Omni Rankings™ 2025-2026 Women's college basketball ratings through 4/5/26 games
Missouri Valley
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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 Murray State 77.60 83 79.07 72.87 68.67 190 30 4 19 1 L1 9-1 13 0 12 3 5 1 0 3 8 1 22 0 at Bradley 90.10 vs Southern Illinois 68.14
2 Northern Iowa 72.43 124 75.13 68.61 70.06 147 18 14 13 7 L1 7-3 8 5 8 8 2 1 0 3 3 7 15 4 vs Murray State 81.63 at Bradley 63.86
3 Belmont 72.08 130 82.34 72.08 69.99 150 20 12 16 4 L1 7-3 11 4 9 5 0 3 0 6 5 4 15 2 vs Brown 83.36 vs Evansville 61.69
4 Illinois State 71.77 133 78.76 70.00 67.95 218 24 14 13 7 L1 7-3 17 1 6 9 1 4 0 2 5 8 19 4 vs UTRGV 82.08 at Southern Illinois 56.28
5 Bradley 70.77 153 73.53 69.56 67.66 228 19 13 13 7 L3 5-5 12 2 6 9 1 2 0 1 4 9 15 3 vs Northern Iowa 81.94 vs Murray State 58.43
6 UIC 67.79 190 68.72 64.54 67.32 241 14 18 9 11 L4 4-6 8 8 5 9 1 1 0 0 2 9 12 9 at Ball State 75.28 vs Drake 58.77
7 Drake 67.59 196 77.23 65.55 68.99 178 12 20 10 10 L1 6-4 5 10 6 7 1 3 0 3 1 12 11 5 vs Illinois State 75.97 vs Northern Kentucky 56.09
8 Evansville 63.42 252 63.73 54.11 68.26 208 10 25 5 15 L1 4-6 4 9 3 15 3 1 0 1 4 10 6 14 vs Belmont 73.67 at Eastern Kentucky 51.33
9 Southern Illinois 59.47 295 62.76 51.68 66.84 253 8 20 7 13 L1 3-7 5 7 3 10 0 3 0 0 1 10 7 10 vs Illinois State 76.21 vs Winthrop 47.48
10 Indiana State 59.36 296 69.22 57.95 67.56 231 9 22 5 15 L1 2-8 5 7 3 12 1 3 0 1 0 10 9 11 vs Eastern Illinois 71.77 vs Murray State 50.63
11 Valparaiso 46.71 357 55.53 45.22 68.41 200 0 32 0 20 L32 0-10 0 13 0 16 0 3 0 1 0 11 0 20 vs Milwaukee 54.86 at Southern Illinois 35.71
MVC top performances MVC surprise performances MVC upset wins
Rank Team Opponent Result Rating Rank Team Opponent Result Rating Rank Team Opponent Result Rating
1 Murray State at Bradley W 72 - 40  90.10 1 Southern Illinois vs Illinois State W 84 - 60  15.99 1 Evansville at Northern Iowa W 68 - 65  18.02
2 Murray State vs Belmont W 69 - 48  85.35 2 Murray State at Bradley W 72 - 40  14.53 2 UIC at Ball State W 66 - 64  17.82
3 Murray State at Austin Peay W 74 - 56  84.16 3 Evansville vs IU Indy W 75 - 58  14.34 3 Northern Iowa at Creighton W 51 - 50  13.54
4 Murray State vs Drake W 95 - 67  84.08 4 Illinois State vs UTRGV W 81 - 52  12.02 4 Evansville vs IU Indy W 75 - 58  13.02
5 Murray State at Indiana State W 114 - 78  83.94 5 Evansville vs Belmont W 76 - 63  12.00 5 Evansville vs Belmont W 76 - 63  12.02
6 Belmont vs Brown W 83 - 61  83.36 6 Evansville at Northern Iowa W 68 - 65  10.39 6 Murray State vs George Mason W 88 - 83  10.56
7 Belmont vs Northern Iowa W 81 - 62  83.34 7 Northern Iowa at Southern Illinois W 77 - 48  10.19 7 Southern Illinois vs Illinois State W 84 - 60  9.87
8 Belmont at Tennessee L 58 - 68  82.67 8 Southern Illinois vs Valparaiso W 97 - 59  10.00 8 Southern Illinois at UIC W 55 - 53  9.35
9 Murray State vs Memphis W 85 - 57  82.57 9 UIC at Ball State W 66 - 64  9.83 9 Evansville vs Northern Iowa W 64 - 63 OT 9.05
10 Belmont vs Bradley W 78 - 57  82.23 10 Bradley vs Northern Iowa W 69 - 47  9.76 10 Southern Illinois vs UIC W 63 - 58  8.32
MVC projected standings MVC projected tournament bracket (projections in italics)
Conference Overall 1 Murray State
Rank Team W L W L  
1 Murray State 19 1 30 4 8 Southern Illinois @ Coralville, IA Murray State
2 Belmont 16 4 20 12      
3 Northern Iowa 13 7 18 14 @ Coralville, IA Indiana State  
4 Illinois State 13 7 24 14    
5 Bradley 13 7 19 13 9 Indiana State @ Coralville, IA Murray State
6 Drake 10 10 12 20    
7 UIC 9 11 14 18 4 Northern Iowa    
8 Southern Illinois 7 13 8 20      
9 Evansville 5 15 10 25 @ Coralville, IA Northern Iowa  
10 Indiana State 5 15 9 22    
11 Valparaiso 0 20 0 32 5 Bradley  
 
@ Coralville, IA Murray State
MVC tournament probabilities Outcome realized Outcome unrealized   2026 MVC
Probabilities based on pre-tournament ratings and projected tournament bracket 2 Belmont   Women's Basketball
Reaching Reaching Winning     Tournament Champion
Seed Team semifinals final tournament 7 UIC @ Coralville, IA Evansville  
1 Murray State 92.68% 64.04% 45.53%        
2 Belmont 71.47% 46.23% 19.93% @ Coralville, IA Evansville    
3 Illinois State 60.93% 26.98% 8.82%      
4 Northern Iowa 57.43% 21.50% 12.01% 10 Evansville @ Coralville, IA Evansville
5 Bradley 42.57% 13.32% 6.47%  
6 Drake 38.86% 14.00% 3.58% 3 Illinois State  
7 UIC 24.78% 11.87% 3.34%    
8 Southern Illinois 4.62% 0.78% 0.15% 6 Drake @ Coralville, IA Illinois State
9 Indiana State 2.70% 0.36% 0.05%    
10 Evansville 3.75% 0.91% 0.11% @ Coralville, IA Drake
11 Valparaiso 0.21% 0.01% 0.00%  
11 Valparaiso
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