Omni Rankings™ 2025-2026 Men's college basketball ratings through 4/6/26 games
Sun Belt
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Home court factor = 2.46 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 Arkansas State 71.69 137 73.90 68.24 67.56 238 18 12 11 7 L1 7-3 9 4 9 7 0 1 0 2 1 1 17 9 vs Bowling Green 86.40 at Troy 61.45
2 Troy 69.95 174 74.18 68.98 67.85 228 20 12 12 6 L1 6-4 8 3 9 7 3 2 0 1 4 3 16 8 vs Arkansas State 82.59 vs App State 57.75
3 South Alabama 68.39 193 70.48 66.07 66.39 262 19 12 11 7 L3 5-5 8 4 8 7 3 1 0 1 3 2 16 9 vs ULM 77.99 at ETSU 59.77
4 James Madison 67.91 200 68.39 64.29 66.97 255 17 15 9 9 L1 7-3 10 4 5 10 2 1 0 1 3 2 14 12 at Troy 75.35 at App State 59.71
5 Southern Miss 67.88 201 69.42 63.41 68.05 224 17 16 9 9 L1 7-3 8 3 4 11 5 2 0 1 0 5 17 10 vs UT Martin 75.93 at Coastal Carolina 57.61
6 App State 67.76 203 69.47 61.46 65.69 294 17 13 11 7 L2 6-4 9 4 7 7 1 2 0 1 1 0 16 12 at Troy 80.97 vs Elon 48.19
7 Georgia Southern 66.72 219 67.53 62.25 66.01 277 19 16 8 10 L1 6-4 7 5 6 8 6 3 0 1 1 2 18 13 vs Coastal Carolina 77.32 vs UTSA 56.72
8 Marshall 66.25 226 73.16 66.25 66.29 266 18 13 11 7 L2 5-5 12 4 6 8 0 1 0 1 3 2 15 10 vs ULM 78.16 vs Georgia Southern 55.92
9 Texas State 65.76 236 66.70 59.67 65.99 279 17 13 11 7 L1 8-2 14 1 3 9 0 3 0 0 0 3 17 10 vs Troy 73.21 at Bowling Green 52.97
10 Old Dominion 65.15 246 66.12 59.44 67.88 227 11 21 7 11 L1 5-5 6 6 4 14 1 1 0 1 1 5 10 15 vs Georgia State 73.59 at Xavier 52.77
11 Coastal Carolina 64.64 259 69.30 62.46 65.99 278 18 13 11 7 L1 6-4 7 5 10 7 1 1 0 0 1 3 17 10 at Winthrop 74.23 vs Georgia State 53.25
12 Louisiana 61.13 305 62.34 57.47 67.43 244 11 22 7 11 L1 4-6 7 8 3 13 1 1 0 1 0 5 11 16 vs Texas State 68.88 at Louisiana Tech 53.95
13 Georgia State 60.51 308 64.66 57.90 67.17 251 8 22 7 11 L4 1-9 5 7 3 12 0 3 0 1 1 2 7 19 at Coastal Carolina 72.70 at South Dakota State 52.11
14 ULM 55.86 349 57.14 53.89 67.56 237 2 28 1 17 L8 1-9 1 10 1 15 0 3 0 1 0 5 2 22 at Kansas State 64.71 at Marshall 46.60
Sun Belt top performances Sun Belt surprise performances Sun Belt upset wins
Rank Team Opponent Result Rating Rank Team Opponent Result Rating Rank Team Opponent Result Rating
1 Arkansas State vs Bowling Green W 91 - 54  86.40 1 Arkansas State vs Bowling Green W 91 - 54  17.26 1 App State vs High Point W 86 - 78 OT 14.89
2 Troy vs Arkansas State W 99 - 74  82.59 2 App State at Troy W 66 - 44  14.59 2 Coastal Carolina at Winthrop W 88 - 84  13.26
3 App State at Troy W 66 - 44  80.97 3 Old Dominion vs Morgan State W 88 - 56  14.03 3 Troy at San Diego State W 108 - 107 2OT 12.51
4 Troy vs Southern Miss W 91 - 65  80.35 4 Georgia State at Coastal Carolina W 89 - 71  12.67 4 ULM at Old Dominion W 85 - 79  12.26
