| Omni Rankings™ | 2025 College football ratings | through 1/19/26 games | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home field factor = 2.16 | Record vs D-I teams | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Season range | Schedule strength | Overall | Conference | Home | Road | Neutral | vs 1-25 | vs 26-100 | vs 100+ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Team | Rating | D-I rank | Max | Min | Rating | D-I rank | W | L | W | L | Streak | Last 5 | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | L | Highest single-game rating | Lowest single-game rating | ||||||||||
| 1 | SFA | 74.46 | 105 | 74.63 | 65.73 | 63.47 | 171 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 0 | L1 | 4-1 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 1 | vs | UTRGV | 77.47 | at | Abilene Christian | 63.42 | ||||||
| 2 | Southeastern Louisiana | 67.89 | 146 | 72.77 | 65.14 | 58.79 | 209 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 1 | L1 | 3-2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 2 | vs | East Texas A&M | 80.78 | vs | Illinois State | 59.30 | ||||||
| 3 | UTRGV | 63.31 | 168 | 63.31 | 49.31 | 59.42 | 203 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 3 | W3 | 4-1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | vs | UIW | 72.39 | at | Southeastern Louisiana | 52.48 | ||||||
| 4 | UIW | 62.40 | 173 | 66.02 | 58.32 | 61.69 | 181 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 5 | W1 | 3-2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | vs | Abilene Christian | 79.97 | at | UTRGV | 47.76 | ||||||
| 5 | Lamar | 62.13 | 175 | 66.74 | 62.13 | 61.72 | 180 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 3 | L3 | 1-4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | at | Texas Southern | 68.75 | vs | McNeese | 57.36 | ||||||
| 6 | Nicholls | 56.51 | 205 | 62.52 | 54.65 | 62.47 | 176 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 4 | L1 | 3-2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | vs | UIW | 64.61 | vs | Northwestern State | 48.45 | ||||||
| 7 | McNeese | 56.20 | 206 | 56.20 | 50.34 | 61.16 | 186 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 4 | W1 | 3-2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | at | East Texas A&M | 63.21 | vs | Southeastern Louisiana | 42.08 | ||||||
| 8 | East Texas A&M | 52.26 | 223 | 58.46 | 52.26 | 63.86 | 169 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 5 | L1 | 1-4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | at | UIW | 64.50 | vs | McNeese | 46.69 | ||||||
| 9 | Houston Christian | 43.96 | 247 | 53.71 | 43.61 | 61.53 | 182 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 7 | L6 | 0-5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | vs | Northern Colorado | 55.97 | at | McNeese | 37.77 | ||||||
| 10 | Northwestern State | 38.42 | 258 | 43.44 | 36.26 | 62.07 | 177 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 8 | L11 | 0-5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | at | Nicholls | 45.83 | at | McNeese | 30.01 | ||||||
| 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 | Southeastern Louisiana | vs | East Texas A&M | W 59 - 14 | 80.78 | 1 | UIW | vs | Abilene Christian | W 38 - 7 | 19.92 | 1 | McNeese | at | Lamar | W 21 - 19 | 11.63 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | UIW | vs | Abilene Christian | W 38 - 7 | 79.97 | 2 | UTRGV | vs | UIW | W 56 - 28 | 14.18 | 2 | East Texas A&M | at | UIW | W 52 - 45 | 10.40 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Southeastern Louisiana | at | McNeese | W 38 - 0 | 78.49 | 3 | Southeastern Louisiana | at | McNeese | W 38 - 0 | 12.55 | 3 | UIW | vs | Abilene Christian | W 38 - 7 | 10.18 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | SFA | vs | UTRGV | W 41 - 17 | 77.47 | 4 | McNeese | vs | Northwestern State | W 50 - 3 | 11.17 | 4 | Lamar | vs | Southeastern Louisiana | W 14 - 12 | 7.86 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | SFA | at | Houston Christian | W 50 - 3 | 77.37 | 5 | McNeese | vs | Houston Christian | W 27 - 0 | 11.11 | 5 | McNeese | at | East Texas A&M | W 35 - 20 | 4.51 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | SFA | vs | Abilene Christian | W 41 - 34 | 76.35 | 6 | Southeastern Louisiana | vs | East Texas A&M | W 59 - 14 | 10.52 | 6 | Lamar | vs | South Dakota | W 20 - 13 | 4.07 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | SFA | at | UIW | W 31 - 17 | 75.16 | 7 | East Texas A&M | at | Northwestern State | W 40 - 10 | 10.41 | 7 | UIW | vs | Lamar | W 24 - 17 | 3.48 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | SFA | vs | Nicholls | W 34 - 7 | 75.08 | 8 | UTRGV | vs | Houston Christian | W 27 - 7 | 9.90 | 8 | UTRGV | vs | UIW | W 56 - 28 | 1.57 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | SFA | at | Northwestern State | W 62 - 14 | 74.77 | 9 | Nicholls | vs | McNeese | W 31 - 7 | 9.84 | 9 | UTRGV | vs | Houston Christian | W 27 - 7 | 0.65 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | SFA | at | Montana State | L 28 - 44 | 73.86 | 10 | Northwestern State | at | Nicholls | L 21 - 26 | 9.57 | 10 | Nicholls | vs | UIW | W 20 - 6 | 0.15 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| © Omni Rankings | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southland projected standings | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Conference | Overall | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | SFA | 8 | 0 | 10 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Southeastern Louisiana | 7 | 1 | 9 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | UTRGV | 5 | 3 | 6 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Lamar | 5 | 3 | 8 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Nicholls | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | McNeese | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | UIW | 3 | 5 | 5 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | East Texas A&M | 3 | 5 | 3 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Houston Christian | 1 | 7 | 1 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Northwestern State | 0 | 8 | 1 | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||