Bracketology 2025-26: Games through Tuesday, March 3

Seed List:

Overall	Seed	Team	Conf.	Qualification	W/L	HBC Score
1	1	Duke	ACC	Proj. Auto-bid	28-2	101.601
2		Michigan	B10	Proj. Auto-bid	27-2	99.071
3		Arizona	B12	Proj. Auto-bid	28-2	98.740
4		Connecticut	BE	Proj. Auto-bid	27-3	96.884
5	2	Florida	SEC	Proj. Auto-bid	24-6	94.640
6		Houston	B12	At Large	24-5	93.801
7		Michigan St.	B10	At Large	24-5	93.799
8		Illinois	B10	At Large	23-7	93.073
9	3	Iowa St.	B12	At Large	24-6	91.508
10		Purdue	B10	At Large	22-7	91.035
11		Nebraska	B10	At Large	25-5	90.252
12		Texas Tech	B12	At Large	22-8	89.551
13	4	Alabama	SEC	At Large	22-8	89.391
14		Virginia	ACC	At Large	26-4	89.342
15		Gonzaga	WCC	Proj. Auto-bid	28-3	87.884
16		Kansas	B12	At Large	21-9	86.945
17	5	Vanderbilt	SEC	At Large	23-7	85.527
18		North Carolina	ACC	At Large	24-6	83.254
19		Tennessee	SEC	At Large	21-9	83.206
20		Arkansas	SEC	At Large	21-8	82.779
21	6	St. John's	BE	At Large	24-6	82.621
22		Wisconsin	B10	At Large	20-9	81.486
23		Louisville	ACC	At Large	21-9	78.796
24		Kentucky	SEC	At Large	19-11	78.668
25	7	Villanova	BE	At Large	22-7	77.432
26		BYU	B12	At Large	20-10	77.297
27		Saint Mary's	WCC	At Large	26-4	76.771
28		Saint Louis	A10	Proj. Auto-bid	25-3	76.582
29	8	Miami FL	ACC	At Large	23-6	76.305
30		Clemson	ACC	At Large	21-9	76.256
31		Georgia	SEC	At Large	21-9	76.079
32		Utah St.	MWC	Proj. Auto-bid	23-6	74.647
33	9	UCLA	B10	At Large	20-10	74.209
34		UCF	B12	At Large	20-9	73.924
35		Iowa	B10	At Large	20-9	73.239
36		Missouri	SEC	At Large	20-10	72.683
37	10	N.C. State	ACC	At Large	19-11	72.596
38		TCU	B12	At Large	20-10	72.580
39		Texas	SEC	At Large	17-11	72.328
40		Miami OH	MAC	Proj. Auto-bid	27-0	71.921
41	11	Ohio St.	B10	At Large	18-11	71.341
42		Texas A&M	SEC	At Large	20-10	71.067
43		SMU	ACC	At Large	19-10	69.796
44		New Mexico	MWC	At Large	21-7	67.791
45		Santa Clara	WCC	At Large	23-7	69.457
46		VCU	A10	At Large	23-7	66.418
47	12	South Florida	Amer	Proj. Auto-bid	20-8	65.127
48		Belmont	MVC	Proj. Auto-bid	25-5	60.530
49		Yale	Ivy	Proj. Auto-bid	20-5	54.453
50		Stephen F. Austin	Slnd	Proj. Auto-bid	25-4	52.561
51	13	High Point	BSth	Proj. Auto-bid	24-4	52.449
52		Liberty	CUSA	Proj. Auto-bid	21-5	50.462
53		Utah Valley	WAC	Proj. Auto-bid	19-7	49.485
54		UNC Wilmington	CAA	Proj. Auto-bid	24-5	47.709
55	14	Hawaii	BW	Proj. Auto-bid	19-7	41.076
56		North Dakota St.	Sum	Proj. Auto-bid	21-7	39.355
57		Navy	Pat	Proj. Auto-bid	23-6	37.720
58		Troy	SB	Proj. Auto-bid	18-11	37.631
59	15	East Tennessee St.	SC	Proj. Auto-bid	19-10	36.981
60		Portland St.	BSky	Proj. Auto-bid	16-10	35.637
61		Wright St.	Horz	Proj. Auto-bid	18-11	34.139
