Omni Rankings™ 2025-2026 Women's college basketball ratings through 4/5/26 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 UCLA 110.51 1 110.51 99.16 86.54 1 37 1 18 0 W31 10-0 16 0 9 0 12 1 24 1 8 0 5 0 vs South Carolina 121.83 vs San Diego State 99.11
2 Michigan 99.26 6 106.20 98.79 84.06 8 28 7 15 3 L1 7-3 16 1 8 2 4 4 14 7 7 0 7 0 vs Notre Dame 111.48 vs Texas 87.38
3 Ohio State 94.83 10 96.38 87.86 82.83 9 27 8 13 5 L1 5-5 15 4 7 3 5 1 10 8 7 0 10 0 at Michigan State 103.49 at Iowa 85.40
4 Maryland 93.93 13 94.90 89.91 79.69 44 24 9 11 7 L1 7-3 15 4 6 4 3 1 7 9 8 0 9 0 at Michigan State 101.37 vs Ohio State 85.63
5 Iowa 93.84 15 98.10 93.84 85.62 4 27 7 15 3 L1 8-2 15 2 8 3 4 2 12 7 11 0 4 0 vs Michigan 106.09 vs UCLA 85.98
6 Minnesota 93.07 18 95.42 90.84 81.50 25 24 9 13 5 L1 7-3 15 3 8 3 1 3 7 9 9 0 8 0 vs Purdue 100.04 at Kansas 84.85
7 Washington 91.81 20 93.11 88.94 82.66 11 22 11 10 8 L1 5-5 13 4 7 6 2 1 7 9 8 2 7 0 vs Michigan 100.48 vs Michigan State 83.41
8 Michigan State 90.97 21 93.99 90.12 81.15 29 23 9 11 7 L1 4-6 11 4 7 4 5 1 8 8 6 1 9 0 at Minnesota 101.17 at Wisconsin 79.98
9 Illinois 89.93 24 90.53 83.48 81.64 23 22 12 9 9 L1 6-4 13 4 6 7 3 1 4 11 12 1 6 0 vs Wisconsin 96.76 at Oregon State 79.77
10 Nebraska 88.98 27 95.14 87.77 81.75 22 19 13 7 11 L1 3-7 13 4 2 7 4 2 4 11 9 2 6 0 vs Creighton 100.48 vs Maryland 82.12
11 Oregon 88.81 28 93.34 88.81 82.66 10 23 13 8 10 L1 5-5 12 5 6 6 5 2 6 10 10 3 7 0 vs Montana State 97.70 at Texas 82.17
12 USC 88.58 29 95.75 88.58 86.12 2 18 14 9 9 L1 5-5 12 4 3 8 3 2 6 13 7 1 5 0 at Nebraska       98.92 at South Carolina     82.63
13 Indiana 83.37 51 88.01 79.87 81.39 26 18 14 6 12 L1 7-3 12 5 4 7 2 2 2 13 9 1 7 0 vs Penn State     93.50 vs Minnesota       75.04
14 Wisconsin 77.83 81 80.41 74.80 81.91 21 16 18 5 13 L1 3-7 13 5 3 9 0 4 3 14 5 4 8 0 vs Michigan State     90.69 at Illinois       69.46
15 Purdue 77.16 87 79.84 72.88 80.73 32 13 17 5 13 L1 2-8 11 6 2 10 0 1 1 13 6 4 6 0 vs Dayton       86.84 at Kentucky       67.35
16 Penn State 75.49 102 82.93 74.18 82.57 14 11 18 4 14 L1 4-6 6 8 3 8 2 2 1 14 5 3 5 1 at Saint Joseph's     86.20 at Indiana       65.02
17 Northwestern 72.11 129 73.79 69.91 82.13 19 8 21 2 16 L11 0-10 6 9 1 11 1 1 0 14 3 5 5 2 at Illinois       79.77 at George Washington     65.35
18 Rutgers 69.00 172 74.66 68.80 78.98 51 9 20 1 17 L11 0-10 8 10 1 10 0 0 0 13 4 6 5 1 at Michigan State 79.03 vs Stony Brook 59.97
Big Ten top performances Big Ten surprise performances Big Ten upset wins
Rank Team Opponent Result Rating Rank Team Opponent Result Rating Rank Team Opponent Result Rating
1 UCLA vs South Carolina W 79 - 51  121.83 1 Purdue vs Howard W 92 - 62  13.17 1 Penn State vs USC W 85 - 82  14.19
2 UCLA vs Iowa W 96 - 45  117.10 2 UCLA vs South Carolina W 79 - 51  13.04 2 Wisconsin vs Oregon W 94 - 92 2OT 13.47
