Bracketology 2025-26: Games through Sunday, March 1

Seed List:

Overall	Seed	Team	Conf.	Qualification	W/L	HBC Score
1	1	Duke	ACC	Proj. Auto-bid	27-2	101.933
2		Michigan	B10	Proj. Auto-bid	27-2	101.390
3		Arizona	B12	Proj. Auto-bid	27-2	100.306
4		Connecticut	BE	Proj. Auto-bid	27-3	96.951
5	2	Florida	SEC	Proj. Auto-bid	23-6	94.352
6		Houston	B12	At Large	24-5	92.187
7		Illinois	B10	At Large	22-7	91.682
8		Michigan St.	B10	At Large	24-5	91.448
9	3	Iowa St.	B12	At Large	24-5	91.439
10		Nebraska	B10	At Large	25-4	90.796
11		Purdue	B10	At Large	22-7	90.610
12		Texas Tech	B12	At Large	22-7	90.482
13	4	Alabama	SEC	At Large	22-7	90.266
14		Kansas	B12	At Large	21-8	89.373
15		Gonzaga	WCC	Proj. Auto-bid	28-3	86.572
16		Virginia	ACC	At Large	25-4	86.463
17	5	Vanderbilt	SEC	At Large	22-7	85.102
18		Arkansas	SEC	At Large	21-8	84.275
19		North Carolina	ACC	At Large	23-6	83.176
20		Tennessee	SEC	At Large	20-9	82.763
21	6	St. John's	BE	At Large	23-6	81.838
22		Wisconsin	B10	At Large	20-9	80.615
23		BYU	B12	At Large	20-9	80.310
24		Kentucky	SEC	At Large	19-10	79.322
25	7	Louisville	ACC	At Large	20-9	77.904
26		Villanova	BE	At Large	22-7	77.676
27		Saint Mary's	WCC	At Large	26-4	77.496
28		Saint Louis	A10	Proj. Auto-bid	25-3	76.505
29	8	Utah St.	MWC	Proj. Auto-bid	23-5	76.476
30		Miami FL	ACC	At Large	23-6	76.442
31		Clemson	ACC	At Large	21-8	76.335
32		UCF	B12	At Large	20-8	75.224
33	9	Iowa	B10	At Large	20-9	75.211
34		N.C. State	ACC	At Large	19-10	75.105
35		Missouri	SEC	At Large	20-9	74.103
36		Georgia	SEC	At Large	20-9	74.058
37	10	Texas	SEC	At Large	17-11	72.970
38		UCLA	B10	At Large	19-10	72.750
39		SMU	ACC	At Large	19-10	72.550
40		Miami OH	MAC	Proj. Auto-bid	26-0	72.275
41	11	Ohio St.	B10	At Large	18-11	72.188
42		Texas A&M	SEC	At Large	19-10	69.836
43		TCU	B12	At Large	19-10	69.308
44		New Mexico	MWC	At Large	21-7	67.187
45		Santa Clara	WCC	At Large	23-7	69.232
46		VCU	A10	At Large	22-7	66.371
47	12	South Florida	Amer	Proj. Auto-bid	20-8	64.559
48		Belmont	MVC	Proj. Auto-bid	25-5	61.088
49		Yale	Ivy	Proj. Auto-bid	20-5	55.367
50		High Point	BSth	Proj. Auto-bid	24-4	52.708
51	13	Liberty	CUSA	Proj. Auto-bid	21-5	52.243
52		Stephen F. Austin	Slnd	Proj. Auto-bid	24-4	50.394
53		Utah Valley	WAC	Proj. Auto-bid	19-7	49.495
54		UNC Wilmington	CAA	Proj. Auto-bid	23-5	47.430
55	14	Hawaii	BW	Proj. Auto-bid	19-7	41.225
56		North Dakota St.	Sum	Proj. Auto-bid	21-7	39.428
57		Navy	Pat	Proj. Auto-bid	23-6	37.828
58		Troy	SB	Proj. Auto-bid	18-11	37.161
59	15	East Tennessee St.	SC	Proj. Auto-bid	19-10	37.045
60		Wright St.	Horz	Proj. Auto-bid	18-11	34.413
61		Central Arkansas	ASun	Proj. Auto-bid	18-11	34.358
62		Merrimack	MAAC	Proj. Auto-bid	21-10	32.490
63	16	Portland St.	BSky	Proj. Auto-bid	15-10	32.449
64		Tennessee St.	OVC	Proj. Auto-bid	18-9	25.794
65		UMBC	AE	Proj. Auto-bid	18-8	25.157
66		LIU	NEC	Proj. Auto-bid	21-10	24.796
67		Howard	MEAC	Proj. Auto-bid	15-10	22.887
68		Bethune Cookman	SWAC	Proj. Auto-bid	16-13	21.925
69	1st out	San Diego St.	MWC	At Large	18-9	66.298
70	2nd out	Indiana	B10	At Large	17-12	65.838
71	3rd out	Auburn	SEC	At Large	15-14	65.720
72	4th out	Seton Hall	BE	At Large	19-10	65.195
73	5th out	Virginia Tech	ACC	At Large	18-11	64.450
74	6th out	USC	B10	At Large	17-11	64.034
75	7th out	West Virginia	B12	At Large	17-12	63.444
76	8th out	California	ACC	At Large	19-9	61.914
77	9th out	Boise St.	MWC	At Large	17-10	61.752
78	10th out	Oklahoma	SEC	At Large	15-14	61.672
79	11th out	Stanford	ACC	At Large	18-11	61.199
80	12th out	Cincinnati	B12	At Large	16-13	60.979
81	13th out	Tulsa	Amer	At Large	21-6	59.740
82	14th out	Baylor	B12	At Large	14-14	59.188
83	15th out	Akron	MAC	At Large	22-5	58.516
84	16th out	Dayton	A10	At Large	20-9	58.502
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	10
B10	9
ACC	8
B12	8
BE	3
WCC	3
MWC	2
A10	2

