Bracketology 2025-26: Games through Sunday, January 25

Seed List:

Overall	Seed	Team	Conf.	Qualification	W/L	HBC Score
1	1	Arizona	B12	Proj. Auto-bid	20-0	100.553
2		Connecticut	BE	Proj. Auto-bid	19-1	97.628
3		Duke	ACC	Proj. Auto-bid	18-1	96.525
4		Michigan	B10	At Large	18-1	96.446
5	2	Nebraska	B10	Proj. Auto-bid	20-0	93.518
6		Michigan St.	B10	At Large	18-2	93.257
7		Illinois	B10	At Large	17-3	92.285
8		Iowa St.	B12	At Large	18-2	92.357
9	3	Purdue	B10	At Large	17-3	92.244
10		Houston	B12	At Large	17-2	91.547
11		Gonzaga	WCC	Proj. Auto-bid	21-1	90.894
12		Texas Tech	B12	At Large	16-4	90.304
13	4	Vanderbilt	SEC	At Large	17-3	89.896
14		Virginia	ACC	At Large	16-3	89.802
15		BYU	B12	At Large	17-2	89.534
16		Kansas	B12	At Large	15-5	89.496
17	5	Alabama	SEC	At Large	13-6	86.280
18		Arkansas	SEC	At Large	15-5	85.828
19		Louisville	ACC	At Large	14-5	82.411
20		Florida	SEC	At Large	14-6	83.378
21	6	North Carolina	ACC	At Large	16-4	83.222
22		St. John's	BE	At Large	15-5	83.200
23		Tennessee	SEC	At Large	13-6	83.115
24		Clemson	ACC	At Large	17-4	83.013
25	7	Villanova	BE	At Large	15-5	80.113
26		Kentucky	SEC	At Large	14-6	81.214
27		SMU	ACC	At Large	15-5	80.939
28		Auburn	SEC	At Large	13-7	80.540
29	8	Saint Louis	A10	Proj. Auto-bid	18-1	79.733
30		UCF	B12	At Large	15-4	79.247
31		Texas A&M	SEC	Proj. Auto-bid	16-4	79.204
32		N.C. State	ACC	At Large	14-6	78.931
33	9	Saint Mary's	WCC	At Large	18-3	78.621
34		Georgia	SEC	At Large	16-4	78.564
35		Iowa	B10	At Large	14-5	78.475
36		USC	B10	At Large	14-5	75.998
37	10	Wisconsin	B10	At Large	14-6	77.793
38		Utah St.	MWC	At Large	15-3	77.630
39		Miami FL	ACC	At Large	16-4	75.766
40		UCLA	B10	At Large	14-6	75.617
41	11	San Diego St.	MWC	Proj. Auto-bid	13-5	72.635
42		Ohio St.	B10	At Large	13-6	75.595
43		New Mexico	MWC	At Large	15-4	73.731
44		Texas	SEC	At Large	11-8	71.014
45		Virginia Tech	ACC	At Large	15-6	70.939
46		Miami OH	MAC	Proj. Auto-bid	17-0	69.850
47	12	Yale	Ivy	Proj. Auto-bid	13-3	63.683
48		Belmont	MVC	Proj. Auto-bid	17-3	62.970
49		Liberty	CUSA	Proj. Auto-bid	14-3	59.530
50		Stephen F. Austin	Slnd	Proj. Auto-bid	15-3	53.380
51	13	Florida Atlantic	Amer	Proj. Auto-bid	12-7	52.639
52		Hawaii	BW	Proj. Auto-bid	13-4	49.582
53		Troy	SB	Proj. Auto-bid	13-6	48.076
54		UNC Wilmington	CAA	Proj. Auto-bid	16-3	45.807
55	14	North Dakota St.	Sum	Proj. Auto-bid	15-5	42.633
56		Winthrop	BSth	Proj. Auto-bid	12-8	41.733
57		East Tennessee St.	SC	Proj. Auto-bid	13-6	41.530
58		UT Arlington	WAC	Proj. Auto-bid	11-6	38.778
59	15	Lipscomb	ASun	Proj. Auto-bid	12-7	38.265
60		Portland St.	BSky	Proj. Auto-bid	10-5	36.910
61		Wright St.	Horz	Proj. Auto-bid	11-8	36.247
62		Navy	Pat	Proj. Auto-bid	13-6	32.450
63	16	Tennessee Martin	OVC	Proj. Auto-bid	12-5	31.316
64		Merrimack	MAAC	Proj. Auto-bid	13-9	28.887
65		LIU	NEC	Proj. Auto-bid	12-8	26.106
66		Vermont	AE	Proj. Auto-bid	11-8	24.954
67		Bethune Cookman	SWAC	Proj. Auto-bid	7-11	24.412
68		Maryland Eastern Shore	MEAC	Proj. Auto-bid	6-13	8.358
69	1st out	Missouri	SEC	At Large	14-6	70.531
70	2nd out	Butler	BE	At Large	13-7	70.052
71	3rd out	TCU	B12	At Large	13-7	70.012
72	4th out	Santa Clara	WCC	At Large	16-5	69.843
73	5th out	California	ACC	At Large	14-5	69.827
74	6th out	Indiana	B10	At Large	13-7	69.678
75	7th out	Seton Hall	BE	At Large	14-6	69.644
76	8th out	Stanford	ACC	At Large	14-6	69.568
77	9th out	LSU	SEC	At Large	13-7	69.236
78	10th out	VCU	A10	At Large	14-6	68.960
79	11th out	Creighton	BE	At Large	12-8	68.818
80	12th out	George Mason	A10	At Large	17-2	67.760
81	13th out	Washington	B10	At Large	11-9	67.410
82	14th out	West Virginia	B12	At Large	13-7	66.779
83	15th out	Baylor	B12	At Large	10-8	66.596
84	16th out	Tulsa	Amer	At Large	15-3	66.076
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)
B10	10
SEC	10
ACC	9
B12	7
BE	3
MWC	3
WCC	2