5 Troy at USC L 106 - 107 3OT 80.12 5 Georgia Southern at Marshall W 99 - 82  12.06 5 Louisiana at South Alabama W 59 - 56  10.96
6 Troy vs Akron W 79 - 69  78.87 6 Georgia Southern vs Coastal Carolina W 96 - 72  11.50 6 Georgia State at App State W 70 - 63  10.09
7 Arkansas State vs UT Arlington W 83 - 63  78.84 7 James Madison vs Texas State W 82 - 57  10.23 7 James Madison at Troy W 73 - 64  9.83
8 Arkansas State vs ULM W 103 - 70  78.20 8 Marshall vs ULM W 115 - 60  10.15 8 Coastal Carolina vs Winthrop W 72 - 66  9.55
9 Marshall vs ULM W 115 - 60  78.16 9 Troy vs Arkansas State W 99 - 74  9.85 9 James Madison at Arkansas State W 78 - 74  9.30
10 South Alabama vs ULM W 89 - 54  77.99 10 South Alabama at UTSA W 82 - 58  9.68 10 South Alabama vs New Mexico State W 77 - 75  8.95
Sun Belt projected standings Sun Belt projected tournament bracket (projections in italics)
Conference Overall 1 Troy
Rank Team W L W L  
1 Troy 12 6 20 12 4 App State @ Pensacola, FL Troy
2 Arkansas State 11 7 18 12          
3 South Alabama 11 7 19 12 5 Texas State @ Pensacola, FL Southern Miss  
4 App State 11 7 17 13      
5 Marshall 11 7 18 13 8 Southern Miss @ Pensacola, FL Southern Miss @ Pensacola, FL Troy
6 Texas State 11 7 17 13       2026 Sun Belt
7 Coastal Carolina 11 7 18 13 9 James Madison @ Pensacola, FL Southern Miss 2 Marshall   Men's Basketball
8 James Madison 9 9 17 15         Tournament Champion
9 Southern Miss 9 9 17 16 12 Louisiana @ Pensacola, FL James Madison 3 Coastal Carolina @ Pensacola, FL Georgia Southern
10 Georgia Southern 8 10 19 16        
11 Old Dominion 7 11 11 21 @ Pensacola, FL Louisiana 6 South Alabama @ Pensacola, FL Georgia Southern
12 Louisiana 7 11 11 22      
13 Georgia State 7 11 8 22 13 Georgia State 7 Arkansas State @ Pensacola, FL Georgia Southern
14 ULM 1 17 2 28    
10 Georgia Southern @ Pensacola, FL Georgia Southern
   
Sun Belt tournament probabilities Outcome realized Outcome unrealized 11 Old Dominion @ Pensacola, FL Georgia Southern
Probabilities based on pre-tournament ratings and projected tournament bracket    
Reaching Reaching Winning @ Pensacola, FL Old Dominion
Seed Team semifinals final tournament  
1 Troy 100.00% 55.58% 30.35% 14 ULM
2 Marshall 100.00% 42.52% 18.06%
3 Coastal Carolina 37.56% 18.43% 7.66%
4 App State 57.24% 27.10% 14.10%
5 Texas State 19.44% 7.48% 3.23%
6 South Alabama 25.82% 14.83% 7.40%
7 Arkansas State 32.27% 22.26% 13.81%
8 Southern Miss 12.21% 5.04% 2.32%
9 James Madison 10.29% 4.61% 2.29%
10 Georgia Southern 1.81% 0.75% 0.26%
11 Old Dominion 2.53% 1.20% 0.48%
12 Louisiana 0.42% 0.10% 0.03%
13 Georgia State 0.41% 0.10% 0.03%
14 ULM 0.01% 0.00% 0.00% © Omni Rankings