Omni Rankings™ 2025-2026 Men's college basketball ratings through 3/3/26 games
Conference USA
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Home court factor = 2.47 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 Sam Houston 74.97 108 75.78 70.59 70.70 137 18 8 13 5 W5 9-1 10 1 6 7 2 0 0 1 2 4 16 3 vs FIU 85.51 at Louisiana Tech 67.40
2 WKU 74.06 115 75.39 69.43 70.19 148 16 11 11 7 W6 7-3 10 4 5 5 1 2 0 2 3 3 13 6 at Liberty       83.64 vs Kennesaw State     61.52
3 Liberty 72.87 125 80.82 72.86 69.18 188 21 5 16 2 W1 8-2 10 1 10 2 1 2 0 1 5 2 16 2 vs Florida Atlantic     85.25 vs WKU       61.36
4 Kennesaw State 70.24 162 71.58 65.93 68.57 206 15 11 10 8 W4 6-4 10 3 4 6 1 2 0 2 3 3 12 6 vs New Mexico State     80.06 at Delaware       60.15
5 Middle Tennessee 69.90 168 74.42 69.20 71.73 119 12 14 9 9 W3 4-6 8 4 3 8 1 2 0 2 3 7 9 5 vs Louisiana Tech     85.07 at Jacksonville State     62.58
6 New Mexico State 69.49 174 78.34 69.28 69.49 170 10 15 6 12 L2 3-7 5 5 3 8 2 2 1 0 3 4 6 11 at Delaware       83.42 at Kennesaw State     60.83
7 Missouri State 67.92 195 69.24 61.87 69.43 172 10 16 7 11 L7 2-8 7 6 3 10 0 0 0 0 1 7 9 9 at New Mexico State     76.53 vs LIU       56.60
8 Jacksonville State 67.76 202 70.24 62.23 68.31 215 11 15 9 9 L1 4-6 7 7 4 7 0 1 0 0 2 6 9 9 vs Kennesaw State     77.53 vs North Alabama     58.51
9 FIU 67.68 205 70.05 63.08 70.41 142 11 15 7 11 W1 5-5 8 5 3 10 0 0 0 2 0 6 11 7 vs New Mexico State     77.63 at Sam Houston     56.85
10 Louisiana Tech 66.28 228 67.77 64.68 68.25 218 13 13 9 9 L1 5-5 11 3 2 10 0 0 0 0 1 4 12 9 vs Alcorn State     73.91 at Middle Tennessee     54.53
11 Delaware 65.43 245 67.53 62.18 68.80 199 9 19 5 13 L4 4-6 4 8 4 10 1 1 0 1 1 5 8 13 at George Washington     79.20 vs Missouri State     53.49
12 UTEP 64.23 265 65.80 60.83 70.96 130 7 19 6 12 L4 3-7 5 6 2 11 0 2 0 1 1 9 6 9 vs North Dakota State 71.78 at Missouri State 54.04
C-USA top performances C-USA surprise performances C-USA upset wins
Rank Team Opponent Result Rating Rank Team Opponent Result Rating Rank Team Opponent Result Rating
1 Sam Houston vs FIU W 100 - 67  85.51 1 Delaware at George Washington W 70 - 58  15.35 1 Delaware at George Washington W 70 - 58  19.38
2 Liberty vs Florida Atlantic W 88 - 68  85.25 2 WKU at Liberty W 94 - 73  14.01 2 Jacksonville State at ETSU W 81 - 75  13.15
3 Middle Tennessee vs Louisiana Tech W 88 - 51  85.07 3 Middle Tennessee vs Louisiana Tech W 88 - 51  12.96 3 Delaware at New Mexico State W 73 - 64  12.81
4 WKU at Liberty W 94 - 73  83.64 4 Sam Houston vs FIU W 100 - 67  11.67 4 Missouri State at New Mexico State W 84 - 75  10.02
5 New Mexico State at Delaware W 97 - 68  83.42 5 Sam Houston vs Idaho W 94 - 68  10.71 5 UTEP vs Middle Tennessee W 83 - 80 OT 9.71
6 Sam Houston vs Idaho W 94 - 68  83.28 6 Delaware at New Mexico State W 73 - 64  10.65 6 UTEP vs North Dakota State W 76 - 66  8.68
7 WKU vs UTEP W 97 - 65  83.00 7 Missouri State at Delaware W 61 - 43  10.63 7 FIU at New Mexico State W 81 - 78  8.48
8 Liberty at Middle Tennessee W 81 - 65  82.51 8 WKU vs UTEP W 97 - 65  10.33 8 WKU at Liberty W 94 - 73  8.21
9 New Mexico State vs New Mexico W 76 - 68  82.22 9 Kennesaw State at WKU W 81 - 65  10.29 9 UTEP at Jacksonville State W 69 - 64  7.37
10 Liberty vs Coppin State W 92 - 50  81.19 10 Kennesaw State vs New Mexico State W 76 - 53  10.29 10 WKU vs Wichita State W 75 - 70  7.31
C-USA projected standings C-USA projected tournament bracket (projections in italics)
Conference Overall 1 Liberty
Rank Team W L W L  
1 Liberty 17 3 22 6 8 Missouri State @ Huntsville, AL Liberty
2 Sam Houston 14 6 19 9      
3 WKU 12 8 17 12 @ Huntsville, AL Missouri State  
4 Kennesaw State 11 9 16 12    
5 Middle Tennessee 10 10 13 15 9 FIU @ Huntsville, AL Liberty
6 Jacksonville State 10 10 12 16    
7 Louisiana Tech 10 10 14 14 4 Kennesaw State    
8 Missouri State 8 12 11 17      
9 FIU 8 12 12 16 5 Middle Tennessee @ Huntsville, AL Kennesaw State  
10 New Mexico State 7 13 11 16      
11 UTEP 7 13 8 20 @ Huntsville, AL Middle Tennessee  
12 Delaware 6 14 10 20    
12 Delaware @ Huntsville, AL Sam Houston
  2026 C-USA
C-USA tournament probabilities Outcome realized Outcome unrealized 2 Sam Houston   Men's Basketball
Probabilities based on current ratings and projected bracket     Tournament Champion
Reaching Reaching Winning 7 Louisiana Tech @ Huntsville, AL Sam Houston  
Seed Team semifinals final tournament        
1 Liberty 66.32% 40.33% 19.61% @ Huntsville, AL New Mexico State    
2 Sam Houston 70.94% 41.78% 26.59%      
3 WKU 73.32% 38.86% 23.63% 10 New Mexico State @ Huntsville, AL Sam Houston
4 Kennesaw State 56.24% 26.40% 10.62%  
5 Middle Tennessee 31.52% 14.45% 5.66% 3 WKU  
6 Jacksonville State 18.54% 6.20% 2.51%    
7 Louisiana Tech 9.40% 3.02% 1.08% 6 Jacksonville State @ Huntsville, AL WKU
8 Missouri State 17.28% 7.71% 2.56%    
9 FIU 16.40% 7.19% 2.34% @ Huntsville, AL Jacksonville State
10 New Mexico State 19.66% 8.17% 3.76%  
11 UTEP 8.13% 1.97% 0.55% 11 UTEP
12 Delaware 12.24% 3.93% 1.04% © Omni Rankings