Bracket:

		Regional Parity
West (San Jose)		34	34	East (Washington, DC)
1	Arizona	1	2	Connecticut	1
16	Merrimack			Maryland Eastern Shore vs. Bethune Cookman	16
	San Diego, CA			Philadelphia, PA
8	N.C. State			UCF	8
9	Iowa			Georgia	9
5	Florida			Arkansas	5
12	Stephen F. Austin			Liberty	12
	Portland, OR			Philadelphia, PA
4	BYU	15	14	Virginia	4
13	Hawaii			Florida Atlantic	13
6	Clemson			Tennessee	6
11	San Diego St.			New Mexico vs. Ohio St.	11
	Portland, OR			San Diego, CA
3	Gonzaga	11	12	Texas Tech	3
14	Winthrop			East Tennessee St.	14
7	Auburn			Villanova	7
10	UCLA			Miami FL	10
	St. Louis, MO			Buffalo, NY
2	Illinois	7	6	Michigan St.	2
15	Lipscomb			Wright St.	15
		Regional Parity
South (Houston)		34	34	Midwest (Chicago)
1	Michigan	4	3	Duke	1
16	Tennessee Martin			Vermont vs. LIU	16
	Buffalo, NY			Greenville, SC
8	Texas A&M			Saint Louis	8
9	Saint Mary's			USC	9
5	Louisville			Alabama	5
12	Yale			Belmont	12
	Tampa, FL			Tampa, FL
4	Vanderbilt	13	16	Kansas	4
13	UNC Wilmington			Troy	13
6	St. John's			North Carolina	6
11	Virginia Tech vs. Texas			Miami OH	11
	Greenville, SC			Oklahoma City, OK
3	Purdue	9	10	Houston	3
14	UT Arlington			North Dakota St.	14
7	SMU			Kentucky	7
10	Wisconsin			Utah St.	10
	St. Louis, MO			Oklahoma City, OK
2	Iowa St.	8	5	Nebraska	2
15	Navy			Portland St.	15