Bracketology 2025-26: Games through Monday, January 5

Seed List

Overall	Seed	Team	Conf.	Qualification	W/L	HBC Score
1	1	Michigan	B10	Proj. Auto-bid	13-0	100.549
2		Arizona	B12	Proj. Auto-bid	14-0	98.697
3		Iowa St.	B12	At Large	14-0	92.340
4		Connecticut	BE	Proj. Auto-bid	14-1	91.796
5	2	Purdue	B10	At Large	13-1	91.759
6		Vanderbilt	SEC	Proj. Auto-bid	14-0	91.273
7		Duke	ACC	Proj. Auto-bid	13-1	89.691
8		Gonzaga	WCC	Proj. Auto-bid	16-1	88.664
9	3	BYU	B12	At Large	13-1	87.729
10		Nebraska	B10	At Large	15-0	87.538
11		Michigan St.	B10	At Large	13-2	87.360
12		Houston	B12	At Large	13-1	85.310
13	4	Alabama	SEC	At Large	11-3	85.197
14		Illinois	B10	At Large	11-3	84.941
15		Texas Tech	B12	At Large	11-3	82.530
16		North Carolina	ACC	At Large	13-2	82.302
17	5	Louisville	ACC	At Large	11-3	82.145
18		Kansas	B12	At Large	10-4	80.890
19		Villanova	BE	At Large	12-2	80.541
20		Arkansas	SEC	At Large	11-3	79.762
21	6	Tennessee	SEC	At Large	10-4	79.022
22		Virginia	ACC	At Large	12-2	78.913
23		SMU	ACC	At Large	12-2	78.645
24		Iowa	B10	At Large	12-2	78.060
25	7	Saint Mary's	WCC	At Large	14-2	77.796
26		Clemson	ACC	At Large	12-3	76.922
27		Utah St.	MWC	Proj. Auto-bid	11-1	76.833
28		UCF	B12	At Large	12-1	76.632
29	8	Auburn	SEC	At Large	9-5	75.041
30		Georgia	SEC	At Large	13-1	74.511
31		Florida	SEC	At Large	9-5	74.008
32		Kentucky	SEC	At Large	9-5	73.998
33	9	St. John's	BE	At Large	9-5	73.994
34		USC	B10	At Large	11-3	73.421
35		Seton Hall	BE	At Large	13-2	73.322
36		Indiana	B10	At Large	11-3	73.075
37	10	Saint Louis	A10	Proj. Auto-bid	12-1	72.719
38		LSU	SEC	At Large	12-2	72.629
39		N.C. State	ACC	At Large	10-5	71.891
40		UCLA	B10	At Large	10-4	71.511
41	11	Miami FL	ACC	At Large	12-2	70.878
42		Ohio St.	B10	At Large	10-4	68.753
43		Oklahoma	SEC	At Large	11-3	68.813
44		Baylor	B12	At Large	9-3	69.462
45		Virginia Tech	ACC	At Large	12-3	67.725
46		Tulsa	Amer	At Large	11-2	62.818
47	12	Miami OH	MAC	Proj. Auto-bid	12-0	61.335
48		Yale	Ivy	Proj. Auto-bid	10-2	60.844
49		Illinois St.	MVC	Proj. Auto-bid	11-3	57.961
50		High Point	BSth	Proj. Auto-bid	11-3	49.268
51	13	Liberty	CUSA	Proj. Auto-bid	8-3	49.048
52		Hofstra	CAA	Proj. Auto-bid	9-4	48.567
53		UC Irvine	BW	Proj. Auto-bid	9-5	42.216
54		Troy	SB	Proj. Auto-bid	8-5	41.493
55	14	Oakland	Horz	Proj. Auto-bid	7-8	41.128
56		East Tennessee St.	SC	Proj. Auto-bid	8-5	38.793
57		Lipscomb	ASun	Proj. Auto-bid	7-6	38.483
58		North Dakota St.	Sum	Proj. Auto-bid	9-5	38.375
59	15	Montana St.	BSky	Proj. Auto-bid	5-7	37.665
60		Colgate	Pat	Proj. Auto-bid	6-7	32.669
61		Utah Tech	WAC	Proj. Auto-bid	6-7	30.252
62		Nicholls St.	Slnd	Proj. Auto-bid	6-8	29.852
63	16	Vermont	AE	Proj. Auto-bid	7-7	29.567
64		LIU	NEC	Proj. Auto-bid	8-7	29.346
65		Lindenwood	OVC	Proj. Auto-bid	7-5	25.616
66		Grambling St.	SWAC	Proj. Auto-bid	6-7	22.155
67		Merrimack	MAAC	Proj. Auto-bid	9-7	20.543
68		Maryland Eastern Shore	MEAC	Proj. Auto-bid	3-13	6.152
69	1st out	VCU	A10	At Large	11-4	67.668
70	2nd out	Butler	BE	At Large	10-5	67.610
71	3rd out	California	ACC	At Large	12-2	67.558
72	4th out	Oklahoma St.	B12	At Large	12-2	67.058
73	5th out	Creighton	BE	At Large	9-6	66.950
74	6th out	TCU	B12	At Large	11-3	66.627
75	7th out	Boise St.	MWC	At Large	8-4	66.352
76	8th out	Texas A&M	SEC	At Large	11-3	66.201
77	9th out	New Mexico	MWC	At Large	10-3	65.697
78	10th out	Wisconsin	B10	At Large	9-5	64.272
79	11th out	Wake Forest	ACC	At Large	10-5	64.058
80	12th out	Washington	B10	At Large	9-5	63.230
81	13th out	Stanford	ACC	At Large	12-3	63.124
82	14th out	Tulsa	Amer	At Large	11-2	62.818
83	15th out	McNeese St.	Slnd	At Large	10-3	62.730
84	16th out	Notre Dame	ACC	At Large	10-5	62.703
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	9
B12	8
BE	4
WCC	2

