Omni Rankings™ 2025-2026 Women's college basketball ratings through 4/5/26 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 77.62 82 78.36 63.54 67.66 227 27 6 21 1 L1 8-2 11 1 14 3 2 2 0 2 4 3 23 1 at Texas A&M 89.77 at Tarleton 66.92
2 SFA 72.66 123 73.81 65.63 65.33 279 23 10 16 6 L1 8-2 11 3 8 5 4 2 0 0 2 5 21 5 vs McNeese 80.40 at Louisiana Tech 59.87
3 Lamar 69.26 167 72.21 68.54 65.11 282 19 11 17 5 L2 6-4 12 1 7 9 0 1 0 2 1 7 18 2 at East Texas A&M 74.74 at UTRGV 59.47
4 UTRGV 67.97 188 69.56 62.41 68.14 212 19 14 16 6 L1 5-5 7 6 11 6 1 2 0 2 1 8 18 4 vs Lamar 77.55 at Illinois State 57.55
5 Northwestern State 67.06 203 69.27 65.09 67.26 243 16 14 14 8 L1 7-3 7 4 8 7 1 3 0 4 1 4 15 6 at McNeese 75.71 vs UIW 60.94
6 Nicholls 65.87 217 65.87 61.57 64.45 300 14 16 10 12 L1 5-5 7 6 6 9 1 1 0 0 0 6 14 10 vs UIW 75.40 at Southern Miss 57.05
7 UIW 61.20 274 66.77 61.20 68.15 211 11 17 11 11 L4 3-7 6 6 5 10 0 1 0 2 0 7 11 8 vs Northwestern State 70.76 vs Nicholls 51.44
8 East Texas A&M 59.98 290 64.26 59.89 65.95 268 11 17 9 13 L3 3-7 7 6 4 10 0 1 0 2 2 3 9 12 at Louisiana 73.67 vs Houston Christian 51.31
9 Houston Christian 58.59 300 64.96 57.52 67.34 240 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 52.67
10 Southeastern Louisiana 56.91 313 69.16 56.12 68.51 195 4 24 4 18 L2 3-7 3 9 1 15 0 0 0 3 0 5 4 16 at Arkansas 69.76 vs McNeese 49.96
11 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 54.47 329 58.02 51.78 65.93 269 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 44.49
12 New Orleans 51.06 351 57.54 50.70 67.99 216 3 26 3 19 L6 2-8 1 12 2 14 0 0 0 2 0 6 3 18 at UIW 60.34 at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 40.13
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 at Texas A&M W 68 - 48  89.77 1 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi vs New Orleans W 85 - 54  14.33 1 New Orleans at UIW W 77 - 73  14.10
2 McNeese vs SFA W 87 - 60  86.34 2 East Texas A&M at Louisiana W 72 - 47  13.26 2 McNeese vs Belmont W 76 - 66  13.33
3 McNeese at Southeastern Louisiana W 72 - 30  83.28 3 McNeese at Texas A&M W 68 - 48  13.17 3 East Texas A&M at SFA W 65 - 64  10.80
4 McNeese vs Houston Christian W 83 - 35  82.23 4 Houston Christian at East Texas A&M W 71 - 53  12.36 4 New Orleans at Southeastern Louisiana W 64 - 63  10.61
5 McNeese at UIW W 74 - 53  80.89 5 McNeese vs Belmont W 76 - 66  11.27 5 Northwestern State at McNeese W 65 - 58  9.92
6 McNeese at Lamar W 64 - 52  80.47 6 Nicholls vs UIW W 81 - 55  11.27 6 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi vs UIW W 70 - 64  8.49
7 SFA vs McNeese W 71 - 59  80.40 7 UTRGV vs Lamar W 75 - 53  11.24 7 UTRGV at Northwestern State W 61 - 55  8.29
8 McNeese vs East Texas A&M W 71 - 45  79.73 8 McNeese vs SFA W 87 - 60  10.16 8 Houston Christian at East Texas A&M W 71 - 53  8.13
9 SFA at UIW W 93 - 71  79.29 9 Nicholls vs Houston Christian W 70 - 47  10.14 9 McNeese at Texas A&M W 68 - 48  7.92
10 McNeese vs UIW W 75 - 54  79.28 10 New Orleans at UIW W 77 - 73  8.89 10 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi at Houston Christian W 46 - 42  7.86
Southland projected standings Southland projected tournament bracket (projections in italics)
Conference Overall 1 McNeese
Rank Team W L W L  
1 McNeese 21 1 27 6 4 UTRGV @ Lake Charles, LA McNeese
2 Lamar 17 5 19 11      
3 SFA 16 6 23 10 5 Northwestern State @ Lake Charles, LA UTRGV  
4 UTRGV 16 6 19 14      
5 Northwestern State 14 8 16 14 @ Lake Charles, LA Northwestern State @ Lake Charles, LA SFA
6 UIW 11 11 11 17     2026 Southland
7 Nicholls 10 12 14 16 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 pre-tournament ratings and projected tournament bracket
Reaching Reaching Winning
Seed Team semifinals final tournament
1 McNeese 100.00% 79.67% 57.40%
2 Lamar 100.00% 46.16% 14.28%
3 SFA 77.39% 46.81% 18.70%
4 UTRGV 59.81% 13.24% 5.69%
5 Northwestern State 33.17% 6.48% 2.55%
6 UIW 9.36% 2.68% 0.43%
7 Nicholls 13.25% 4.35% 0.81%
8 East Texas A&M 7.02% 0.60% 0.12% © Omni Rankings