62		Central Arkansas	ASun	Proj. Auto-bid	18-11	34.068
63	16	Merrimack	MAAC	Proj. Auto-bid	21-10	32.206
64		Tennessee St.	OVC	Proj. Auto-bid	18-9	28.187
65		UMBC	AE	Proj. Auto-bid	19-8	27.974
66		LIU	NEC	Proj. Auto-bid	21-10	24.791
67		Howard	MEAC	Proj. Auto-bid	16-10	22.804
68		Bethune Cookman	SWAC	Proj. Auto-bid	16-13	21.906
69	1st out	Auburn	SEC	At Large	16-14	65.603
70	2nd out	Indiana	B10	At Large	17-12	65.483
71	3rd out	Virginia Tech	ACC	At Large	19-11	64.907
72	4th out	San Diego St.	MWC	At Large	18-10	64.681
73	5th out	Seton Hall	BE	At Large	20-10	64.431
74	6th out	Cincinnati	B12	At Large	17-13	64.093
75	7th out	California	ACC	At Large	19-9	63.382
76	8th out	USC	B10	At Large	17-11	63.311
77	9th out	West Virginia	B12	At Large	17-13	62.690
78	10th out	Oklahoma	SEC	At Large	16-14	61.526
79	11th out	Stanford	ACC	At Large	18-11	61.389
80	12th out	Arizona St.	B12	At Large	16-14	60.551
81	13th out	Oklahoma St.	B12	At Large	18-12	60.016
82	14th out	Boise St.	MWC	At Large	18-10	59.388
83	15th out	Baylor	B12	At Large	14-14	59.079
84	16th out	Dayton	A10	At Large	21-9	58.580
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)		33	33	Midwest (Chicago)
1	Duke	1	2	Michigan	1
16	Merrimack			LIU vs. UMBC	16
	Greenville, SC			Buffalo, NY
8	Miami FL			Utah St.	8
9	Missouri			UCF	9
5	Tennessee			Vanderbilt	5
12	Yale			South Florida	12
	Portland, OR			Philadelphia, PA
4	Kansas	16	14	Virginia	4
13	Utah Valley			High Point	13
6	Wisconsin			Kentucky	6
11	VCU vs. Santa Clara			Ohio St.	11
	St. Louis, MO			San Diego, CA
3	Iowa St.	9	12	Texas Tech	3
14	North Dakota St.			Hawaii	14
7	Saint Louis			Villanova	7
10	Miami OH			N.C. State	10
	Buffalo, NY			Tampa, FL
2	Michigan St.	7	5	Florida	2
15	Central Arkansas			Wright St.	15
		Regional Parity
South (Houston)		33	37	West (San Jose)
1	Connecticut	4	3	Arizona	1
16	Bethune Cookman vs. Howard			Tennessee St.	16
	Philadelphia, PA			San Diego, CA
8	Clemson			Georgia	8
9	UCLA			Iowa	9
5	North Carolina			Arkansas	5
12	Belmont			Stephen F. Austin	12
	Tampa, FL			Portland, OR
4	Alabama	13	15	Gonzaga	4
13	Liberty			UNC Wilmington	13
6	St. John's			Louisville	6
11	New Mexico vs. SMU			Texas A&M	11
	Greenville, SC			Oklahoma City, OK
3	Purdue	10	11	Nebraska	3
14	Navy			Troy	14
7	BYU			Saint Mary's	7
10	Texas			TCU	10
	Oklahoma City, OK			St. Louis, MO
2	Houston	6	8	Illinois	2
15	Portland St.			East Tennessee St.	15
	Thursday/Saturday Sites			Friday/Sunday Sites
	Buffalo			Tampa
	Greenville			Philadelphia
	Oklahoma City			San Diego
	Portland			St. Louis
	South (Houston)			Midwest (Chicago)
	West (San Jose)			East (Washington, DC)
		Final Four
		Indianapolis