3 UCLA vs USC W 80 - 46  113.07 3 Wisconsin vs Michigan State W 78 - 64  12.50 3 Wisconsin vs Nebraska W 63 - 60  12.12
4 UCLA vs Maryland W 97 - 67  112.81 4 Michigan vs Notre Dame W 93 - 54  11.61 4 Wisconsin vs Michigan State W 78 - 64  12.11
5 UCLA vs Minnesota W 80 - 56  111.85 5 Indiana vs Penn State W 93 - 59  11.38 5 Washington vs Michigan W 64 - 52  10.62
6 Michigan vs Notre Dame W 93 - 54  111.48 6 Illinois at Florida State W 86 - 63  10.91 6 Ohio State vs West Virginia W 83 - 81  9.48
7 UCLA at Michigan State W 86 - 63  111.35 7 Washington vs Michigan W 64 - 52  10.84 7 Rutgers at Penn State W 76 - 72  9.03
8 UCLA vs Texas W 51 - 44  111.27 8 Nebraska vs Creighton W 84 - 50  10.61 8 Purdue vs Washington W 78 - 72 OT 8.84
9 UCLA vs Iowa W 88 - 65  110.48 9 Iowa vs Michigan W 62 - 44  10.49 9 Indiana vs Oregon W 72 - 65  7.12
10 UCLA at USC W 73 - 50  110.46 10 UCLA vs Iowa W 96 - 45  10.28 10 Illinois at Washington W 75 - 66  6.50
Big Ten projected standings Big Ten projected tournament bracket (projections in italics)
Conference Overall 1 UCLA
Rank Team W L W L  
1 UCLA 18 0 37 1 8 Washington @ Indianapolis, IN UCLA
2 Michigan 15 3 28 7      
3 Iowa 15 3 27 7 @ Indianapolis, IN Washington  
4 Ohio State 13 5 27 8    
5 Minnesota 13 5 24 9 9 USC @ Indianapolis, IN UCLA
6 Maryland 11 7 24 9    
7 Michigan State 11 7 23 9 4 Minnesota    
8 Washington 10 8 22 11      
9 Illinois 9 9 22 12 5 Ohio State @ Indianapolis, IN Ohio State  
10 USC 9 9 18 14    
11 Oregon 8 10 23 13 12 Nebraska @ Indianapolis, IN Ohio State
12 Nebraska 7 11 19 13    
13 Indiana 6 12 18 14 @ Indianapolis, IN Indiana @ Indianapolis, IN UCLA
14 Wisconsin 5 13 16 18   2026 Big Ten
15 Purdue 5 13 13 17 13 Indiana 2 Iowa Women's Basketball
16 Penn State 4 14 11 18   Tournament Champion
17 Northwestern 2 16 8 21 7 Michigan State @ Indianapolis, IN Iowa
18 Rutgers 1 17 9 20        
10 Illinois @ Indianapolis, IN Illinois    
       
Big Ten tournament probabilities Outcome realized Outcome unrealized @ Indianapolis, IN Illinois @ Indianapolis, IN Iowa
Probabilities based on pre-tournament ratings and projected tournament bracket    
Reaching Reaching Winning 15 Wisconsin 3 Michigan  
Seed Team semifinals final tournament    
1 UCLA 90.72% 76.78% 60.30% 6 Maryland @ Indianapolis, IN Michigan
2 Iowa 66.71% 29.22% 8.03%    
3 Michigan 72.80% 48.78% 18.03% 11 Oregon @ Indianapolis, IN Oregon
4 Minnesota 52.55% 10.33% 4.24%    
5 Ohio State 40.21% 8.73% 3.87% @ Indianapolis, IN Oregon
6 Maryland 21.69% 10.46% 2.38%  
7 Michigan State 22.03% 6.83% 1.27% 14 Purdue
8 Washington 4.22% 1.50% 0.42%
9 USC 5.06% 1.91% 0.57%
10 Illinois 11.13% 2.88% 0.44%
11 Oregon 5.44% 1.80% 0.26%
12 Nebraska 6.24% 0.70% 0.18%
13 Indiana 1.00% 0.06% 0.01%
14 Purdue 0.07% 0.01% 0.00%
15 Wisconsin 0.13% 0.01% 0.00% © Omni Rankings