Omni Rankings™ 2025-2026 Men's college basketball ratings through 4/6/26 games
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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 Akron 78.52 72 82.94 75.59 68.96 200 27 6 17 1 L1 9-1 13 0 9 3 5 3 0 2 2 3 25 1 vs Evansville 90.51 at Troy 71.89
2 Miami (OH) 75.54 94 77.38 70.84 67.50 243 29 2 18 0 L1 8-2 13 0 14 0 2 2 1 1 4 0 24 1 vs Central Michigan     84.98 vs Mercyhurst     69.90
3 Toledo 72.67 126 72.67 62.58 69.44 178 17 15 11 7 L1 7-3 9 4 5 9 3 2 0 1 1 5 16 9 vs Buffalo       77.81 vs Marshall       60.97
4 Bowling Green 70.77 158 78.28 69.43 67.95 225 15 14 9 9 L1 5-5 7 7 6 6 2 1 0 0 2 8 13 6 at Kansas State     87.41 at Arkansas State     55.83
5 Kent State 70.50 165 74.10 70.08 69.14 193 22 10 14 4 L2 7-3 12 3 7 6 3 1 0 1 4 5 18 4 at UMass       77.67 vs Akron       63.19
6 UMass 68.41 192 71.13 67.17 67.74 232 16 16 7 11 L1 3-7 10 5 2 8 4 3 1 0 4 4 11 12 vs Florida State     78.15 at Bowling Green     61.23
7 Buffalo 66.97 214 69.79 63.18 67.54 240 15 15 7 11 L2 3-7 5 8 8 6 2 1 0 0 1 7 14 8 at Bowling Green     77.91 at Toledo       60.45
8 Ohio 66.29 225 69.05 64.13 69.97 157 13 17 9 9 L4 4-6 8 6 4 8 1 3 0 2 2 7 11 8 at Buffalo       74.64 vs George Mason     61.47
9 Central Michigan 65.29 242 69.47 59.90 68.91 202 8 21 6 12 L2 4-6 6 5 1 15 1 1 0 2 0 6 8 13 vs Eastern Michigan     79.54 vs Northern Kentucky     52.41
10 Eastern Michigan 65.08 248 70.13 65.08 69.58 167 9 21 4 14 L4 1-9 6 7 3 14 0 0 1 1 0 7 8 13 at Cincinnati       78.73 at Central Michigan     48.97
11 Ball State 64.55 261 64.55 58.36 67.57 236 10 19 7 11 W4 5-5 5 7 4 11 1 1 0 1 0 4 10 14 at Northern Illinois     78.30 at Lafayette       50.66
12 Western Michigan 64.26 268 66.92 61.75 69.35 184 9 20 4 14 L3 2-8 6 7 3 13 0 0 0 2 0 7 9 11 vs Mount St. Mary's     74.71 at Valparaiso     53.69
13 Northern Illinois 56.31 343 65.99 56.31 69.09 197 7 21 4 14 L5 2-8 4 7 3 14 0 0 0 1 0 7 7 13 at Loyola Chicago 74.44 vs Ball State 42.80
MAC top performances MAC surprise performances MAC upset wins
Rank Team Opponent Result Rating Rank Team Opponent Result Rating Rank Team Opponent Result Rating
1 Akron vs Evansville W 97 - 59  90.51 1 Central Michigan vs Eastern Michigan W 100 - 65  19.60 1 Eastern Michigan at Cincinnati W 64 - 56  15.49
2 Bowling Green at Kansas State W 82 - 66  87.41 2 Ball State at Northern Illinois W 79 - 43  17.34 2 Buffalo at DePaul W 66 - 53  11.68
3 Akron at Kent State W 92 - 70  86.42 3 Central Michigan vs Northern Illinois W 88 - 46  15.20 3 Northern Illinois at Buffalo W 72 - 70  11.60
4 Akron vs Iona W 96 - 75  85.40 4 Buffalo at DePaul W 66 - 53  11.97 4 Western Michigan at Bowling Green W 88 - 79  10.72
5 Miami (OH) vs Central Michigan W 100 - 61  84.98 5 Bowling Green at Kansas State W 82 - 66  11.53 5 UMass vs Florida State W 103 - 95  9.29
6 Akron vs Milwaukee W 105 - 81  84.71 6 Eastern Michigan at Cincinnati W 64 - 56  11.52 6 Buffalo at Bowling Green W 89 - 78  8.57
7 Akron at Ohio W 86 - 65  84.55 7 Northern Illinois vs Western Michigan W 85 - 65  10.66 7 Central Michigan vs Kent State W 87 - 85  8.35
8 Akron at Buffalo W 82 - 63  84.55 8 Northern Illinois at Loyola Chicago W 76 - 59  10.56 8 Toledo at Wright State W 81 - 71  8.31
9 Akron vs Northern Illinois W 94 - 55  84.50 9 Western Michigan at Eastern Michigan W 76 - 62  10.49 9 Ohio vs St. Bonaventure W 88 - 83 OT 8.19
10 Akron vs Princeton W 104 - 69  84.21 10 Toledo vs Youngstown State W 92 - 75  10.05 10 Central Michigan vs Bowling Green W 62 - 59  8.08
MAC projected standings MAC projected tournament bracket (projections in italics)
Conference Overall 1 Miami (OH)
Rank Team W L W L  
1 Miami (OH) 18 0 29 2 @ Cleveland, OH UMass
2 Akron 17 1 27 6  
3 Kent State 14 4 22 10 8 UMass  
4 Toledo 11 7 17 15
5 Bowling Green 9 9 15 14 @ Cleveland, OH Toledo
6 Ohio 9 9 13 17  
7 UMass 7 11 16 16 4 Toledo  
8 Buffalo 7 11 15 15      
9 Ball State 7 11 10 19 @ Cleveland, OH Toledo  
10 Central Michigan 6 12 8 21
11 Eastern Michigan 4 14 9 21 5 Bowling Green
12 Western Michigan 4 14 9 20
13 Northern Illinois 4 14 7 21 @ Cleveland, OH Akron
2026 MAC
2 Akron Men's Basketball
MAC tournament probabilities Outcome realized Outcome unrealized   Tournament Champion
Probabilities based on pre-tournament ratings and projected tournament bracket @ Cleveland, OH Akron
Reaching Reaching Winning    
Seed Team semifinals final tournament 7 Buffalo    
1 Miami (OH) 73.87% 47.46% 21.75%  
2 Akron 86.88% 70.25% 50.35% @ Cleveland, OH Akron
3 Kent State 63.97% 17.79% 7.61%
4 Toledo 54.16% 23.90% 8.36% 3 Kent State
5 Bowling Green 45.84% 18.46% 5.85%    
6 Ohio 36.03% 6.74% 2.02% @ Cleveland, OH Kent State
7 Buffalo 13.12% 5.22% 1.51%
8 UMass 26.13% 10.17% 2.56% 6 Ohio © Omni Rankings