Projected Bracket:

		Regional Parity
Midwest (Chicago)		32	33	West (San Jose)
1	Michigan	1	2	Arizona	1
16	Maryland Eastern Shore vs. Merrimack			Grambling St. vs. Lindenwood	16
	Buffalo, NY			San Diego, CA
8	Georgia			Kentucky	8
9	St. John's			Seton Hall	9
5	Louisville			Arkansas	5
12	Illinois St.			Miami OH	12
	San Diego, CA			Philadelphia, PA
4	Texas Tech	15	14	Illinois	4
13	UC Irvine			Troy	13
6	SMU			Iowa	6
11	Tulsa			Miami FL	11
	Oklahoma City, OK			Portland, OR
3	Nebraska	10	9	BYU	3
14	Oakland			North Dakota St.	14
7	Saint Mary's			Clemson	7
10	UCLA			LSU	10
	Greenville, SC			Portland, OR
2	Vanderbilt	6	8	Gonzaga	2
15	Colgate			Montana St.	15
		Regional Parity
East (Washington, DC)		37	34	South (Houston)
1	Connecticut	4	3	Iowa St.	1
16	Vermont			LIU	16
	Philadelphia, PA			Oklahoma City, OK
8	Auburn			Florida	8
9	Indiana			USC	9
5	Kansas			Villanova	5
12	High Point			Yale	12
	Tampa, FL			Tampa, FL
4	North Carolina	16	13	Alabama	4
13	Hofstra			Liberty	13
6	Virginia			Tennessee	6
11	Oklahoma vs. Ohio St.			Virginia Tech vs. Baylor	11
	St. Louis, MO			Buffalo, NY
3	Houston	12	11	Michigan St.	3
14	Lipscomb			East Tennessee St.	14
7	Utah St.			UCF	7
10	N.C. State			Saint Louis	10
	St. Louis, MO			Greenville, SC
2	Purdue	5	7	Duke	2
15	Utah Tech			Nicholls St.	15