Omni Rankings™ 2025-2026 Women's college basketball ratings through 4/5/26 games
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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 James Madison 86.48 37 86.95 81.51 73.92 86 26 9 14 4 L1 9-1 14 3 7 5 5 1 1 4 9 4 16 1 vs Georgia Southern 95.18 at Georgia State 74.72
2 Arkansas State 78.67 71 79.79 68.19 70.80 125 26 10 14 4 L1 7-3 14 3 9 6 3 1 1 0 6 9 19 1 at South Alabama 89.56 at Central Arkansas 62.22
3 Troy 78.34 74 83.78 78.20 71.26 112 24 8 15 3 L2 6-4 12 1 9 6 3 1 0 4 8 2 16 2 at Missouri 89.94 at South Alabama 70.43
4 Marshall 78.19 77 78.19 70.09 70.97 120 26 9 13 5 W5 7-3 14 3 11 5 1 1 1 2 7 4 18 3 at Youngstown State 85.99 at James Madison 63.33
5 Georgia Southern 76.86 89 79.61 74.78 72.26 103 22 8 16 2 L2 7-3 13 1 9 6 0 1 1 3 6 4 15 1 vs Marshall 85.82 at Miami (FL) 68.06
6 ULM 71.29 143 72.50 66.70 69.86 153 16 16 7 11 L1 6-4 9 5 4 10 3 1 0 3 1 8 15 5 at Southern Miss 81.10 at Old Dominion 59.25
7 Old Dominion 70.38 156 71.16 68.13 71.62 109 17 14 9 9 L1 5-5 9 5 7 5 1 4 0 5 4 6 13 3 vs ULM 78.26 vs James Madison 59.37
8 Coastal Carolina 69.53 164 72.47 65.92 70.30 139 12 18 7 11 L2 3-7 7 7 5 10 0 1 0 5 0 8 12 5 at Southern Miss 83.31 at Jacksonville 61.55
9 South Alabama 69.27 166 72.59 63.86 68.16 209 17 19 5 13 L1 8-2 9 7 4 11 4 1 0 3 3 8 14 8 vs Marshall 78.82 vs Arkansas State 56.24
10 Southern Miss 67.56 197 76.52 67.56 70.67 130 13 16 8 10 L1 4-6 8 5 5 8 0 3 0 3 2 7 11 6 vs Southeastern Louisiana 82.94 vs Coastal Carolina 57.16
11 App State 66.36 208 74.91 66.36 70.75 127 9 19 4 14 L5 1-9 6 7 3 11 0 1 0 4 0 7 9 8 vs Southern Miss 80.97 at Georgia State 59.09
12 Georgia State 63.83 243 68.26 63.04 71.16 113 8 21 5 13 L1 1-9 5 8 3 12 0 1 1 2 0 10 7 9 vs App State 77.17 vs Louisiana 58.27
13 Texas State 62.32 263 64.10 57.12 69.14 174 9 19 7 11 L6 2-8 5 8 4 10 0 1 0 2 1 8 8 9 vs App State 70.66 at Coastal Carolina 53.69
14 Louisiana 57.21 310 64.04 53.98 70.53 133 4 25 2 16 L1 3-7 1 11 2 11 1 3 0 2 0 8 4 15 at Texas 64.04 at ULM 46.64
Sun Belt top performances Sun Belt surprise performances Sun Belt upset wins
Rank Team Opponent Result Rating Rank Team Opponent Result Rating Rank Team Opponent Result Rating
1 James Madison vs Georgia Southern W 81 - 53  95.18 1 Coastal Carolina at Southern Miss W 81 - 55  14.10 1 Georgia State vs James Madison W 72 - 70 OT 15.85
2 James Madison vs Marshall W 80 - 43  92.27 2 Southern Miss vs Southeastern Louisiana W 86 - 53  14.03 2 Louisiana vs Coastal Carolina W 69 - 66  13.94
3 James Madison at Old Dominion W 87 - 53  92.22 3 Arkansas State at South Alabama W 107 - 67  12.64 3 South Alabama vs Troy W 76 - 69  11.43
