Omni Rankings™ 2025-2026 Men's college basketball ratings through 4/6/26 games
NIT selection
Exempt bids (10 total): Top two teams each from ACC and SEC not receiving NCAA or CBC bid plus top team not projected to receive NCAA bid or CBC bid in 12 highest-rated Omni Rankings conferences
Automatic bids (4 total): Regular-season conference champions not receiving NCAA or CBC bid and within top 125 based on Elo analysis
At-large bids (18 total): Best remaining teams based on Elo analysis
Note: Analysis omits schools reportedly declining postseason invitations
Among NIT field
Not among NIT field
Bid declined
1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Conference Exempt bid #1 Exempt bid #2 Automatic bid At-large bid #1 At-large bid #2 At-large bid #3 At-large bid #4 At-large bid #5 At-large bid #6 At-large bid #7 At-large bid #8 At-large bid #9 At-large bid #10
America East  
American Tulsa   Wichita State
Atlantic 10 Dayton   Saint Joseph's George Mason George Washington Davidson
ACC Wake Forest California Notre Dame Boston College Georgia Tech
Atlantic Sun  
Big 12 Oklahoma State   Arizona State Utah
Big East  
Big Sky  
Big South  
Big Ten   Oregon
Big West   UC Irvine
Coastal   UNC Wilmington
Conference USA Liberty  
Horizon  
Ivy   Yale
Metro Atlantic  
Mid-American  
MEAC  
Missouri Valley Bradley  
Mountain West New Mexico   Nevada Colorado State UNLV Wyoming
Northeast  
Ohio Valley  
Patriot  
SEC Auburn Ole Miss Mississippi State
Southern  
Southland   SFA
SWAC  
Summit  
Sun Belt  
WCC San Francisco  
WAC Utah Valley  
© Omni Rankings
Last ten teams in (last team in listed first)
Davidson
Georgia Tech
George Washington
Boston College
George Mason
Saint Joseph's
Wyoming
Utah
UNLV
Wichita State
First ten teams out
Seattle U
UAB
Pacific
Duquesne
Illinois State
North Texas
UIC
Fresno State
Oregon State
Sam Houston
Next ten teams out
Florida Atlantic
Kent State
UC San Diego
Memphis
St. Bonaventure
Southern Illinois
St. Thomas (MN)
Murray State
College of Charleston
Valparaiso