Bracket:

		Regional Parity
East (Washington, DC)		34	32	Midwest (Chicago)
1	Duke	1	2	Michigan	1
16	LIU vs. UMBC			Tennessee St.	16
	Greenville, SC			Buffalo, NY
8	Miami FL			UCF	8
9	Missouri			Georgia	9
5	Vanderbilt			Arkansas	5
12	Belmont			Yale	12
	Tampa, FL			Portland, OR
4	Kansas	14	16	Virginia	4
13	Liberty			Stephen F. Austin	13
6	St. John's			Wisconsin	6
11	Ohio St.			VCU vs. Santa Clara	11
	San Diego, CA			St. Louis, MO
3	Texas Tech	12	9	Iowa St.	3
14	Hawaii			Troy	14
7	Saint Mary's			Louisville	7
10	Texas			Miami OH	10
	St. Louis, MO			Tampa, FL
2	Illinois	7	5	Florida	2
15	Wright St.			East Tennessee St.	15
		Regional Parity
South (Houston)		33	37	West (San Jose)
1	Connecticut	4	3	Arizona	1
16	Bethune Cookman vs. Howard			Portland St.	16
	Philadelphia, PA			San Diego, CA
8	Utah St.			Clemson	8
9	N.C. State			Iowa	9
5	North Carolina			Tennessee	5
12	High Point			South Florida	12
	Philadelphia, PA			Portland, OR
4	Alabama	13	15	Gonzaga	4
13	UNC Wilmington			Utah Valley	13
6	Kentucky			BYU	6
11	New Mexico vs. TCU			Texas A&M	11
	Oklahoma City, OK			Greenville, SC
3	Nebraska	10	11	Purdue	3
14	North Dakota St.			Navy	14
7	Saint Louis			Villanova	7
10	UCLA			SMU	10
	Oklahoma City, OK			Buffalo, NY
2	Houston	6	8	Michigan St.	2
15	Central Arkansas			Merrimack	15