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 Howard 70.65 154 70.87 58.40 62.59 360 16 10 10 3 W5 8-2 7 4 6 6 3 0 0 2 1 2 15 6 vs North Carolina Central 76.71 at Stetson 54.85
2 Norfolk State 60.45 313 66.51 59.63 62.51 361 11 15 8 5 L1 7-3 5 3 5 10 1 2 0 2 0 3 11 10 vs Coppin State 66.74 at Howard 50.32
3 Maryland Eastern Shore 56.99 339 63.28 56.99 65.02 312 7 21 5 8 L1 2-8 4 3 2 18 1 0 0 4 0 2 7 15 at Georgia Tech 69.79 at Howard 51.72
4 Morgan State 56.52 343 61.12 52.89 62.60 359 10 15 9 4 W1 8-2 5 6 5 9 0 0 0 0 0 4 10 11 at Georgetown 62.47 at Old Dominion 45.75
5 North Carolina Central 56.06 348 59.57 54.68 64.98 314 8 16 8 5 W2 5-5 4 4 4 12 0 0 0 4 0 2 8 10 at Morgan State 61.83 at Howard 48.05
6 South Carolina State 53.03 358 62.96 52.91 64.84 321 6 21 6 7 W1 4-6 4 5 2 16 0 0 0 3 0 2 6 16 at Samford 61.10 at Charleston Southern 43.04
7 Coppin State 51.48 362 53.56 47.93 65.20 306 6 23 5 8 L2 4-6 2 6 4 14 0 3 0 1 0 7 6 15 vs Delaware State 58.78 vs UMBC 39.11
8 Delaware State 50.18 363 59.11 50.18 62.27 364 3 21 1 12 L7 1-9 2 7 1 14 0 0 0 1 0 4 3 16 at Longwood 62.20 vs Howard 43.96
MEAC top performances MEAC surprise performances MEAC upset wins
Rank Team Opponent Result Rating Rank Team Opponent Result Rating Rank Team Opponent Result Rating
1 Howard vs North Carolina Central W 100 - 67  76.71 1 Howard vs Norfolk State W 88 - 60  10.74 1 Morgan State at Howard W 78 - 77  13.80
2 Howard at Delaware State W 91 - 59  76.62 2 Coppin State vs Delaware State W 65 - 47  10.65 2 Howard at UNC Wilmington W 67 - 66  13.79
3 Howard at Morgan State W 84 - 59  76.47 3 Howard at Delaware State W 91 - 59  8.81 3 Coppin State at Delaware State W 53 - 51  11.31
4 Howard vs Norfolk State W 88 - 60  74.26 4 Howard vs North Carolina Central W 100 - 67  7.70 4 Coppin State at North Carolina Central W 58 - 56  10.37
5 Howard vs Maryland Eastern Shore W 79 - 53  73.78 5 Howard vs Delaware State W 84 - 58  7.52 5 Morgan State at Norfolk State W 79 - 78  9.94
6 Howard vs South Carolina State W 85 - 57  72.05 6 Morgan State at Howard W 78 - 77  7.37 6 Delaware State at Longwood W 81 - 76  8.79
7 Howard vs Yale L 81 - 87 OT 70.80 7 Howard at UNC Wilmington W 67 - 66  7.37 7 South Carolina State vs Howard W 58 - 57  8.39
8 Howard at UNC Wilmington W 67 - 66  70.44 8 Maryland Eastern Shore at Georgia Tech L 52 - 56 OT 7.12 8 Delaware State vs Delaware W 75 - 72 OT 7.47
9 Howard vs Delaware State W 84 - 58  70.33 9 Howard vs Maryland Eastern Shore W 79 - 53  6.93 9 Coppin State at Rider W 68 - 65  6.79
10 Maryland Eastern Shore at Georgia Tech L 52 - 56 OT 69.79 10 Delaware State at Longwood W 81 - 76  6.75 10 Maryland Eastern Shore at Longwood W 83 - 82 2OT 6.28
MEAC projected standings MEAC projected tournament bracket (projections in italics)
Conference Overall 1 Howard
Rank Team W L W L  
1 Howard 11 3 17 10 @ Norfolk, VA Howard
2 Morgan State 10 4 11 15  
3 North Carolina Central 9 5 9 16 8 Delaware State  
4 Norfolk State 8 6 11 16
5 Maryland Eastern Shore 6 8 8 21 @ Norfolk, VA Howard
6 South Carolina State 6 8 6 22  
7 Coppin State 5 9 6 24 4 Norfolk State  
8 Delaware State 1 13 3 22      
@ Norfolk, VA Norfolk State  
MEAC tournament probabilities Outcome realized Outcome unrealized 5 Maryland Eastern Shore
Probabilities based on current ratings and projected bracket
Reaching Reaching Winning @ Norfolk, VA Howard
Seed Team semifinals final tournament 2026 MEAC
1 Howard 94.02% 77.27% 68.56% 2 Morgan State Men's Basketball
2 Morgan State 66.22% 36.75% 7.26%   Tournament Champion
3 North Carolina Central 60.01% 32.41% 6.13% @ Norfolk, VA Morgan State
4 Norfolk State 61.37% 14.67% 9.82%    
5 Maryland Eastern Shore 38.63% 6.66% 3.74% 7 Coppin State    
6 South Carolina State 39.99% 17.65% 2.45%  
7 Coppin State 33.78% 13.19% 1.55% @ Norfolk, VA Morgan State
8 Delaware State 5.98% 1.40% 0.48%
3 North Carolina Central
   
@ Norfolk, VA North Carolina Central
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