Bracketology 2025-26: Games through Tuesday, March 10

Seed List:

Overall	Seed	Team	Conf.	Qualification	W/L	HBC Score
1	1	Duke	ACC	Proj. Auto-bid	29-2	103.778
2		Michigan	B10	Proj. Auto-bid	29-2	103.328
3		Arizona	B12	Proj. Auto-bid	29-2	99.127
4		Florida	SEC	Proj. Auto-bid	25-6	96.279
5	2	Connecticut	BE	At Large	27-4	95.940
6		Houston	B12	At Large	26-5	93.285
7		Michigan St.	B10	At Large	25-6	91.474
8		Illinois	B10	At Large	24-7	91.325
9	3	Iowa St.	B12	At Large	25-6	90.837
10		Nebraska	B10	At Large	26-5	90.408
11		Purdue	B10	At Large	23-8	89.998
12		Gonzaga	WCC	Auto-bid	30-3	89.299
13	4	Alabama	SEC	At Large	23-8	88.720
14		Kansas	B12	At Large	22-9	88.263
15		Texas Tech	B12	At Large	22-9	88.184
16		Virginia	ACC	At Large	27-4	87.917
17	5	Vanderbilt	SEC	At Large	24-7	86.691
18		Arkansas	SEC	At Large	23-8	85.186
19		St. John's	BE	Proj. Auto-bid	25-6	85.054
20		Wisconsin	B10	At Large	22-9	84.391
21	6	Louisville	ACC	At Large	22-9	84.278
22		North Carolina	ACC	At Large	24-7	82.679
23		Tennessee	SEC	At Large	21-10	82.169
24		BYU	B12	At Large	22-10	80.041
25	7	Kentucky	SEC	At Large	19-12	78.003
26		Villanova	BE	At Large	24-7	77.882
27		Saint Mary's	WCC	At Large	26-5	77.430
28		Miami FL	ACC	At Large	24-7	77.233
29	8	Georgia	SEC	At Large	22-9	77.179
30		UCLA	B10	At Large	21-10	77.170
31		Clemson	ACC	At Large	22-9	76.606
32		Utah St.	MWC	Proj. Auto-bid	24-6	75.960
33	9	Ohio St.	B10	At Large	20-11	75.000
34		TCU	B12	At Large	21-10	74.771
35		Iowa	B10	At Large	20-11	73.158
36		Saint Louis	A10	Proj. Auto-bid	26-4	73.071
37	10	Texas A&M	SEC	At Large	21-10	73.026
38		Miami OH	MAC	Proj. Auto-bid	28-0	72.330
39		UCF	B12	At Large	20-10	71.724
40		Missouri	SEC	At Large	20-11	71.298
41	11	N.C. State	ACC	At Large	19-12	71.268
42		Santa Clara	WCC	At Large	25-8	70.922
43		Texas	SEC	At Large	17-13	69.953
44		SMU	ACC	At Large	20-12	69.435
45		VCU	A10	At Large	24-7	67.299
46		Indiana	B10	At Large	18-13	67.056
47	12	South Florida	Amer	Proj. Auto-bid	22-8	65.509
48		Yale	Ivy	Proj. Auto-bid	21-5	55.589
49		Stephen F. Austin	Slnd	Proj. Auto-bid	26-4	52.587
50		High Point	BSth	Auto-bid	27-4	52.509
51	13	Northern Iowa	MVC	Auto-bid	22-12	52.381
52		Liberty	CUSA	Proj. Auto-bid	22-6	50.362
53		Utah Valley	WAC	Proj. Auto-bid	21-7	49.564
54		Hofstra	CAA	Auto-bid	22-10	48.332
55	14	UC Irvine	BW	Proj. Auto-bid	20-10	42.393
56		North Dakota St.	Sum	Auto-bid	24-7	40.232
57		Troy	SB	Auto-bid	20-11	39.548
58		Wright St.	Horz	Auto-bid	21-11	38.089
59	15	Tennessee St.	OVC	Auto-bid	20-9	30.870
60		Furman	SC	Auto-bid	19-12	30.848
61		Queens	ASun	Auto-bid	20-13	29.988
62		Montana	BSky	Proj. Auto-bid	15-14	29.453
63	16	UMBC	AE	Proj. Auto-bid	21-8	29.138
64		Siena	MAAC	Auto-bid	23-11	28.935
65		LIU	NEC	Auto-bid	24-10	24.168
66		Howard	MEAC	Proj. Auto-bid	17-10	22.657
67		Bethune Cookman	SWAC	Proj. Auto-bid	16-14	20.946
68		Lehigh	Pat	Proj. Auto-bid	15-16	12.924
69	1st out	Auburn	SEC	At Large	16-15	66.566
70	2nd out	New Mexico	MWC	At Large	21-9	66.560
71	3rd out	San Diego St.	MWC	At Large	19-10	65.913
72	4th out	Oklahoma	SEC	At Large	17-14	65.143
73	5th out	California	ACC	At Large	20-10	64.860
74	6th out	Virginia Tech	ACC	At Large	19-13	64.819
75	7th out	Oklahoma St.	B12	At Large	19-13	64.774
76	8th out	Cincinnati	B12	At Large	18-14	64.709
77	9th out	Seton Hall	BE	At Large	20-11	64.379
78	10th out	West Virginia	B12	At Large	18-13	64.195
79	11th out	Stanford	ACC	At Large	20-12	63.662
80	12th out	Arizona St.	B12	At Large	17-15	61.728
81	13th out	Tulsa	Amer	At Large	23-6	59.899
82	14th out	Akron	MAC	At Large	24-5	59.865
83	15th out	McNeese St.	Slnd	At Large	25-5	59.607
84	16th out	Florida St.	ACC	At Large	17-14	59.295
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	10
ACC	8
B12	8
BE	3
WCC	3
A10	2

