Omni Rankings™ 2025-2026 Men's college basketball ratings through 3/3/26 games
Southland
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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 McNeese 78.49 72 82.29 77.56 69.64 162 24 5 19 3 W8 9-1 12 0 9 5 3 0 0 2 5 2 19 1 at East Texas A&M 88.63 vs Houston Christian 70.87
2 SFA 75.75 98 78.24 73.85 67.09 248 25 4 20 2 W2 9-1 13 1 12 3 0 0 0 0 4 2 21 2 vs Arkansas State     86.51 vs New Orleans     69.01
3 UTRGV 72.87 126 73.33 66.39 69.25 184 16 13 14 8 W2 8-2 8 5 8 8 0 0 0 2 1 4 15 7 at New Orleans     79.66 vs New Orleans     59.57
4 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 68.81 184 69.39 65.15 69.36 177 13 14 13 9 W3 6-4 6 5 7 9 0 0 0 2 1 7 12 5 at Houston Christian     74.20 at Xavier       61.71
5 New Orleans 68.40 187 69.36 62.78 70.52 138 14 17 12 10 L2 6-4 5 6 9 11 0 0 1 2 2 8 11 7 at Tulane       77.95 at LSU       58.24
6 Nicholls 65.41 246 68.03 63.38 69.61 164 12 18 12 10 L1 5-5 5 6 7 12 0 0 0 1 1 10 11 7 at New Orleans     73.79 vs New Orleans     56.11
7 Lamar 64.74 257 70.06 64.74 67.65 232 10 19 7 15 L8 1-9 5 8 5 10 0 1 0 2 0 6 10 11 at Montana       74.57 at Houston Christian     54.87
8 UIW 64.24 264 71.08 62.67 69.36 176 9 19 7 15 L1 3-7 6 6 2 12 1 1 0 2 1 7 8 10 vs Northern Arizona     77.01 vs East Texas A&M     52.26
9 Northwestern State 64.22 267 64.58 58.48 69.63 163 8 21 8 14 L2 4-6 6 6 2 15 0 0 0 1 1 9 7 11 vs Houston Christian     70.63 at McNeese       54.60
10 Houston Christian 63.27 283 63.83 60.56 68.12 219 10 19 8 14 W1 4-6 7 5 3 14 0 0 0 1 0 8 10 10 vs Lamar       73.15 at Georgia Southern     55.65
11 Southeastern Louisiana 62.79 286 64.80 61.58 69.29 182 8 22 6 16 W1 3-7 4 7 2 15 2 0 0 0 1 10 7 12 at Mississippi State     69.13 at East Texas A&M     55.74
12 East Texas A&M 61.46 304 62.29 57.91 69.18 187 9 21 6 16 L4 3-7 4 8 4 13 1 0 0 3 1 6 8 12 at UIW 75.49 vs McNeese 52.15
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 McNeese at East Texas A&M W 97 - 54  88.63 1 East Texas A&M at UIW W 80 - 58  16.35 1 UIW vs McNeese W 71 - 67  12.05
2 McNeese vs East Texas A&M W 102 - 66  87.01 2 New Orleans at Tulane W 85 - 63  15.17 2 East Texas A&M at UIW W 80 - 58  11.94
3 SFA vs Arkansas State W 90 - 65  86.51 3 New Orleans at UTRGV W 85 - 69  11.60 3 New Orleans at SFA W 77 - 73  10.60
4 McNeese vs Northwestern State W 92 - 54  86.14 4 Houston Christian vs Lamar W 75 - 53  11.36 4 UTRGV vs McNeese W 79 - 76  10.12
5 McNeese vs Nicholls W 94 - 68  84.69 5 McNeese at East Texas A&M W 97 - 54  11.07 5 Southeastern Louisiana at New Orleans W 82 - 78  9.85
6 McNeese vs George Washington W 92 - 86  84.09 6 UIW at Indiana L 61 - 69  10.13 6 New Orleans at TCU W 78 - 74  9.72
7 McNeese vs Murray State W 73 - 60  83.83 7 New Orleans at Nicholls W 80 - 62  9.34 7 New Orleans at Tulane W 85 - 63  9.59
8 McNeese at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi W 69 - 53  82.91 8 UTRGV at New Orleans W 95 - 76  8.80 8 Northwestern State at Lamar W 70 - 68  9.34
9 SFA at East Texas A&M W 75 - 48  82.58 9 UTRGV at Southern Utah W 95 - 72  8.65 9 Houston Christian at New Orleans W 85 - 76  8.48
10 SFA vs Southeastern Louisiana W 85 - 58  82.00 10 SFA vs Arkansas State W 90 - 65  8.50 10 New Orleans at UTRGV W 85 - 69  8.12
Southland projected standings Southland projected tournament bracket (projections in italics)
Conference Overall 1 SFA
Rank Team W L W L  
1 SFA 20 2 25 4 4 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi @ Lake Charles, LA SFA
2 McNeese 19 3 24 5      
3 UTRGV 14 8 16 13 5 New Orleans @ Lake Charles, LA Texas A&M-Corpus Christi  
4 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 13 9 13 14      
5 New Orleans 12 10 15 17 @ Lake Charles, LA New Orleans @ Lake Charles, LA McNeese
6 Nicholls 12 10 13 18     2026 Southland
7 Northwestern State 8 14 9 21 8 Houston Christian 2 McNeese   Men's Basketball
8 Houston Christian 8 14 10 20     Tournament Champion
9 Lamar 7 15 10 19 3 UTRGV @ Lake Charles, LA McNeese  
10 UIW 7 15 9 19    
11 Southeastern Louisiana 6 16 8 22 6 Nicholls @ Lake Charles, LA UTRGV
12 East Texas A&M 6 16 9 21    
@ Lake Charles, LA Nicholls
 
Southland tournament probabilities Outcome realized Outcome unrealized 7 Northwestern State
Probabilities based on current ratings and projected bracket
Reaching Reaching Winning
Seed Team semifinals final tournament
1 SFA 100.00% 73.37% 34.34%
2 McNeese 100.00% 72.57% 46.79%
3 UTRGV 74.44% 23.87% 11.20%
4 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 56.84% 16.10% 4.28%
5 New Orleans 32.34% 8.81% 2.25%
6 Nicholls 14.55% 2.15% 0.55% © Omni Rankings
7 Northwestern State 11.01% 1.42% 0.32%
8 Houston Christian 10.83% 1.71% 0.26%