Omni Rankings™ 2025-2026 Men's college basketball ratings through 4/6/26 games
Southland
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Home court factor = 2.46 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 McNeese 79.10 67 82.29 77.56 70.55 143 26 6 19 3 L1 9-1 12 0 9 5 5 1 0 3 7 2 19 1 at East Texas A&M 88.61 vs Houston Christian 70.87
2 SFA 75.07 101 78.24 73.85 67.93 226 26 6 20 2 L2 7-3 13 1 12 4 1 1 0 0 4 4 22 2 vs Arkansas State     86.52 vs McNeese       68.80
3 UTRGV 73.85 116 73.85 66.38 69.44 179 17 14 14 8 L1 7-3 8 5 8 8 1 1 0 2 1 5 16 7 at New Orleans     79.66 vs New Orleans     59.56
4 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 69.90 176 69.90 65.14 69.55 169 14 15 13 9 L1 6-4 6 5 7 9 1 1 0 2 1 8 13 5 vs New Orleans     74.97 at Xavier       61.69
5 New Orleans 68.05 197 69.36 62.77 70.24 150 15 18 12 10 L1 5-5 5 6 9 11 1 1 1 2 2 8 12 8 at Tulane       77.95 at LSU       58.23
6 Nicholls 65.51 238 68.02 63.37 69.53 172 13 19 12 10 L1 4-6 5 6 7 12 1 1 0 1 1 11 12 7 at New Orleans     73.78 vs New Orleans     56.11
7 Lamar 64.73 256 70.06 64.73 67.64 234 10 19 7 15 L8 1-9 5 8 5 10 0 1 0 1 0 7 10 11 at Montana       74.57 at Houston Christian     54.84
8 UIW 64.23 270 71.08 62.66 69.35 183 9 19 7 15 L1 3-7 6 6 2 12 1 1 0 2 1 7 8 10 vs Northern Arizona     77.01 vs East Texas A&M     52.25
9 Northwestern State 63.44 277 64.57 58.46 69.49 173 8 22 8 14 L3 4-6 6 6 2 15 0 1 0 1 1 9 7 12 vs Houston Christian     70.63 at McNeese       54.58
10 Houston Christian 62.81 288 63.82 60.55 68.12 221 10 20 8 14 L1 4-6 7 5 3 14 0 1 0 1 0 8 10 11 vs Lamar       73.15 at Georgia Southern     55.63
11 Southeastern Louisiana 62.77 290 64.79 61.58 69.28 189 8 22 6 16 W1 3-7 4 7 2 15 2 0 0 0 1 11 7 11 at Mississippi State     69.12 at East Texas A&M     55.72
12 East Texas A&M 61.45 301 62.28 57.90 69.18 192 9 21 6 16 L4 3-7 4 8 4 13 1 0 0 3 1 6 8 12 at UIW 75.48 vs McNeese 52.14
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 McNeese at East Texas A&M W 97 - 54  88.61 1 East Texas A&M at UIW W 80 - 58  16.35 1 UIW vs McNeese W 71 - 67  12.07
2 McNeese vs East Texas A&M W 102 - 66  87.02 2 New Orleans at Tulane W 85 - 63  15.18 2 East Texas A&M at UIW W 80 - 58  11.94
3 SFA vs Arkansas State W 90 - 65  86.52 3 New Orleans at UTRGV W 85 - 69  11.60 3 New Orleans at SFA W 77 - 73  10.60
4 McNeese vs Northwestern State W 92 - 54  86.14 4 Houston Christian vs Lamar W 75 - 53  11.38 4 UTRGV vs McNeese W 79 - 76  10.14
5 McNeese vs SFA W 76 - 59  84.85 5 McNeese at East Texas A&M W 97 - 54  11.06 5 Southeastern Louisiana at New Orleans W 82 - 78  9.84
6 McNeese vs Nicholls W 94 - 68  84.70 6 UIW at Indiana L 61 - 69  10.13 6 New Orleans at TCU W 78 - 74  9.71
7 McNeese vs George Washington W 92 - 86  84.10 7 New Orleans at Nicholls W 80 - 62  9.34 7 New Orleans at Tulane W 85 - 63  9.59
8 McNeese vs Murray State W 73 - 60  83.83 8 UTRGV at New Orleans W 95 - 76  8.80 8 Northwestern State at Lamar W 70 - 68  9.34
9 McNeese at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi W 69 - 53  82.90 9 UTRGV at Southern Utah W 95 - 72  8.65 9 Houston Christian at New Orleans W 85 - 76  8.47
10 SFA at East Texas A&M W 75 - 48  82.58 10 SFA vs Arkansas State W 90 - 65  8.51 10 New Orleans at UTRGV W 85 - 69  8.11
Southland projected standings Southland projected tournament bracket (projections in italics)
Conference Overall 1 SFA
Rank Team W L W L  
1 SFA 20 2 26 6 4 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi @ Lake Charles, LA SFA
2 McNeese 19 3 26 6      
3 UTRGV 14 8 17 14 5 New Orleans @ Lake Charles, LA Texas A&M-Corpus Christi  
4 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 13 9 14 15      
5 New Orleans 12 10 15 18 @ Lake Charles, LA New Orleans @ Lake Charles, LA McNeese
6 Nicholls 12 10 13 19     2026 Southland
7 Northwestern State 8 14 8 22 8 Houston Christian 2 McNeese   Men's Basketball
8 Houston Christian 8 14 10 20     Tournament Champion
9 Lamar 7 15 10 19 3 UTRGV @ Lake Charles, LA McNeese  
10 UIW 7 15 9 19    
11 Southeastern Louisiana 6 16 8 22 6 Nicholls @ Lake Charles, LA UTRGV
12 East Texas A&M 6 16 9 21    
@ Lake Charles, LA Nicholls
 
Southland tournament probabilities Outcome realized Outcome unrealized 7 Northwestern State
Probabilities based on pre-tournament ratings and projected tournament bracket
Reaching Reaching Winning
Seed Team semifinals final tournament
1 SFA 100.00% 73.50% 34.36%
2 McNeese 100.00% 72.66% 46.89%
3 UTRGV 74.59% 23.83% 11.17%
4 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 56.87% 16.04% 4.24%
5 New Orleans 32.38% 8.77% 2.23%
6 Nicholls 14.48% 2.12% 0.54% © Omni Rankings
7 Northwestern State 10.94% 1.39% 0.31%
8 Houston Christian 10.76% 1.69% 0.25%