Omni Rankings™ 2025-2026 Men's college basketball ratings through 3/3/26 games
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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 Akron 79.64 65 82.93 75.59 68.64 204 23 5 16 1 W6 9-1 12 0 9 3 2 2 0 1 3 3 20 1 vs Evansville 90.50 at Troy 71.90
2 Miami (OH) 76.30 91 77.37 70.84 66.16 273 27 0 17 0 W27 10-0 13 0 13 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 23 0 vs Central Michigan     84.98 vs Mercyhurst     69.89
3 Toledo 71.11 148 71.11 62.58 69.19 186 14 14 10 7 L1 5-5 8 4 5 9 1 1 0 1 0 6 14 7 at Ohio       75.59 vs Marshall       60.97
4 Kent State 71.06 150 74.10 70.08 68.84 198 20 8 13 4 W1 7-3 11 3 7 5 2 0 0 1 3 3 17 4 at UMass       77.67 vs Akron       63.19
5 Bowling Green 70.41 158 78.27 69.43 67.85 227 14 13 8 9 W1 4-6 7 7 5 6 2 0 0 0 2 10 12 3 at Kansas State     87.40 at Arkansas State     55.84
6 UMass 68.07 189 71.12 67.17 67.33 240 15 15 7 11 W1 3-7 10 5 2 8 3 2 0 0 3 5 12 10 vs Florida State     78.14 at Bowling Green     61.24
7 Buffalo 67.14 213 69.79 63.17 66.92 251 15 13 7 10 W1 4-6 5 8 8 5 2 0 0 0 1 6 14 7 at Bowling Green     77.91 vs Ohio       60.85
8 Central Michigan 66.31 227 69.47 59.91 69.06 191 8 20 6 11 L1 5-5 6 5 1 14 1 1 0 2 1 7 7 11 vs Eastern Michigan     79.53 vs Northern Kentucky     52.41
9 Ohio 66.18 232 69.05 64.13 69.76 158 13 15 9 8 L2 4-6 8 5 4 8 1 2 0 2 2 7 11 6 at Buffalo       74.64 vs George Mason     61.47
10 Eastern Michigan 65.40 247 70.12 65.40 69.59 166 9 20 4 13 L3 1-9 6 6 3 14 0 0 1 1 0 8 8 11 at Cincinnati       78.73 at Central Michigan     48.98
11 Western Michigan 64.14 268 66.92 61.76 69.24 185 9 19 4 13 L2 2-8 6 7 3 12 0 0 0 2 0 7 9 10 vs Mount St. Mary's     74.70 at Valparaiso     53.70
12 Ball State 63.54 277 63.54 58.37 67.66 231 9 19 6 11 W3 4-6 4 7 4 11 1 1 0 1 0 5 9 13 at Northern Illinois     78.30 at Lafayette       50.68
13 Northern Illinois 56.83 340 66.00 56.83 68.66 203 7 20 4 13 L4 3-7 4 7 3 13 0 0 0 1 0 8 7 11 at Loyola Chicago 74.44 vs Ball State 42.82
MAC top performances MAC surprise performances MAC upset wins
Rank Team Opponent Result Rating Rank Team Opponent Result Rating Rank Team Opponent Result Rating
1 Akron vs Evansville W 97 - 59  90.50 1 Central Michigan vs Eastern Michigan W 100 - 65  19.58 1 Eastern Michigan at Cincinnati W 64 - 56  15.49
2 Bowling Green at Kansas State W 82 - 66  87.40 2 Ball State at Northern Illinois W 79 - 43  17.34 2 Buffalo at DePaul W 66 - 53  11.68
3 Akron at Kent State W 92 - 70  86.41 3 Central Michigan vs Northern Illinois W 88 - 46  15.20 3 Northern Illinois at Buffalo W 72 - 70  11.60
4 Akron vs Iona W 96 - 75  85.39 4 Buffalo at DePaul W 66 - 53  11.97 4 Western Michigan at Bowling Green W 88 - 79  10.73
5 Miami (OH) vs Central Michigan W 100 - 61  84.98 5 Bowling Green at Kansas State W 82 - 66  11.53 5 UMass vs Florida State W 103 - 95  9.29
6 Akron vs Milwaukee W 105 - 81  84.70 6 Eastern Michigan at Cincinnati W 64 - 56  11.52 6 Buffalo at Bowling Green W 89 - 78  8.57
7 Akron at Ohio W 86 - 65  84.55 7 Northern Illinois vs Western Michigan W 85 - 65  10.65 7 Toledo at Wright State W 81 - 71  8.33
8 Akron at Buffalo W 82 - 63  84.54 8 Northern Illinois at Loyola Chicago W 76 - 59  10.55 8 Central Michigan vs Kent State W 87 - 85  8.32
9 Akron vs Princeton W 104 - 69  84.19 9 Western Michigan at Eastern Michigan W 76 - 62  10.49 9 Ohio vs St. Bonaventure W 88 - 83 OT 8.19
10 Akron at Tulane W 88 - 71  83.57 10 Toledo vs Youngstown State W 92 - 75  10.04 10 Central Michigan vs Bowling Green W 62 - 59  8.06
MAC projected standings MAC projected tournament bracket (projections in italics)
Conference Overall 1 Miami (OH)
Rank Team W L W L  
1 Miami (OH) 18 0 28 0 @ Cleveland, OH Miami (OH)
2 Akron 17 1 24 5  
3 Kent State 14 4 21 8 8 Buffalo  
4 Toledo 11 7 15 14
5 Bowling Green 9 9 15 13 @ Cleveland, OH Miami (OH)
6 Ohio 9 9 13 16  
7 UMass 7 11 15 15 4 Toledo  
8 Buffalo 7 11 15 14      
9 Central Michigan 7 11 9 20 @ Cleveland, OH Toledo  
10 Ball State 6 12 9 20
11 Eastern Michigan 4 14 9 21 5 Bowling Green
12 Western Michigan 4 14 9 20
13 Northern Illinois 4 14 7 21 @ Cleveland, OH Akron
2026 MAC
2 Akron Men's Basketball
MAC tournament probabilities Outcome realized   Outcome unrealized     Tournament Champion
Probabilities based on current ratings and projected bracket @ Cleveland, OH Akron
Reaching Reaching Winning    
Seed Team semifinals final tournament 7 UMass    
1 Miami (OH) 77.29% 52.28% 26.21%  
2 Akron 82.48% 65.40% 45.17% @ Cleveland, OH Akron
3 Kent State 65.77% 19.98% 8.53%
4 Toledo 52.34% 20.97% 7.35% 3 Kent State
5 Bowling Green 47.66% 18.10% 6.00%    
6 Ohio 34.23% 6.62% 1.88% @ Cleveland, OH Kent State
7 UMass 17.52% 8.00% 2.69%
8 Buffalo 22.71% 8.65% 2.17% 6 Ohio © Omni Rankings