Bracketology 2024-25: Games through Thursday, February 6

Seed List:

Overall	Seed	Team	Conf.	Qualification	W/L	HBC Score
1	1	Auburn	SEC	Proj. Auto-bid	21-1	97.574
2		Duke	ACC	Proj. Auto-bid	20-2	94.627
3		Alabama	SEC	At Large	19-3	92.085
4		Tennessee	SEC	At Large	19-4	87.932
5	2	Houston	B12	Proj. Auto-bid	18-4	86.417
6		Purdue	B10	Proj. Auto-bid	18-5	86.024
7		Florida	SEC	At Large	19-3	85.272
8		Iowa St.	B12	At Large	17-5	85.149
9	3	Texas A&M	SEC	At Large	17-5	85.088
10		Kansas	B12	At Large	16-6	85.058
11		Michigan St.	B10	At Large	18-4	84.480
12		Marquette	BE	At Large	18-5	83.443
13	4	Wisconsin	B10	At Large	18-5	83.390
14		Texas Tech	B12	At Large	18-4	83.331
15		Kentucky	SEC	At Large	15-7	82.901
16		Arizona	B12	At Large	16-6	82.759
17	5	Mississippi	SEC	At Large	17-6	82.491
18		Michigan	B10	At Large	17-5	82.174
19		St. John's	BE	Proj. Auto-bid	20-3	82.139
20		UCLA	B10	At Large	17-6	81.125
21	6	Illinois	B10	At Large	15-8	79.114
22		Memphis	Amer	Proj. Auto-bid	19-4	79.066
23		Missouri	SEC	At Large	17-5	78.971
24		Mississippi St.	SEC	At Large	16-6	78.914
25	7	Connecticut	BE	At Large	16-6	78.851
26		Oregon	B10	At Large	16-7	78.839
27		Maryland	B10	At Large	17-6	78.592
28		Louisville	ACC	At Large	17-6	78.258
29	8	Saint Mary's	WCC	Proj. Auto-bid	19-4	78.043
30		Creighton	BE	At Large	17-6	77.824
31		Baylor	B12	At Large	13-8	76.512
32		Gonzaga	WCC	At Large	17-7	74.969
33	9	West Virginia	B12	At Large	14-8	74.672
34		Utah St.	MWC	At Large	19-3	73.506
35		Ohio St.	B10	At Large	14-9	72.930
36		Clemson	ACC	At Large	18-5	72.507
37	10	Oklahoma	SEC	At Large	16-6	72.489
38		New Mexico	MWC	Proj. Auto-bid	18-4	71.145
39		Texas	SEC	At Large	15-8	70.303
40		Georgia	SEC	At Large	16-7	70.193
41	11	Vanderbilt	SEC	At Large	16-6	70.085
42		Nebraska	B10	At Large	15-8	69.928
43		Arkansas	SEC	At Large	14-8	69.226
44		Wake Forest	ACC	At Large	17-6	69.466
45		San Diego St.	MWC	At Large	14-5	68.667
46		Drake	MVC	Proj. Auto-bid	19-2	63.703
47	12	UC Irvine	BW	Proj. Auto-bid	19-3	62.281
48		George Mason	A10	Proj. Auto-bid	17-5	57.886
49		McNeese St.	Slnd	Proj. Auto-bid	15-6	53.058
50		Arkansas St.	SB	Proj. Auto-bid	17-6	51.226
51	13	Akron	MAC	Proj. Auto-bid	15-5	50.685
52		Yale	Ivy	Proj. Auto-bid	12-6	50.286
53		Samford	SC	Proj. Auto-bid	17-5	49.063
54		Jacksonville St.	CUSA	Proj. Auto-bid	13-7	47.597
55	14	Lipscomb	ASun	Proj. Auto-bid	14-8	45.784
56		Northern Colorado	BSky	Proj. Auto-bid	14-7	45.723
57		Utah Valley	WAC	Proj. Auto-bid	14-7	43.616
58		Cleveland St.	Horz	Proj. Auto-bid	14-7	43.447
59	15	Towson	CAA	Proj. Auto-bid	14-9	42.556
60		UNC Asheville	BSth	Proj. Auto-bid	13-6	42.431
61		Bryant	AE	Proj. Auto-bid	12-10	42.162
62		Norfolk St.	MEAC	Proj. Auto-bid	13-8	40.691
63	16	Central Connecticut	NEC	Proj. Auto-bid	15-6	40.394
64		Merrimack	MAAC	Proj. Auto-bid	13-10	38.506
65		Southern	SWAC	Proj. Auto-bid	11-8	36.637
66		Nebraska Omaha	Sum	Proj. Auto-bid	13-10	35.589
67		SIU Edwardsville	OVC	Proj. Auto-bid	14-8	31.581
68		American	Pat	Proj. Auto-bid	12-10	29.260
69	1st out	BYU	B12	At Large	15-7	66.969
70	2nd out	North Carolina	ACC	At Large	13-10	64.481
71	3rd out	SMU	ACC	At Large	18-5	63.717
72	4th out	Xavier	BE	At Large	14-9	63.513
73	5th out	Indiana	B10	At Large	14-9	62.689
74	6th out	Pittsburgh	ACC	At Large	14-8	62.240
75	7th out	Arizona St.	B12	At Large	12-10	61.814
76	8th out	UCF	B12	At Large	13-9	61.625
77	9th out	VCU	A10	At Large	17-5	61.122
78	10th out	USC	B10	At Large	13-9	61.091
79	11th out	Cincinnati	B12	At Large	13-9	60.798
80	12th out	San Francisco	WCC	At Large	18-6	59.819
81	13th out	Boise St.	MWC	At Large	15-7	59.431
82	14th out	Oregon St.	WCC	At Large	16-7	58.979
83	15th out	Northwestern	B10	At Large	13-10	58.490
84	16th out	North Texas	Amer	At Large	14-6	58.358
Conference Auto Bid (Current conference leader or co-leader if conference tournament is not complete)
Last 4 In
Last 4 Byes
Conference Breakdown (conferences not shown have only the auto-bid)
SEC	14
B10	10
B12	7
ACC	4
BE	4
MWC	3
WCC	2

