Omni Rankings™ 2025-2026 Women's college basketball ratings through 4/5/26 games
Ohio Valley
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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 Western Illinois 76.21 92 77.12 68.15 67.01 248 23 6 16 4 L1 7-3 12 1 9 5 2 0 0 2 4 1 19 3 vs Southern Indiana 84.75 at Tennessee State 61.93
2 Lindenwood 75.85 97 78.82 74.87 68.37 202 23 8 16 4 L1 9-1 10 2 11 4 2 2 0 2 6 3 17 3 at Little Rock 85.88 vs Morehead State 68.81
3 Southern Indiana 72.24 128 75.14 70.29 66.90 250 18 11 14 6 L2 6-4 9 4 8 6 1 1 0 1 1 6 17 4 at Southeast Missouri 82.32 at Western Illinois 63.90
4 Morehead State 65.65 220 67.59 63.24 67.69 224 17 15 13 7 L3 4-6 10 4 7 10 0 1 0 3 5 4 12 8 vs Western Illinois 73.55 at Ohio 56.47
5 Southeast Missouri 65.49 221 65.49 57.61 66.89 252 12 18 8 12 L1 6-4 6 6 4 10 2 2 0 1 0 9 12 8 vs Tennessee Tech 74.01 vs Southern Indiana 49.93
6 Tennessee Tech 65.31 222 74.07 65.31 66.42 259 13 14 8 12 L1 5-5 9 5 4 9 0 0 0 1 1 6 12 7 vs Middle Tennessee 77.76 at Southeast Missouri 55.92
7 SIUE 64.58 236 65.91 60.26 65.85 271 13 16 8 12 L1 6-4 7 6 5 9 1 1 0 0 1 9 12 7 at Tennessee Tech 73.70 vs Northern Illinois 50.63
8 Little Rock 63.93 242 66.63 58.45 68.16 210 13 16 11 9 L2 5-5 7 6 5 9 1 1 0 1 1 9 12 6 vs Tennessee State 75.39 vs Lindenwood 52.56
9 UT Martin 61.61 271 67.73 61.61 67.56 232 10 17 9 11 L7 2-8 6 5 4 11 0 1 0 1 3 5 7 11 vs Tennessee 72.58 vs Tennessee State 54.60
10 Eastern Illinois 56.18 318 61.97 56.18 69.41 168 4 27 3 17 L7 1-9 2 10 2 16 0 1 0 2 0 11 4 14 vs Tennessee State 68.46 at SIUE 49.36
11 Tennessee State 55.54 320 62.32 54.38 68.51 196 5 24 4 16 W1 2-8 4 10 1 14 0 0 0 2 1 6 4 16 vs Western Illinois 68.96 at Southeast Missouri 43.80
OVC top performances OVC surprise performances OVC upset wins
Rank Team Opponent Result Rating Rank Team Opponent Result Rating Rank Team Opponent Result Rating
1 Lindenwood at Little Rock W 92 - 54  85.88 1 Tennessee State vs Western Illinois W 87 - 77  14.10 1 Tennessee State vs Western Illinois W 87 - 77  18.99
2 Western Illinois vs Southern Indiana W 64 - 39  84.75 2 Little Rock vs Central Arkansas W 57 - 48  13.41 2 Little Rock vs Central Arkansas W 57 - 48  18.52
3 Lindenwood vs Little Rock W 71 - 43  83.47 3 SIUE at Tennessee Tech W 76 - 60  11.09 3 Morehead State at Lindenwood W 51 - 50  16.38
4 Lindenwood at Eastern Illinois W 87 - 55  83.21 4 Southeast Missouri vs Tennessee State W 89 - 52  11.08 4 Tennessee State at UT Martin W 67 - 60  11.29
5 Southern Indiana at Southeast Missouri W 90 - 57  82.32 5 Southeast Missouri vs Tennessee Tech W 83 - 61  10.86 5 Eastern Illinois vs Tennessee Tech W 75 - 74  10.21
6 Lindenwood at Baylor L 63 - 76  81.95 6 Little Rock vs Tennessee State W 76 - 39  10.46 6 UT Martin vs Lindenwood W 73 - 70  10.02
7 Lindenwood at Drake W 68 - 52  81.94 7 Southern Indiana at Southeast Missouri W 90 - 57  10.43 7 Morehead State vs Lindenwood W 69 - 63  8.88
8 Western Illinois vs UT Martin W 80 - 54  81.64 8 Lindenwood at Little Rock W 92 - 54  10.35 8 Southeast Missouri at UT Martin W 62 - 52  8.41
9 Southern Indiana vs SIUE W 72 - 44  81.52 9 Southern Indiana vs SIUE W 72 - 44  10.20 9 SIUE at Eastern Kentucky W 56 - 51  8.36
10 Lindenwood at Omaha W 85 - 41  81.49 10 Western Illinois vs Southern Indiana W 64 - 39  9.98 10 Tennessee State vs Morehead State W 70 - 62  8.32
OVC projected standings OVC projected tournament bracket (projections in italics)
Conference Overall 1 Western Illinois
Rank Team W L W L  
1 Western Illinois 16 4 23 6 4 Morehead State @ Evansville, IN Western Illinois
2 Lindenwood 16 4 23 8      
3 Southern Indiana 14 6 18 11 5 Little Rock @ Evansville, IN Southeast Missouri  
4 Morehead State 13 7 17 15      
5 Little Rock 11 9 13 16 @ Evansville, IN Southeast Missouri @ Evansville, IN Western Illinois
6 UT Martin 9 11 10 17     2026 OVC
7 Southeast Missouri 8 12 12 18 8 Southeast Missouri 2 Lindenwood   Women's Basketball
8 Tennessee Tech 8 12 13 14     Tournament Champion
9 SIUE 8 12 13 16 3 Southern Indiana @ Evansville, IN Lindenwood  
10 Tennessee State 4 16 5 24    
11 Eastern Illinois 3 17 4 27 6 UT Martin @ Evansville, IN Southern Indiana
   
@ Evansville, IN SIUE
OVC tournament probabilities Outcome realized Outcome unrealized  
Probabilities based on pre-tournament ratings and projected tournament bracket 7 SIUE
Reaching Reaching Winning
Seed Team semifinals final tournament
1 Western Illinois 100.00% 81.28% 46.65%
2 Lindenwood 100.00% 70.95% 38.23%
3 Southern Indiana 72.82% 24.60% 9.46%
4 Morehead State 59.57% 12.53% 3.44%
5 Little Rock 19.03% 2.81% 0.56%
6 UT Martin 8.98% 1.15% 0.19%
7 SIUE 18.20% 3.30% 0.74%
8 Southeast Missouri 21.40% 3.37% 0.72% © Omni Rankings