Omni Rankings™ 2025-2026 Men's college basketball ratings through 3/3/26 games
America East
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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 UMBC 70.27 161 70.27 63.31 62.07 365 19 8 14 2 W9 9-1 10 2 9 6 0 0 0 1 0 3 19 4 at NJIT 82.61 at George Washington 57.75
2 Vermont 66.43 226 69.75 65.63 63.61 347 18 11 12 4 W3 7-3 9 3 8 6 1 2 0 0 0 3 18 8 vs Siena 74.49 at Maine 60.14
3 UMass Lowell 60.54 310 61.14 53.20 64.11 340 11 17 9 7 W1 6-4 6 4 5 13 0 0 0 2 0 2 11 13 vs New Hampshire 67.25 at NJIT 49.23
4 UAlbany 60.23 315 61.18 55.99 65.27 302 8 20 7 9 L1 4-6 4 5 4 12 0 3 0 0 0 5 8 15 at Stony Brook 72.10 vs Fordham 51.07
5 NJIT 57.73 334 62.51 56.88 64.23 337 14 16 10 6 L4 6-4 6 6 8 10 0 0 0 2 0 3 14 11 vs UMass Lowell 70.34 vs UMBC 46.14
6 Maine 56.75 341 65.23 56.49 63.31 353 7 23 6 10 L2 4-6 3 8 4 13 0 2 0 0 0 3 7 20 at Boston University 67.35 vs Canisius 43.13
7 Bryant 55.39 352 63.96 53.57 64.08 341 7 21 5 11 L1 3-7 6 5 1 16 0 0 0 1 0 3 7 17 vs NJIT 64.11 vs Binghamton 47.19
8 Binghamton 54.88 354 57.94 53.11 62.80 356 5 23 4 12 W2 4-6 4 8 1 14 0 1 0 0 0 3 5 20 at Georgetown 62.61 vs UMBC 49.07
9 New Hampshire 54.28 355 59.75 54.28 64.66 325 7 20 5 11 W1 2-8 6 5 1 15 0 0 0 3 0 2 7 15 at Maine 67.45 at UAlbany 47.83
America East top performances America East surprise performances America East upset wins
Rank Team Opponent Result Rating Rank Team Opponent Result Rating Rank Team Opponent Result Rating
1 UMBC at NJIT W 91 - 52  82.61 1 UAlbany at Stony Brook W 71 - 55  15.07 1 UAlbany at Stony Brook W 71 - 55  15.05
2 UMBC at UMass Lowell W 84 - 60  76.65 2 UMBC at NJIT W 91 - 52  14.27 2 NJIT at Vermont W 79 - 77  9.91
3 Vermont vs Siena W 83 - 69  74.49 3 UAlbany at NJIT W 81 - 63  11.66 3 Maine at Boston University W 69 - 59  7.75
4 Vermont at Northeastern W 85 - 74  74.12 4 UAlbany vs Bryant W 71 - 46  10.42 4 Maine vs Vermont W 76 - 70  7.08
5 Vermont at New Hampshire W 80 - 61  73.94 5 UMBC at Coppin State W 93 - 59  10.34 5 UMass Lowell at Stonehill W 75 - 64  7.01
6 UMBC at Coppin State W 93 - 59  73.65 6 Bryant vs NJIT W 69 - 52  10.21 6 UAlbany at NJIT W 81 - 63  6.34
7 UMBC at New Hampshire W 85 - 63  73.58 7 NJIT vs UMass Lowell W 81 - 56  9.64 7 Maine at UAlbany W 70 - 59  6.28
8 Vermont vs Yale L 74 - 77  73.14 8 UMBC at UMass Lowell W 84 - 60  9.59 8 Vermont at Northeastern W 85 - 74  6.14
9 Vermont vs Bryant W 90 - 63  72.30 9 NJIT vs Bryant W 79 - 55  9.50 9 NJIT at UMass Lowell W 73 - 64  6.03
10 UAlbany at Stony Brook W 71 - 55  72.10 10 New Hampshire at Maine W 65 - 48  8.99 10 New Hampshire vs Boston University W 88 - 82 OT 5.26
America East projected standings America East projected tournament bracket (projections in italics)
Conference Overall 1 UMBC
Rank Team W L W L  
1 UMBC 14 2 20 8 @ Catonsville, MD UMBC
2 Vermont 12 4 19 11  
3 NJIT 10 6 15 16 8 New Hampshire  
4 UMass Lowell 9 7 12 17  
5 UAlbany 7 9 8 21 @ Catonsville, MD UMBC
6 Maine 6 10 7 24    
7 Bryant 5 11 7 22 4 UMass Lowell    
8 New Hampshire 5 11 7 21      
9 Binghamton 4 12 5 23 @ Lowell, MA UMass Lowell  
   
5 UAlbany  
America East tournament probabilities Outcome realized Outcome unrealized  
Probabilities based on current ratings and projected bracket @ Catonsville, MD UMBC
Reaching Reaching Winning   2026 America East
Seed Team semifinals final tournament 2 Vermont   Men's Basketball
1 UMBC 92.28% 80.09% 60.18%     Tournament Champion
2 Vermont 85.94% 68.76% 27.71% @ Burlington, VT Vermont  
3 NJIT 61.34% 15.30% 2.98%    
4 UMass Lowell 59.16% 16.41% 4.34% 7 Bryant    
5 UAlbany 40.84% 11.04% 2.85%    
6 Maine 38.66% 5.79% 1.15% @ Burlington, VT Vermont
7 Bryant 14.06% 1.49% 0.48%  
8 New Hampshire 7.72% 1.13% 0.32% 3 NJIT  
   
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