W 43 - 22 | 13.15 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | SFA | vs | Northern Colorado | W 48 - 7 | 76.85 | 4 | Southeastern Louisiana | at | Houston Christian | W 37 - 7 | 13.09 | 4 | Houston Christian | vs | Nicholls | W 24 - 21 | 11.40 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | UIW | at | SFA | W 27 - 20 | 76.54 | 5 | SFA | vs | Northern Colorado | W 48 - 7 | 12.92 | 5 | McNeese | vs | SFA | W 28 - 24 | 9.38 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | SFA | at | Nicholls | W 28 - 12 | 75.36 | 6 | UIW | vs | Nicholls | W 55 - 10 | 12.38 | 6 | Southeastern Louisiana | vs | Eastern Washington | W 28 - 24 | 8.35 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | SFA | vs | Houston Christian | W 55 - 6 | 74.54 | 7 | Northwestern State | at | Southeast Missouri State | L 0 - 19 | 10.21 | 7 | Southeastern Louisiana | vs | SFA | W 24 - 23 | 8.24 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | SFA | vs | Abilene Christian | W 32 - 19 | 74.44 | 8 | Nicholls | at | Southern U | W 51 - 7 | 9.91 | 8 | Lamar | vs | Weber State | W 17 - 16 | 7.31 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Nicholls | at | Southern U | W 51 - 7 | 74.26 | 9 | Houston Christian | vs | Northwestern State | W 62 - 24 | 9.45 | 9 | Houston Christian | at | Indiana State | W 27 - 24 | 6.67 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | UIW | vs | Northern Colorado | W 28 - 7 | 73.18 | 10 | Lamar | at | Texas State | L 27 - 34 | 8.37 | 10 | UIW | vs | Northern Arizona | W 38 - 14 | 3.85 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | UIW | 7 | 0 | 11 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Southeastern Louisiana | 6 | 1 | 7 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | SFA | 4 | 3 | 6 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Lamar | 4 | 3 | 7 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | McNeese | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Houston Christian | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Texas A&M-Commerce | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Nicholls | 2 | 5 | 4 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Northwestern State | 0 | 7 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||