4 James Madison vs Kent State W 80 - 48  90.82 4 Marshall at Eastern Kentucky W 75 - 50  11.99 4 Louisiana at South Alabama W 57 - 54  10.67
5 James Madison vs Wisconsin W 69 - 50  90.52 5 ULM at Southern Miss W 85 - 62  11.91 5 Georgia State at Coastal Carolina W 68 - 63  9.31
6 James Madison vs Troy W 69 - 52  90.45 6 Marshall at Youngstown State W 72 - 46  11.82 6 Louisiana vs Georgia State W 71 - 66  8.20
7 Troy at Missouri W 100 - 82  89.94 7 Georgia State vs App State W 79 - 57  11.48 7 Southern Miss vs Troy W 98 - 95  7.53
8 Arkansas State at South Alabama W 107 - 67  89.56 8 App State vs Southern Miss W 82 - 59  11.43 8 Texas State at Georgia State W 68 - 59  7.18
9 Troy vs Arkansas State W 86 - 64  89.45 9 South Alabama at UAB W 91 - 68  11.02 9 Louisiana at Akron W 82 - 71  6.93
10 Troy vs Montana State W 74 - 60  89.24 10 James Madison vs Marshall W 80 - 43  10.75 10 South Alabama vs Marshall W 73 - 58  6.64
Sun Belt projected standings Sun Belt projected tournament bracket (projections in italics)
Conference Overall 1 Georgia Southern
Rank Team W L W L  
1 Georgia Southern 16 2 22 8 4 James Madison @ Pensacola, FL James Madison
2 Troy 15 3 24 8          
3 James Madison 14 4 26 9 5 Marshall @ Pensacola, FL James Madison  
4 Arkansas State 14 4 26 10      
5 Marshall 13 5 26 9 8 Texas State @ Pensacola, FL South Alabama @ Pensacola, FL James Madison
6 Old Dominion 9 9 17 14       2026 Sun Belt
7 Southern Miss 8 10 13 16 9 Coastal Carolina @ Pensacola, FL South Alabama 2 Troy   Women's Basketball
8 ULM 7 11 16 16         Tournament Champion
9 Coastal Carolina 7 11 12 18 12 South Alabama @ Pensacola, FL South Alabama 3 Arkansas State @ Pensacola, FL Troy
10 Texas State 7 11 9 19        
11 South Alabama 5 13 17 19 @ Pensacola, FL South Alabama 6 Old Dominion @ Pensacola, FL Arkansas State
12 Georgia State 5 13 8 21      
13 App State 4 14 9 19 13 App State 7 Southern Miss @ Pensacola, FL ULM
14 Louisiana 2 16 4 25    
10 ULM @ Pensacola, FL ULM
   
Sun Belt tournament probabilities Outcome realized Outcome unrealized 11 Louisiana @ Pensacola, FL ULM
Probabilities based on pre-tournament ratings and projected tournament bracket    
Reaching Reaching Winning @ Pensacola, FL Louisiana
Seed Team semifinals final tournament  
1 Georgia Southern 100.00% 39.50% 21.81% 14 Georgia State
2 Troy 100.00% 55.08% 20.92%
3 Arkansas State 76.71% 39.24% 15.31%
4 James Madison 81.21% 54.17% 38.47%
5 Marshall 16.19% 5.81% 2.39%
6 Old Dominion 13.60% 3.47% 0.62%
7 Southern Miss 4.31% 0.90% 0.13%
8 Texas State 0.20% 0.02% 0.00%
9 Coastal Carolina 1.89% 0.42% 0.11%
10 ULM 5.01% 1.27% 0.23%
11 Louisiana 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
12 South Alabama 0.24% 0.04% 0.01%
13 App State 0.26% 0.04% 0.01%
14 Georgia State 0.36% 0.05% 0.00% © Omni Rankings