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 Arkansas State 72.38 132 73.90 68.25 67.68 229 18 11 11 7 W4 7-3 9 4 9 7 0 0 0 2 1 1 17 8 vs Bowling Green 86.39 at Troy 61.47
2 Troy 69.41 176 74.18 68.98 67.18 244 18 11 12 6 W2 5-5 8 3 9 7 1 1 1 0 4 3 13 8 vs Arkansas State 82.58 vs App State 57.75
3 South Alabama 68.68 185 70.48 66.07 65.82 287 19 10 11 7 L1 6-4 8 4 8 6 3 0 0 0 3 2 16 8 vs ULM 77.98 at ETSU 59.78
4 App State 68.62 186 69.47 61.47 65.63 293 17 12 11 7 L1 7-3 9 4 7 7 1 1 0 1 1 0 16 11 at Troy 80.97 vs Elon 48.20
5 James Madison 67.87 197 68.24 64.29 67.16 246 16 14 9 9 L1 7-3 10 4 5 10 1 0 0 1 2 2 14 11 at Troy 75.36 at App State 59.73
6 Southern Miss 66.78 220 69.42 63.42 68.05 221 14 15 9 9 W1 5-5 8 3 4 11 2 1 0 1 1 5 13 9 vs UT Martin 75.94 at Coastal Carolina 57.62
7 Marshall 66.45 225 73.16 66.45 66.26 268 18 12 11 7 L1 6-4 12 4 6 8 0 0 0 1 3 2 15 9 vs ULM 78.16 vs Georgia Southern 55.92
8 Coastal Carolina 66.17 233 69.30 62.46 66.00 279 18 12 11 7 W3 7-3 7 5 10 7 1 0 0 0 1 3 17 9 at Winthrop 74.24 vs Georgia State 53.26
9 Texas State 65.92 236 66.70 59.68 65.95 281 17 12 11 7 W1 8-2 14 1 3 9 0 2 0 0 0 3 17 9 vs Troy 73.20 at Bowling Green 52.99
10 Old Dominion 65.51 243 66.13 59.44 68.01 223 11 20 7 11 W2 5-5 6 6 4 14 1 0 0 1 1 7 10 12 vs Georgia State 73.58 at Xavier 52.78
11 Georgia Southern 63.95 270 66.84 62.26 65.56 294 14 15 8 10 W1 3-7 7 5 6 8 1 2 0 0 0 2 14 13 at Marshall 74.43 vs UTSA 56.73
12 Louisiana 61.66 301 62.35 57.47 67.42 238 11 21 7 11 W1 5-5 7 8 3 13 1 0 0 1 0 5 11 15 vs Texas State 68.88 at Louisiana Tech 53.97
13 Georgia State 60.52 311 64.67 57.91 67.18 245 8 22 7 11 L4 1-9 5 7 3 12 0 3 0 1 1 1 7 20 at Coastal Carolina 72.71 at South Dakota State 52.13
14 ULM 55.87 351 57.15 53.89 67.57 234 2 28 1 17 L8 1-9 1 10 1 15 0 3 0 1 0 5 2 22 at Kansas State 64.72 at Marshall 46.62
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  86.39 1 Arkansas State vs Bowling Green W 91 - 54  17.24 1 App State vs High Point W 86 - 78 OT 14.88
2 Troy vs Arkansas State W 99 - 74  82.58 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  14.02 3 Troy at San Diego State W 108 - 107 2OT 12.50
4 Troy vs Southern Miss W 91 - 65  80.34 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 80.13 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  78.86 6 James Madison vs Texas State W 82 - 57  10.21 6 Georgia State at App State W 70 - 63  10.09
7 Arkansas State vs UT Arlington W 83 - 63  78.83 7 Marshall vs ULM W 115 - 60  10.15 7 James Madison at Troy W 73 - 64  9.83
8 Arkansas State vs ULM W 103 - 70  78.19 8 Troy vs Arkansas State W 99 - 74  9.84 8 Coastal Carolina vs Winthrop W 72 - 66  9.54
9 Marshall vs ULM W 115 - 60  78.16 9 South Alabama at UTSA W 82 - 58  9.68 9 James Madison at Arkansas State W 78 - 74  9.30
10 South Alabama vs ULM W 89 - 54  77.98 10 Southern Miss at South Alabama W 68 - 55  9.57 10 South Alabama vs New Mexico State W 77 - 75  8.94
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 18 11 4 App State @ Pensacola, FL Troy
2 Arkansas State 11 7 18 11          
3 South Alabama 11 7 19 10 5 Texas State @ Pensacola, FL App State  
4 App State 11 7 17 12      
5 Marshall 11 7 18 12 8 Southern Miss @ Pensacola, FL James Madison @ Pensacola, FL Arkansas State
6 Coastal Carolina 11 7 18 12       2026 Sun Belt
7 Texas State 11 7 17 12 9 James Madison @ Pensacola, FL James Madison 2 Marshall   Men's Basketball
8 James Madison 9 9 17 14         Tournament Champion
9 Southern Miss 9 9 14 15 12 Louisiana @ Pensacola, FL James Madison 3 Coastal Carolina @ Pensacola, FL Arkansas State
10 Georgia Southern 8 10 15 15        
11 Old Dominion 7 11 12 20 @ Pensacola, FL Louisiana 6 South Alabama @ Pensacola, FL Arkansas State
12 Louisiana 7 11 11 22      
13 Georgia State 7 11 8 22 13 Georgia State 7 Arkansas State @ Pensacola, FL Arkansas State
14 ULM 1 17 2 28    
10 Georgia Southern @ Pensacola, FL Arkansas State
   
Sun Belt tournament probabilities Outcome realized Outcome unrealized 11 Old Dominion @ Pensacola, FL Old Dominion
Probabilities based on current ratings and projected bracket    
Reaching Reaching Winning @ Pensacola, FL Old Dominion
Seed Team semifinals final tournament  
1 Troy 100.00% 55.57% 30.38% 14 ULM
2 Marshall 100.00% 42.69% 18.15%
3 Coastal Carolina 37.78% 18.53% 7.71%
4 App State 57.26% 27.11% 14.12%
5 Texas State 19.50% 7.51% 3.26%
6 South Alabama 25.90% 14.86% 7.41%
7 Arkansas State 31.72% 21.84% 13.53%
8 Southern Miss 12.18% 5.03% 2.32%
9 James Madison 10.03% 4.50% 2.23%
10 Georgia Southern 1.62% 0.68% 0.23%
11 Old Dominion 2.98% 1.40% 0.55%
12 Louisiana 1.04% 0.27% 0.08%
13 Georgia State 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
14 ULM 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% © Omni Rankings