Bracketology 2025-26: Preseason

Preseason Seed List:

Overall	Seed	Team	Conf.	Qualification
1	1	Houston	B12	Proj. Auto-Bid
2		Florida	SEC	Proj. Auto-Bid
3		Purdue	B10	Proj. Auto-Bid
4		Michigan	B10	At Large
5	2	Duke	ACC	Proj. Auto-Bid
6		Kentucky	SEC	At Large
7		Connecticut	BE	Proj. Auto-Bid
8		Arizona	B12	At Large
9	3	BYU	B12	At Large
10		St. John's	BE	At Large
11		Illinois	B10	At Large
12		Tennessee	SEC	At Large
13	4	UCLA	B10	At Large
14		Kansas	B12	At Large
15		Gonzaga	WCC	Proj. Auto-Bid
16		Alabama	SEC	At Large
17	5	Louisville	ACC	At Large
18		Iowa St.	B12	At Large
19		Texas Tech	B12	At Large
20		Arkansas	SEC	At Large
21	6	North Carolina	ACC	At Large
22		Vanderbilt	SEC	At Large
23		Wisconsin	B10	At Large
24		Baylor	B12	At Large
25	7	Michigan St.	B10	At Large
26		Creighton	BE	At Large
27		San Diego St.	MWC	Proj. Auto-Bid
28		Auburn	SEC	At Large
29	8	Oregon	B10	At Large
30		Ohio St.	B10	At Large
31		Mississippi	SEC	At Large
32		USC	B10	At Large
33	9	Texas	SEC	At Large
34		Missouri	SEC	At Large
35		Mississippi St.	SEC	At Large
36		Cincinnati	B12	At Large
37	10	Clemson	ACC	At Large
38		N.C. State	ACC	At Large
39		Saint Mary's	WCC	At Large
40		Memphis	Amer	Proj. Auto-Bid
41	11	Marquette	BE	At Large
42		Maryland	B10	At Large
43		Oklahoma	SEC	At Large
44		Iowa	B10	At Large
45		Boise St.	MWC	At Large
46		VCU	A10	Proj. Auto-Bid
47	12	Yale	Ivy	Proj. Auto-Bid
48		Liberty	CUSA	Proj. Auto-Bid
49		UC Irvine	BW	Proj. Auto-Bid
50		McNeese St.	Slnd	Proj. Auto-Bid
51	13	Akron	MAC	Proj. Auto-Bid
52		Bradley	MVC	Proj. Auto-Bid
53		High Point	BSth	Proj. Auto-Bid
54		Utah Valley	WAC	Proj. Auto-Bid
55	14	UNC Wilmington	CAA	Proj. Auto-Bid
56		Chattanooga	SC	Proj. Auto-Bid
57		St. Thomas	Sum	Proj. Auto-Bid
58		Little Rock	OVC	Proj. Auto-Bid
59	15	Troy	SB	Proj. Auto-Bid
60		Youngstown St.	Horz	Proj. Auto-Bid
61		Vermont	AE	Proj. Auto-Bid
62		Montana	BSky	Proj. Auto-Bid
63	16	Siena	MAAC	Proj. Auto-Bid
64		Colgate	Pat	Proj. Auto-Bid
65		Florida Gulf Coast	ASun	Proj. Auto-Bid
66		Southern	SWAC	Proj. Auto-Bid
67		Norfolk St.	MEAC	Proj. Auto-Bid
68		LIU	NEC	Proj. Auto-Bid
69	1st out	Texas A&M	SEC
70	2nd out	Washington	B10
71	3rd out	Indiana	B10
72	4th out	Utah St.	MWC
73	5th out	SMU	ACC
74	6th out	Virginia	ACC
75	7th out	Providence	BE
76	8th out	Villanova	BE
77	9th out	Wake Forest	ACC
78	10th out	Dayton	A10
79	11th out	Kansas St.	B12
80	12th out	Pittsburgh	ACC
81	13th out	Xavier	BE
82	14th out	LSU	SEC
83	15th out	Nebraska	B10
84	16th out	Georgia	SEC
Conference Auto Bid (Projected Conf. Tournament Champion)
Last 4 In
Last 4 Byes
Conference Breakdown (conferences not shown have only the auto-bid)
SEC	12
B10	11
B12	8
ACC	5
BE	4
MWC	2
WCC	2

Preseason Bracket:

		Regional Parity
South (Houston)		33	33	East (Washington, DC)
1	Houston	1	2	Florida	1
16	Colgate			Siena	16
	Oklahoma City, OK			Tampa, FL
8	Oregon			Ohio St.	8
9	Texas			Mississippi St.	9
5	Texas Tech			Arkansas	5
12	UC Irvine			Liberty	12
	Portland, OR			San Diego, CA
4	Gonzaga	15	13	UCLA	4
13	Utah Valley			Bradley	13
6	Baylor			Vanderbilt	6
11	Oklahoma vs. Maryland			Boise St. vs. Iowa	11
	Buffalo, NY			Philadelphia, PA
3	Illinois	11	10	St. John's	3
14	St. Thomas			UNC Wilmington	14
7	Creighton			Michigan St.	7
10	Clemson			N.C. State	10
	St. Louis, MO			San Diego, CA
2	Kentucky	6	8	Arizona	2
15	Troy			Montana	15
		Regional Parity
West (San Jose)		36	34	Midwest (Chicago)
1	Michigan	4	3	Purdue	1
16	Southern vs. Florida Gulf Coast			LIU vs. Norfolk St.	16
	Buffalo, NY			St. Louis, MO
8	USC			Mississippi	8
9	Missouri			Cincinnati	9
5	Iowa St.			Louisville	5
12	Yale			McNeese St.	12
	Tampa, FL			Oklahoma City, OK
4	Alabama	16	14	Kansas	4
13	High Point			Akron	13
6	North Carolina			Wisconsin	6
11	Marquette			VCU	11
	Portland, OR			Greenville, SC
3	BYU	9	12	Tennessee	3
14	Little Rock			Chattanooga	14
7	San Diego St.			Auburn	7
10	Memphis			Saint Mary's	10
	Philadelphia, PA			Greenville, SC
2	Connecticut	7	5	Duke	2
15	Vermont			Youngstown St.	15