Bracketology 2025-26: Games through Friday, February 27

Seed List

Overall	Seed	Team	Conf.	Qualification	W/L	HBC Score
1	1	Duke	ACC	Proj. Auto-bid	26-2	101.289
2		Michigan	B10	Proj. Auto-bid	27-2	100.828
3		Arizona	B12	Proj. Auto-bid	26-2	99.394
4		Connecticut	BE	Proj. Auto-bid	26-3	95.866
5	2	Iowa St.	B12	At Large	24-4	94.477
6		Florida	SEC	Proj. Auto-bid	22-6	93.524
7		Houston	B12	At Large	23-5	92.308
8		Purdue	B10	At Large	22-6	92.205
9	3	Illinois	B10	At Large	22-7	92.038
10		Michigan St.	B10	At Large	23-5	91.244
11		Kansas	B12	At Large	21-7	89.976
12		Nebraska	B10	At Large	24-4	89.851
13	4	Gonzaga	WCC	Proj. Auto-bid	28-2	89.797
14		Texas Tech	B12	At Large	21-7	87.861
15		Virginia	ACC	At Large	25-3	87.457
16		Alabama	SEC	At Large	21-7	87.140
17	5	Vanderbilt	SEC	At Large	22-6	86.278
18		Tennessee	SEC	At Large	20-8	85.077
19		Arkansas	SEC	At Large	21-7	84.947
20		North Carolina	ACC	At Large	22-6	82.269
21	6	St. John's	BE	At Large	22-6	82.091
22		BYU	B12	At Large	20-8	81.960
23		Louisville	ACC	At Large	20-8	79.930
24		Wisconsin	B10	At Large	19-9	78.400
25	7	Kentucky	SEC	At Large	18-10	77.536
26		Villanova	BE	At Large	22-6	77.480
27		N.C. State	ACC	At Large	19-9	77.363
28		Iowa	B10	At Large	20-8	77.320
29	8	Utah St.	MWC	Proj. Auto-bid	22-5	76.509
30		UCF	B12	At Large	20-7	76.486
31		Miami FL	ACC	At Large	22-6	76.081
32		Saint Louis	A10	Proj. Auto-bid	24-3	75.326
33	9	Clemson	ACC	At Large	20-8	74.941
34		SMU	ACC	At Large	19-9	74.670
35		Saint Mary's	WCC	At Large	25-4	73.982
36		Georgia	SEC	At Large	19-9	72.868
37	10	UCLA	B10	At Large	19-9	72.378
38		Missouri	SEC	At Large	19-9	72.192
39		Texas A&M	SEC	At Large	19-9	71.712
40		Miami OH	MAC	Proj. Auto-bid	26-0	70.874
41	11	Texas	SEC	At Large	16-11	70.286
42		Auburn	SEC	At Large	15-13	70.258
43		Santa Clara	WCC	At Large	22-7	68.825
44		TCU	B12	At Large	18-10	68.276
45		Indiana	B10	At Large	17-11	68.267
46		California	ACC	At Large	19-8	66.052
47	12	South Florida	Amer	Proj. Auto-bid	19-8	64.311
48		Belmont	MVC	Proj. Auto-bid	25-4	61.251
49		Yale	Ivy	Proj. Auto-bid	19-5	54.732
50		High Point	BSth	Proj. Auto-bid	24-4	52.875
51	13	Liberty	CUSA	Proj. Auto-bid	20-5	51.912
52		Stephen F. Austin	Slnd	Proj. Auto-bid	23-4	50.087
53		Utah Valley	WAC	Proj. Auto-bid	18-7	50.051
54		UNC Wilmington	CAA	Proj. Auto-bid	23-4	48.493
55	14	Hawaii	BW	Proj. Auto-bid	18-7	41.421
56		North Dakota St.	Sum	Proj. Auto-bid	20-7	38.293
57		Navy	Pat	Proj. Auto-bid	22-6	37.493
58		Austin Peay	ASun	Proj. Auto-bid	19-7	37.245
59	15	Troy	SB	Proj. Auto-bid	18-11	36.770
60		East Tennessee St.	SC	Proj. Auto-bid	19-9	36.714
61		Wright St.	Horz	Proj. Auto-bid	17-11	34.238
62		Portland St.	BSky	Proj. Auto-bid	15-9	32.968
63	16	Merrimack	MAAC	Proj. Auto-bid	20-10	31.950
64		LIU	NEC	Proj. Auto-bid	20-10	24.421
65		UMBC	AE	Proj. Auto-bid	17-8	23.041
66		Bethune Cookman	SWAC	Proj. Auto-bid	15-13	21.416
67		Howard	MEAC	Proj. Auto-bid	14-10	20.945
68		Morehead St.	OVC	Proj. Auto-bid	16-12	15.057
69	1st out	New Mexico	MWC	At Large	20-7	65.399
70	2nd out	USC	B10	At Large	17-10	65.395
71	3rd out	Ohio St.	B10	At Large	17-11	65.098
72	4th out	San Diego St.	MWC	At Large	18-8	65.053
73	5th out	Virginia Tech	ACC	At Large	18-10	64.092
74	6th out	Seton Hall	BE	At Large	19-9	62.609
75	7th out	VCU	A10	At Large	21-7	62.427
76	8th out	West Virginia	B12	At Large	16-12	60.492
77	9th out	Boise St.	MWC	At Large	16-10	60.374
78	10th out	Oklahoma St.	B12	At Large	17-11	60.340
79	11th out	Cincinnati	B12	At Large	15-13	59.977
80	12th out	Nevada	MWC	At Large	19-9	59.471
81	13th out	Tulsa	Amer	At Large	21-6	59.195
82	14th out	McNeese St.	Slnd	At Large	22-5	59.153
83	15th out	Stanford	ACC	At Large	17-11	58.960
84	16th out	Grand Canyon	MWC	At Large	18-10	58.767
Conference Auto Bid (If Projected: Current conf. leader or team favored to win conf. tournament title game)
Last 4 In
Last 4 Byes
Conference Breakdown (conferences not shown have only the auto-bid)
SEC	11
B10	9
ACC	9
B12	8
BE	3
WCC	3