Bracket:

		Regional Parity
South (Atlanta)		35	34	East (Newark)
1	Auburn	1	2	Duke	1
16	Merrimack			Central Connecticut	16
	Lexington, KY			Raleigh, NC
8	Baylor			Gonzaga	8
9	Ohio St.			Utah St.	9
5	UCLA			Michigan	5
12	UC Irvine			McNeese St.	12
	Seattle, WA			Providence, RI
4	Arizona	16	15	Kentucky	4
13	Akron			Samford	13
6	Mississippi St.			Memphis	6
11	Drake			Arkansas vs. Nebraska	11
	Denver, CO			Denver, CO
3	Marquette	12	10	Kansas	3
14	Lipscomb			Cleveland St.	14
7	Louisville			Connecticut	7
10	Texas			New Mexico	10
	Milwaukee, WI			Cleveland, OH
2	Purdue	6	7	Florida	2
15	UNC Asheville			Norfolk St.	15
		Regional Parity
West (San Francisco)		34	33	Midwest (Indianapolis)
1	Tennessee	4	3	Alabama	1
16	American vs. SIU Edwardsville			Nebraska Omaha vs. Southern	16
	Raleigh, NC			Lexington, KY
8	Creighton			Saint Mary's	8
9	West Virginia			Clemson	9
5	Mississippi			St. John's	5
12	Arkansas St.			George Mason	12
	Providence, RI			Seattle, WA
4	Wisconsin	13	14	Texas Tech	4
13	Jacksonville St.			Yale	13
6	Illinois			Missouri	6
11	Vanderbilt			San Diego St. vs. Wake Forest	11
	Wichita, KS			Cleveland, OH
3	Texas A&M	9	11	Michigan St.	3
14	Northern Colorado			Utah Valley	14
7	Maryland			Oregon	7
10	Georgia			Oklahoma	10
	Milwaukee, WI			Wichita, KS
2	Iowa St.	8	5	Houston	2
15	Towson			Bryant	15

Note: Arkansas and Wake Forest were swapped on the seed line to preserve bracketing principles.