Omni Rankings™ 2025-2026 Men's college basketball ratings through 3/3/26 games
Big West
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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 UC Irvine 73.27 120 73.73 70.44 69.48 171 18 10 13 5 W2 7-3 8 4 7 5 3 1 0 0 4 7 14 3 at Cal State Fullerton 80.06 vs Belmont 61.27
2 Hawai'i 72.82 127 77.37 72.33 66.33 264 19 7 13 5 W3 7-3 13 2 6 5 0 0 0 0 3 5 16 2 at UC Riverside 88.55 at CSUN 62.79
3 UC San Diego 72.30 133 80.82 71.02 67.91 225 19 9 11 7 W5 6-4 8 5 7 4 4 0 0 0 4 4 15 5 vs Tulane 83.96 vs Cal State Fullerton 61.25
4 UC Santa Barbara 71.82 140 73.19 67.90 68.10 220 16 12 11 8 L1 5-5 9 3 5 8 2 1 0 0 4 4 12 8 vs Cal Poly 84.20 vs Long Beach State 63.07
5 CSUN 70.13 164 71.45 61.67 69.51 168 16 12 11 7 L2 7-3 10 2 6 8 0 2 0 0 6 6 10 6 vs Hawai'i 82.96 vs Idaho State 51.92
6 UC Davis 69.04 180 70.81 68.19 68.50 209 15 12 10 8 L1 6-4 10 4 5 8 0 0 0 0 5 7 10 5 at Idaho State 76.55 at Oregon 58.02
7 Cal Poly 67.81 198 71.18 63.31 70.91 133 11 17 9 9 L1 6-4 5 6 6 10 0 1 0 1 6 6 5 10 at Hawai'i 77.08 at UC Santa Barbara 52.66
8 Cal State Fullerton 66.92 217 67.46 55.99 69.35 179 13 15 10 8 L1 7-3 7 4 5 10 1 1 0 1 3 10 10 4 at UC San Diego 79.76 at Portland 51.46
9 UC Riverside 65.17 251 69.26 62.45 69.92 154 8 21 5 14 W1 3-7 5 7 3 14 0 0 0 3 0 9 8 9 vs CSU Bakersfield 72.98 vs Hawai'i 52.08
10 Long Beach State 63.59 275 65.00 56.22 69.42 174 7 21 5 13 W1 1-9 5 8 2 13 0 0 0 2 0 11 7 8 at CSUN 70.77 at Portland 51.19
11 CSU Bakersfield 58.15 331 64.98 57.62 69.14 190 6 22 2 16 L13 0-10 4 10 1 12 1 0 0 0 1 12 5 10 vs Fresno State 69.69 vs Cal Poly 49.00
Big West top performances Big West surprise performances Big West upset wins
Rank Team Opponent Result Rating Rank Team Opponent Result Rating Rank Team Opponent Result Rating
1 Hawai'i at UC Riverside W 88 - 45  88.55 1 Cal State Fullerton at UC San Diego W 88 - 71  15.90 1 Cal State Fullerton at UC San Diego W 88 - 71  15.76
2 Hawai'i vs North Dakota W 92 - 55  84.72 2 UC Santa Barbara vs Cal Poly W 107 - 67  14.60 2 Cal State Fullerton vs St. Thomas (MN) W 88 - 80  12.85
3 UC Santa Barbara vs Cal Poly W 107 - 67  84.20 3 Hawai'i at UC Riverside W 88 - 45  13.63 3 CSU Bakersfield at UC Davis W 81 - 79  11.01
4 UC San Diego vs Tulane W 93 - 67  83.96 4 CSUN vs Hawai'i W 84 - 60  13.50 4 UC Davis at Nevada W 75 - 71  10.36
5 UC San Diego vs Temple W 91 - 76  83.25 5 CSUN at Delaware W 88 - 66  13.00 5 Cal Poly at Hawai'i W 86 - 75  10.00
6 CSUN vs Hawai'i W 84 - 60  82.96 6 Cal Poly at CSU Bakersfield W 104 - 79  11.74 6 CSUN at UC San Diego W 84 - 79  9.33
7 UC San Diego vs Towson W 87 - 73  82.59 7 Cal State Fullerton at Denver W 105 - 86  11.60 7 Cal Poly vs UC San Diego W 67 - 65  8.06
8 Hawai'i at Cal Poly W 86 - 66  82.33 8 UC Santa Barbara vs Hawai'i W 77 - 62  10.34 8 CSU Bakersfield vs Fresno State W 76 - 71  7.94
9 Hawai'i vs Manhattan W 86 - 56  81.53 9 Cal State Fullerton vs Pepperdine W 83 - 69  10.21 9 Cal State Fullerton vs Pepperdine W 83 - 69  7.21
10 UC San Diego vs Bradley W 87 - 77  80.65 10 Cal State Fullerton vs St. Thomas (MN) W 88 - 80  10.20 10 CSU Bakersfield vs Idaho W 64 - 63  7.07
Big West projected standings Big West projected tournament bracket (projections in italics)
Conference Overall 1 Hawai'i
Rank Team W L W L  
1 Hawai'i 15 5 21 7 4 UC Santa Barbara @ Henderson, NV Hawai'i
2 UC Irvine 14 6 19 11      
3 UC San Diego 12 8 20 10 5 CSUN @ Henderson, NV UC Santa Barbara  
4 UC Santa Barbara 12 8 17 12      
5 CSUN 12 8 17 13 @ Henderson, NV CSUN @ Henderson, NV UC Irvine
6 UC Davis 11 9 16 13     2026 Big West
7 Cal State Fullerton 11 9 14 16 8 Cal Poly 2 UC Irvine   Men's Basketball
8 Cal Poly 10 10 12 18     Tournament Champion
9 Long Beach State 6 14 8 22 3 UC San Diego @ Henderson, NV UC Irvine  
10 UC Riverside 5 15 8 22    
11 CSU Bakersfield 2 18 6 24 6 UC Davis @ Henderson, NV UC San Diego
   
@ Henderson, NV UC Davis
Big West tournament probabilities Outcome realized Outcome unrealized  
Probabilities based on current ratings and projected bracket 7 Cal State Fullerton
Reaching Reaching Winning
Seed Team semifinals final tournament
1 Hawai'i 100.00% 56.75% 29.19%
2 UC Irvine 100.00% 57.97% 31.42%
3 UC San Diego 63.53% 29.70% 15.14%
4 UC Santa Barbara 58.79% 27.44% 13.21%
5 CSUN 25.59% 10.52% 4.48%
6 UC Davis 22.40% 8.11% 3.27%
7 Cal State Fullerton 14.07% 4.22% 1.42%
8 Cal Poly 15.62% 5.29% 1.87%
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