Bracket

		Regional Parity
East (Washington, DC)		33	34	Midwest (Chicago)
1	Duke	1	2	Michigan	1
16	LIU			Morehead St. vs. Howard	16
	Greenville, SC			Buffalo, NY
8	Saint Louis			UCF	8
9	Saint Mary's			Clemson	9
5	North Carolina			Vanderbilt	5
12	High Point			Belmont	12
	Portland, OR			Tampa, FL
4	Alabama	16	15	Virginia	4
13	Utah Valley			UNC Wilmington	13
6	Wisconsin			St. John's	6
11	Auburn			Texas	11
	Buffalo, NY			Greenville, SC
3	Illinois	9	11	Kansas	3
14	North Dakota St.			Navy	14
7	N.C. State			Iowa	7
10	Missouri			Miami OH	10
	Oklahoma City, OK			Tampa, FL
2	Houston	7	6	Florida	2
15	Wright St.			Troy	15
		Regional Parity
South (Houston)		33	36	West (San Jose)
1	Connecticut	4	3	Arizona	1
16	Bethune Cookman vs. UMBC			Merrimack	16
	Philadelphia, PA			San Diego, CA
8	Miami FL			Utah St.	8
9	Georgia			SMU	9
5	Tennessee			Arkansas	5
12	Yale			South Florida	12
	San Diego, CA			Portland, OR
4	Texas Tech	14	13	Gonzaga	4
13	Stephen F. Austin			Liberty	13
6	Louisville			BYU	6
11	TCU vs. Santa Clara			California vs. Indiana	11
	Philadelphia, PA			Oklahoma City, OK
3	Michigan St.	10	12	Nebraska	3
14	Austin Peay			Hawaii	14
7	Kentucky			Villanova	7
10	UCLA			Texas A&M	10
	St. Louis, MO			St. Louis, MO
2	Iowa St.	5	8	Purdue	2
15	East Tennessee St.			Portland St.	15