Omni Rankings™ 2025-2026 Women's college basketball ratings through 3/3/26 games
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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 106.88 2 107.69 99.15 83.95 4 28 1 18 0 W22 10-0 14 0 9 0 5 1 17 1 6 0 5 0 vs USC 113.06 vs San Diego State 99.10
2 Michigan 99.76 6 106.19 98.79 82.59 7 24 5 15 3 W2 8-2 14 1 8 2 2 2 12 5 6 0 6 0 vs Notre Dame 111.48 at Iowa 90.27
3 Iowa 96.08 8 98.10 93.99 84.85 3 24 5 15 3 W6 7-3 14 1 8 3 2 1 11 5 9 0 4 0 vs Michigan 104.65 at Northwestern 88.28
4 Ohio State 95.37 10 95.37 87.85 81.80 13 24 6 13 5 W1 6-4 14 3 7 3 3 0 10 6 5 0 9 0 at Michigan State 103.48 at Iowa 85.40
5 Minnesota 94.34 13 95.41 90.84 80.05 34 22 7 13 5 W1 9-1 13 3 8 3 1 1 7 7 7 0 8 0 vs Purdue 100.04 at Kansas 84.85
6 Maryland 93.94 15 94.89 89.91 78.91 45 23 7 11 7 L1 6-4 15 4 6 3 2 0 8 7 6 0 9 0 at Michigan State 101.36 vs Ohio State 85.63
7 Michigan State 91.86 19 93.98 90.12 80.43 27 22 7 11 7 L1 5-5 11 4 7 3 4 0 9 6 5 1 8 0 at Minnesota 101.16 at Wisconsin 79.98
8 USC 90.63 22 95.74 90.63 85.35 2 17 12 9 9 L3 6-4 12 4 3 7 2 1 7 11 5 1 5 0 at Nebraska 98.91 at Penn State 83.83
9 Illinois 89.95 24 90.13 83.47 80.21 31 19 10 9 9 L2 4-6 13 4 6 6 0 0 3 9 10 1 6 0 vs Wisconsin 96.74 at Oregon State 79.77
10 Washington 89.94 25 93.10 88.93 80.98 17 20 9 10 8 W1 5-5 13 4 7 5 0 0 6 8 7 1 7 0 vs Michigan 100.47 vs Michigan State 83.41
11 Oregon 89.20 28 93.33 89.15 81.06 16 20 11 8 10 L1 6-4 12 5 6 5 2 1 4 10 10 1 6 0 vs Montana State 97.68 at Indiana 83.80
12 Nebraska 88.83 30 95.13 87.77 81.30 15 18 11 7 11 W2 4-6 13 4 2 7 3 0 4 10 8 1 6 0 vs Creighton       100.48 vs Maryland       82.12
13 Indiana 83.56 47 88.01 79.88 80.68 21 17 13 6 12 W3 6-4 12 5 4 7 1 1 1 12 8 1 8 0 vs Penn State     93.50 vs Minnesota       75.05
14 Purdue 77.47 84 79.84 72.88 80.44 26 13 16 5 13 W1 3-7 11 6 2 10 0 0 2 13 4 2 7 1 vs Dayton       86.85 at Kentucky       67.36
15 Wisconsin 77.46 85 80.40 74.80 81.80 11 13 16 5 13 L9 1-9 11 5 2 9 0 2 3 13 2 3 8 0 vs Michigan State     90.68 at Illinois       69.48
16 Penn State 75.50 99 82.92 74.19 82.57 8 11 18 4 14 L1 4-6 6 8 3 8 2 2 1 15 5 2 5 1 at Saint Joseph's     86.19 at Indiana       65.04
17 Northwestern 72.12 131 73.80 69.91 82.13 10 8 21 2 16 L11 0-10 6 9 1 11 1 1 0 15 3 4 5 2 at Illinois       79.77 at George Washington     65.36
18 Rutgers 69.01 173 74.66 68.81 78.97 44 9 20 1 17 L11 0-10 8 10 1 10 0 0 0 14 4 5 5 1 at Michigan State 79.03 vs Stony Brook 59.98
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 USC W 80 - 46  113.06 1 Purdue vs Howard W 92 - 62  13.15 1 Penn State vs USC W 85 - 82  14.18