Bracket:

		Regional Parity
East (Washington, DC)		33	32	Midwest (Chicago)
1	Duke	1	2	Michigan	1
16	Lehigh vs. Bethune Cookman			Howard vs. LIU	16
	Greenville, SC			Philadelphia, PA
8	UCLA			Clemson	8
9	TCU			Saint Louis	9
5	St. John's			Arkansas	5
12	Yale			Stephen F. Austin	12
	Greenville, SC			Portland, OR
4	Kansas	14	16	Virginia	4
13	Hofstra			Northern Iowa	13
6	North Carolina			Louisville	6
11	Santa Clara			Indiana vs. VCU	11
	Buffalo, NY			St. Louis, MO
3	Purdue	11	9	Iowa St.	3
14	Wright St.			Troy	14
7	Villanova			Saint Mary's	7
10	Miami OH			Missouri	10
	Buffalo, NY			Philadelphia, PA
2	Michigan St.	7	5	Connecticut	2
15	Tennessee St.			Queens	15
		Regional Parity
South (Houston)		35	36	West (San Jose)
1	Florida	4	3	Arizona	1
16	Siena			UMBC	16
	Tampa, FL			San Diego, CA
8	Georgia			Utah St.	8
9	Iowa			Ohio St.	9
5	Vanderbilt			Wisconsin	5
12	South Florida			High Point	12
	San Diego, CA			Tampa, FL
4	Texas Tech	15	13	Alabama	4
13	Utah Valley			Liberty	13
6	BYU			Tennessee	6
11	SMU vs. Texas			N.C. State	11
	Oklahoma City, OK			Portland, OR
3	Nebraska	10	12	Gonzaga	3
14	North Dakota St.			UC Irvine	14
7	Miami FL			Kentucky	7
10	Texas A&M			UCF	10
	Oklahoma City, OK			St. Louis, MO
2	Houston	6	8	Illinois	2
15	Furman			Montana	15
		Selection
		Sunday March 15
		First Four
		Dayton March 17-18
	Thursday/Saturday Sites	Rounds 1-4		Friday/Sunday Sites
	Buffalo	March 19-22		Tampa
	Greenville			Philadelphia
	Oklahoma City			San Diego
	Portland			St. Louis
	South (Houston)	March 26-29		Midwest (Chicago)
	West (San Jose)			East (Washington, DC)
		Final Four
		Indianapolis April 4-6