Omni Rankings™ 2025-2026 Women's college basketball ratings through 3/3/26 games
Southland
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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 McNeese 77.51 82 78.06 63.54 66.54 252 25 4 21 1 W20 10-0 10 1 13 2 2 1 0 2 3 1 22 1 vs SFA 86.33 at Tarleton 66.92
2 SFA 72.49 124 73.81 65.64 64.43 295 20 9 16 6 L1 8-2 11 3 8 5 1 1 0 0 1 4 19 5 at UIW 79.29 at Louisiana Tech 59.88
3 Lamar 69.37 168 72.21 68.54 64.58 293 19 9 17 5 W6 7-3 12 1 7 8 0 0 0 1 1 5 18 3 at East Texas A&M 74.74 at UTRGV 59.48
4 UTRGV 68.34 183 68.94 62.42 67.62 222 17 12 16 6 W2 7-3 7 6 10 4 0 2 0 2 1 6 16 4 vs Lamar 77.54 vs Nicholls 57.65
5 Northwestern State 67.20 199 69.27 65.10 67.47 229 15 13 14 8 W4 6-4 7 4 8 7 0 2 0 4 1 3 14 6 at McNeese 75.71 vs UIW 60.95
6 Nicholls 64.14 242 65.18 61.58 64.23 303 13 15 10 12 W2 4-6 7 6 6 9 0 0 0 0 0 5 13 10 vs Houston Christian 71.82 at Southern Miss 57.06
7 UIW 62.71 256 66.77 62.14 68.30 200 11 16 11 11 L3 3-7 6 6 5 10 0 0 0 2 0 7 11 7 vs Northwestern State 70.76 vs New Orleans 54.48
8 East Texas A&M 60.34 282 64.27 59.90 65.91 264 11 16 9 13 L2 4-6 7 6 4 10 0 0 0 2 2 3 9 11 at Louisiana 73.67 vs Houston Christian 51.33
9 Houston Christian 58.60 304 64.96 57.53 67.35 230 6 21 6 16 L4 3-7 3 8 3 13 0 0 0 1 0 6 6 14 at East Texas A&M 70.09 vs Nicholls 52.68
10 Southeastern Louisiana 56.92 314 69.16 56.14 68.52 192 4 24 4 18 L2 3-7 3 9 1 15 0 0 0 3 0 5 4 16 at Arkansas 69.77 vs McNeese 49.98
11 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 54.49 329 58.03 51.80 65.94 263 5 23 5 17 W1 2-8 3 10 2 13 0 0 0 1 0 6 5 16 vs New Orleans 66.51 vs SFA 44.51
12 New Orleans 51.08 353 57.54 50.72 67.99 206 3 26 3 19 L6 2-8 1 12 2 14 0 0 0 2 0 6 3 18 at UIW 60.35 at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 40.16
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 vs SFA W 87 - 60  86.33 1 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi vs New Orleans W 85 - 54  14.31 1 New Orleans at UIW W 77 - 73  14.09
2 McNeese at Southeastern Louisiana W 72 - 30  83.28 2 East Texas A&M at Louisiana W 72 - 47  13.25 2 McNeese vs Belmont W 76 - 66  13.33
3 McNeese vs Houston Christian W 83 - 35  82.24 3 Houston Christian at East Texas A&M W 71 - 53  12.35 3 East Texas A&M at SFA W 65 - 64  10.80
4 McNeese at UIW W 74 - 53  80.88 4 McNeese vs Belmont W 76 - 66  11.27 4 New Orleans at Southeastern Louisiana W 64 - 63  10.60
5 McNeese at Lamar W 64 - 52  80.46 5 UTRGV vs Lamar W 75 - 53  11.23 5 Northwestern State at McNeese W 65 - 58  9.91
6 McNeese vs East Texas A&M W 71 - 45  79.72 6 McNeese vs SFA W 87 - 60  10.15 6 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi vs UIW W 70 - 64  8.48
7 SFA at UIW W 93 - 71  79.29 7 Nicholls vs Houston Christian W 70 - 47  10.12 7 UTRGV at Northwestern State W 61 - 55  8.29
8 McNeese vs UIW W 75 - 54  79.28 8 New Orleans at UIW W 77 - 73  8.89 8 Houston Christian at East Texas A&M W 71 - 53  8.12
9 SFA at Houston Christian W 71 - 47  78.74 9 Northwestern State at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi W 63 - 35  8.21 9 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi at Houston Christian W 46 - 42  7.85
10 McNeese vs Belmont W 76 - 66  78.70 10 McNeese vs West Virginia L 63 - 83  8.21 10 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi at Southeastern Louisiana W 76 - 69  6.93
Southland projected standings Southland projected tournament bracket (projections in italics)
Conference Overall 1 McNeese
Rank Team W L W L  
1 McNeese 21 1 25 4 4 UTRGV @ Lake Charles, LA McNeese
2 Lamar 17 5 19 9      
3 SFA 16 6 20 9 5 Northwestern State @ Lake Charles, LA UTRGV  
4 UTRGV 16 6 17 12      
5 Northwestern State 14 8 16 13 @ Lake Charles, LA Northwestern State @ Lake Charles, LA McNeese
6 UIW 11 11 12 16     2026 Southland
7 Nicholls 10 12 14 15 8 East Texas A&M 2 Lamar   Women's Basketball
8 East Texas A&M 9 13 11 17     Tournament Champion
9 Houston Christian 6 16 6 21 3 SFA @ Lake Charles, LA SFA  
10 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 5 17 5 23    
11 Southeastern Louisiana 4 18 4 24 6 UIW @ Lake Charles, LA SFA
12 New Orleans 3 19 3 26    
@ Lake Charles, LA Nicholls
 
Southland tournament probabilities Outcome realized Outcome unrealized 7 Nicholls
Probabilities based on current ratings and projected bracket
Reaching Reaching Winning
Seed Team semifinals final tournament
1 McNeese 100.00% 79.51% 57.19%
2 Lamar 100.00% 46.24% 14.39%
3 SFA 77.21% 46.65% 18.70%
4 UTRGV 59.77% 13.34% 5.75%
5 Northwestern State 33.12% 6.53% 2.58%
6 UIW 9.45% 2.72% 0.44%
7 Nicholls 13.34% 4.39% 0.83%
8 East Texas A&M 7.11% 0.62% 0.13% © Omni Rankings