Omni Rankings™ 2025-2026 Women's college basketball ratings through 3/3/26 games
Ohio Valley
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Home court factor = 2.19 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 Western Illinois 76.83 89 77.12 68.14 65.70 270 21 5 16 4 L1 8-2 12 1 9 4 0 0 0 1 4 1 17 3 vs Southern Indiana 84.74 at Tennessee State 61.94
2 Lindenwood 76.24 95 78.82 74.87 67.94 210 22 7 16 4 W8 9-1 10 2 11 4 1 1 0 2 5 2 17 3 at Little Rock 85.88 vs Morehead State 68.81
3 Southern Indiana 71.33 141 75.14 70.29 66.51 253 17 9 14 6 W1 6-4 9 3 8 6 0 0 0 1 1 5 16 3 at Southeast Missouri 82.33 at Western Illinois 63.91
4 Morehead State 67.19 200 67.60 63.25 67.82 212 17 13 13 7 L1 6-4 10 4 7 9 0 0 0 3 5 4 12 6 vs Western Illinois 73.54 at Ohio 56.48
5 Tennessee Tech 65.32 223 74.06 65.32 66.42 256 13 14 8 12 L1 5-5 9 5 4 9 0 0 0 1 1 6 12 7 vs Middle Tennessee 77.75 at Southeast Missouri 55.94
6 SIUE 65.26 225 65.26 60.27 65.79 267 12 15 8 12 W1 5-5 7 6 5 9 0 0 0 0 1 8 11 7 at Tennessee Tech 73.70 vs Northern Illinois 50.64
7 Southeast Missouri 64.62 234 64.62 57.62 66.62 251 10 17 8 12 W4 5-5 6 6 4 10 0 1 0 1 0 8 10 8 vs Tennessee Tech 74.00 vs Southern Indiana 49.95
8 Little Rock 64.09 243 66.63 58.45 68.29 201 13 15 11 9 L1 5-5 7 6 5 9 1 0 0 1 1 9 12 5 vs Tennessee State 75.40 vs Lindenwood 52.58
9 UT Martin 62.29 263 67.74 62.29 67.65 221 10 16 9 11 L6 2-8 6 5 4 11 0 0 0 1 3 5 7 10 vs Tennessee 72.58 vs Tennessee State 54.62
10 Eastern Illinois 56.19 319 61.97 56.19 69.42 165 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 49.38
11 Tennessee State 55.55 324 62.32 54.39 68.52 194 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 43.83
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  14.09 1 Tennessee State vs Western Illinois W 87 - 77  18.97
2 Western Illinois vs Southern Indiana W 64 - 39  84.74 2 Little Rock vs Central Arkansas W 57 - 48  13.40 2 Little Rock vs Central Arkansas W 57 - 48  18.51
3 Lindenwood vs Little Rock W 71 - 43  83.46 3 SIUE at Tennessee Tech W 76 - 60  11.08 3 Morehead State at Lindenwood W 51 - 50  16.38
4 Lindenwood at Eastern Illinois W 87 - 55  83.20 4 Southeast Missouri vs Tennessee State W 89 - 52  11.08 4 Tennessee State at UT Martin W 67 - 60  11.28
5 Southern Indiana at Southeast Missouri W 90 - 57  82.33 5 Southeast Missouri vs Tennessee Tech W 83 - 61  10.85 5 Eastern Illinois vs Tennessee Tech W 75 - 74  10.20
6 Lindenwood at Baylor L 63 - 76  81.96 6 Little Rock vs Tennessee State W 76 - 39  10.47 6 UT Martin vs Lindenwood W 73 - 70  10.01
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  81.63 8 Lindenwood at Little Rock W 92 - 54  10.36 8 Southeast Missouri at UT Martin W 62 - 52  8.41
9 Lindenwood at Omaha W 85 - 41  81.50 9 Western Illinois vs Southern Indiana W 64 - 39  9.97 9 SIUE at Eastern Kentucky W 56 - 51  8.36
10 Western Illinois vs Eastern Illinois W 93 - 49  80.78 10 Eastern Illinois vs Tennessee State W 71 - 45  9.85 10 Tennessee State vs Morehead State W 70 - 62  8.31
OVC projected standings OVC projected tournament bracket (projections in italics)
(Lindenwood, Southern Indiana ineligible for NCAA tournament)
Conference Overall 1 Western Illinois
Rank Team W L W L  
1 Western Illinois 16 4 21 5 4 Morehead State @ Evansville, IN Western Illinois
2 Lindenwood 16 4 22 7      
3 Southern Indiana 14 6 17 9 5 Little Rock @ Evansville, IN Morehead State  
4 Morehead State 13 7 17 13      
5 Little Rock 11 9 14 15 @ Evansville, IN Southeast Missouri @ Evansville, IN Western Illinois
6 UT Martin 9 11 10 17     2026 OVC
7 Tennessee Tech 8 12 13 14 8 Southeast Missouri 2 Lindenwood   Women's Basketball
8 SIUE 8 12 13 15     Tournament Champion
9 Southeast Missouri 8 12 11 17 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 current ratings and projected bracket 7 SIUE
Reaching Reaching Winning
Seed Team semifinals final tournament
1 Western Illinois 100.00% 81.10% 46.52%
2 Lindenwood 100.00% 70.85% 38.22%
3 Southern Indiana 72.68% 24.63% 9.51%
4 Morehead State 59.49% 12.62% 3.49%
5 Little Rock 19.07% 2.86% 0.58%
6 UT Martin 9.07% 1.18% 0.20%
7 SIUE 18.26% 3.34% 0.76%
8 Southeast Missouri 21.44% 3.42% 0.73% © Omni Rankings