Omni Rankings™ 2025-2026 Men's college basketball ratings through 3/3/26 games
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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 ETSU 70.33 159 73.27 67.47 64.23 338 19 10 13 5 L2 6-4 11 4 8 6 0 0 0 1 0 1 19 8 vs South Alabama 81.83 vs Jacksonville State 63.51
2 Mercer 67.99 191 71.28 66.50 66.31 266 16 12 11 7 W1 6-4 11 1 5 11 0 0 0 2 0 2 16 8 vs The Citadel 77.51 at Winthrop 55.90
3 Samford 67.78 199 68.40 63.98 65.98 280 16 13 11 7 W2 8-2 9 3 6 9 1 1 0 1 0 2 16 10 vs Mercer 75.90 vs Utah Valley 53.95
4 Furman 66.97 215 69.38 66.48 65.47 298 16 12 10 8 L1 5-5 8 5 7 5 1 2 0 0 1 3 15 9 at UNCG 76.11 at Western Carolina 59.08
5 Western Carolina 66.65 222 66.65 57.42 67.60 233 12 15 10 8 W6 7-3 8 3 4 12 0 0 0 3 0 2 12 10 vs The Citadel 75.66 at Lipscomb 53.06
6 Wofford 64.38 262 69.05 64.38 64.89 317 17 12 11 7 L1 5-5 8 5 9 7 0 0 0 1 0 2 17 9 at Chattanooga 78.43 vs Elon 55.70
7 Chattanooga 62.13 294 70.98 61.15 65.46 299 10 18 7 11 W1 4-6 4 8 6 9 0 1 0 2 0 1 10 15 at The Citadel 69.95 vs Wofford 51.44
8 UNCG 61.58 303 63.87 59.02 66.30 267 11 18 9 9 L1 5-5 6 6 4 9 1 3 0 1 0 2 11 15 vs Youngstown State 67.54 vs Furman 51.94
9 The Citadel 55.07 353 57.00 48.50 65.51 296 7 21 7 11 W1 4-6 4 8 3 12 0 1 0 0 0 5 7 16 vs VMI 64.18 vs Presbyterian 42.65
10 VMI 52.38 359 60.84 51.77 65.93 283 3 25 1 17 L16 0-10 2 9 1 14 0 2 0 1 0 2 3 22 vs Loyola Maryland 63.58 at The Citadel 44.01
SoCon top performances SoCon surprise performances SoCon upset wins
Rank Team Opponent Result Rating Rank Team Opponent Result Rating Rank Team Opponent Result Rating
1 ETSU vs South Alabama W 91 - 65  81.83 1 Western Carolina vs The Citadel W 87 - 49  13.87 1 The Citadel at Wofford W 93 - 90 OT 13.57
2 ETSU vs ULM W 97 - 55  78.55 2 Wofford at Chattanooga W 81 - 55  11.89 2 Western Carolina at Furman W 80 - 77 OT 12.19
3 Wofford at Chattanooga W 81 - 55  78.43 3 ETSU vs South Alabama W 91 - 65  10.70 3 UNCG at Furman W 67 - 64  11.96
4 ETSU vs UNCG W 86 - 60  77.85 4 Samford vs Mercer W 69 - 49  10.18 4 Western Carolina at ETSU W 90 - 88  11.89
5 Mercer vs The Citadel W 101 - 63  77.51 5 Western Carolina vs VMI W 88 - 58  10.06 5 The Citadel vs Furman W 77 - 75 OT 11.56
6 ETSU at Wofford W 86 - 72  77.25 6 ETSU vs ULM W 97 - 55  9.84 6 Furman vs Richmond W 73 - 72  10.01
7 ETSU vs Central Arkansas W 80 - 57  77.08 7 Samford at Arkansas L 75 - 79  9.80 7 Western Carolina vs ETSU W 72 - 68  9.96
8 Furman at UNCG W 89 - 66  76.11 8 The Citadel at VMI W 82 - 68  9.72 8 Chattanooga at Mercer W 94 - 90  9.87
9 Samford vs Mercer W 69 - 49  75.90 9 The Citadel vs VMI W 80 - 56  9.57 9 Wofford at ETSU W 72 - 69  9.61
10 Samford at Arkansas L 75 - 79  75.89 10 Western Carolina vs Furman W 86 - 67  9.11 10 The Citadel at Chattanooga W 78 - 71  9.23
SoCon projected standings SoCon projected tournament bracket (projections in italics)
Conference Overall 1 ETSU
Rank Team W L W L  
1 ETSU 13 5 19 10 8 Chattanooga @ Asheville, NC ETSU
2 Mercer 11 7 17 12      
3 Samford 11 7 17 13 @ Asheville, NC Chattanooga  
4 Wofford 11 7 17 12    
5 Furman 10 8 17 12 9 The Citadel @ Asheville, NC ETSU
6 Western Carolina 10 8 13 15    
7 UNCG 9 9 12 18 4 Mercer    
8 Chattanooga 7 11 11 18      
9 The Citadel 7 11 7 22 @ Asheville, NC Mercer  
10 VMI 1 17 3 26    
5 Western Carolina  
 
SoCon tournament probabilities Outcome realized Outcome unrealized @ Asheville, NC ETSU
Probabilities based on current ratings and projected bracket   2026 SoCon
Reaching Reaching Winning 2 Wofford   Men's Basketball
Seed Team semifinals final tournament     Tournament Champion
1 ETSU 78.76% 47.02% 30.02% 7 UNCG @ Asheville, NC Wofford  
2 Wofford 64.69% 25.92% 9.61%        
3 Samford 52.70% 34.19% 16.36% @ Asheville, NC UNCG    
4 Mercer 54.46% 26.34% 14.88%      
5 Western Carolina 45.54% 20.13% 10.49% 10 VMI @ Asheville, NC Samford
6 Furman 47.30% 29.52% 13.35%  
7 UNCG 31.54% 9.93% 2.88% 3 Samford  
8 Chattanooga 18.03% 5.98% 2.25%    
9 The Citadel 3.21% 0.52% 0.10% @ Asheville, NC Samford
10 VMI 3.78% 0.45% 0.05%  
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