2 UCLA vs Maryland W 97 - 67  112.79 2 Wisconsin vs Michigan State W 78 - 64  12.50 2 Wisconsin vs Oregon W 94 - 92 2OT 13.46
3 Michigan vs Notre Dame W 93 - 54  111.48 3 Michigan vs Notre Dame W 93 - 54  11.61 3 Wisconsin vs Nebraska W 63 - 60  12.12
4 UCLA at Michigan State W 86 - 63  111.33 4 Indiana vs Penn State W 93 - 59  11.38 4 Wisconsin vs Michigan State W 78 - 64  12.11
5 UCLA vs Iowa W 88 - 65  110.46 5 Illinois at Florida State W 86 - 63  10.90 5 Washington vs Michigan W 64 - 52  10.62
6 UCLA at USC W 73 - 50  110.44 6 Washington vs Michigan W 64 - 52  10.83 6 Ohio State vs West Virginia W 83 - 81  9.48
7 UCLA at Nebraska W 83 - 61  110.40 7 Nebraska vs Creighton W 84 - 50  10.61 7 Rutgers at Penn State W 76 - 72  9.02
8 UCLA vs Duke W 89 - 59  110.31 8 Iowa vs Michigan W 62 - 44  10.48 8 Purdue vs Washington W 78 - 72 OT 8.83
9 UCLA at Minnesota W 76 - 58  108.88 9 Rutgers at Michigan State L 64 - 70  9.94 9 Indiana vs Oregon W 72 - 65  7.11
10 UCLA vs Indiana W 92 - 48  108.46 10 Maryland at Michigan State W 86 - 70  9.54 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 28 1 8 Washington @ Indianapolis, IN UCLA
2 Michigan 15 3 24 5      
3 Iowa 15 3 24 5 @ Indianapolis, IN USC  
4 Ohio State 13 5 24 6    
5 Minnesota 13 5 22 7 9 USC @ Indianapolis, IN UCLA
6 Maryland 11 7 23 7    
7 Michigan State 11 7 22 7 4 Minnesota    
8 Washington 10 8 21 9      
9 USC 9 9 18 12 5 Ohio State @ Indianapolis, IN Ohio State  
10 Illinois 9 9 20 10    
11 Oregon 8 10 21 11 12 Nebraska @ Indianapolis, IN Ohio State
12 Nebraska 7 11 19 11    
13 Indiana 6 12 17 14 @ Indianapolis, IN Nebraska @ Indianapolis, IN UCLA
14 Purdue 5 13 13 17   2026 Big Ten
15 Wisconsin 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 Michigan State    
       
Big Ten tournament probabilities Outcome realized Outcome unrealized @ Indianapolis, IN Illinois @ Indianapolis, IN Michigan
Probabilities based on current ratings and projected bracket    
Reaching Reaching Winning 15 Wisconsin 3 Michigan  
Seed Team semifinals final tournament    
1 UCLA 90.56% 76.50% 59.98% 6 Maryland @ Indianapolis, IN Michigan
2 Iowa 66.60% 29.23% 8.10%    
3 Michigan 72.67% 48.61% 18.07% 11 Oregon @ Indianapolis, IN Maryland
4 Minnesota 52.59% 10.45% 4.30%    
5 Ohio State 40.10% 8.79% 3.91% @ Indianapolis, IN Oregon
6 Maryland 21.77% 10.51% 2.41%  
7 Michigan State 22.10% 6.89% 1.30% 14 Purdue
8 Washington 4.29% 1.53% 0.43%
9 USC 5.14% 1.95% 0.59%
10 Illinois 11.16% 2.91% 0.45%
11 Oregon 5.50% 1.83% 0.26%
12 Nebraska 6.29% 0.71% 0.18%
13 Indiana 1.03% 0.06% 0.01%
14 Purdue 0.07% 0.01% 0.00%
15 Wisconsin 0.14% 0.01% 0.00% © Omni Rankings