Bracketology 2025-26: Games through Wednesday, February 11

Seed List:

Overall	Seed	Team	Conf.	Qualification	W/L	HBC Score
1	1	Arizona	B12	Proj. Auto-bid	23-1	99.877
2		Michigan	B10	Proj. Auto-bid	23-1	99.822
3		Duke	ACC	Proj. Auto-bid	22-2	97.256
4		Connecticut	BE	Proj. Auto-bid	23-2	93.736
5	2	Houston	B12	At Large	22-2	92.867
6		Illinois	B10	At Large	20-5	90.628
7		Purdue	B10	At Large	20-4	90.139
8		Kansas	B12	At Large	19-5	89.964
9	3	Iowa St.	B12	At Large	21-3	88.961
10		Nebraska	B10	At Large	21-3	88.663
11		Michigan St.	B10	At Large	20-4	88.600
12		Florida	SEC	Proj. Auto-bid	18-6	87.733
13	4	Vanderbilt	SEC	At Large	20-4	86.830
14		Gonzaga	WCC	At Large	24-2	86.483
15		Texas Tech	B12	At Large	18-6	86.427
16		Virginia	ACC	At Large	21-3	85.048
17	5	Alabama	SEC	At Large	17-7	84.644
18		Arkansas	SEC	At Large	18-6	82.672
19		Tennessee	SEC	At Large	17-7	82.254
20		North Carolina	ACC	At Large	19-5	81.631
21	6	St. John's	BE	At Large	19-5	80.551
22		Louisville	ACC	At Large	18-6	79.299
23		BYU	B12	At Large	18-6	79.211
24		Clemson	ACC	At Large	20-5	78.781
25	7	Kentucky	SEC	At Large	17-7	78.779
26		Saint Louis	A10	Proj. Auto-bid	22-1	78.482
27		Villanova	BE	At Large	19-5	77.078
28		N.C. State	ACC	At Large	18-7	76.841
29	8	Wisconsin	B10	At Large	17-7	76.373
30		Utah St.	MWC	Proj. Auto-bid	20-3	76.133
31		Iowa	B10	At Large	18-6	74.945
32		Auburn	SEC	At Large	14-10	74.732
33	9	UCF	B12	At Large	17-6	74.484
34		SMU	ACC	At Large	17-7	72.450
35		Saint Mary's	WCC	At Large	21-4	71.264
36		Texas A&M	SEC	At Large	17-7	71.073
37	10	Georgia	SEC	At Large	17-7	70.476
38		Miami FL	ACC	At Large	19-5	70.334
39		Indiana	B10	At Large	17-8	69.860
40		USC	B10	At Large	17-7	69.606
41	11	Santa Clara	WCC	Proj. Auto-bid	21-5	69.009
42		UCLA	B10	At Large	17-7	69.543
43		Texas	SEC	At Large	14-9	68.685
44		Missouri	SEC	At Large	17-7	67.356
45		Virginia Tech	ACC	At Large	17-8	67.312
46		Miami OH	MAC	Proj. Auto-bid	21-0	67.614
47	12	South Florida	Amer	Proj. Auto-bid	16-8	60.253
48		Belmont	MVC	Proj. Auto-bid	21-4	57.765
49		Liberty	CUSA	Proj. Auto-bid	18-3	55.956
50		Yale	Ivy	Proj. Auto-bid	16-4	54.564
51	13	Stephen F. Austin	Slnd	Proj. Auto-bid	20-3	51.402
52		Utah Valley	WAC	Proj. Auto-bid	15-6	50.212
53		High Point	BSth	Proj. Auto-bid	19-4	48.899
54		Hawaii	BW	Proj. Auto-bid	15-5	46.731
55	14	UNC Wilmington	CAA	Proj. Auto-bid	18-4	45.753
56		East Tennessee St.	SC	Proj. Auto-bid	17-7	37.742
57		North Dakota St.	Sum	Proj. Auto-bid	17-6	37.624
58		Wright St.	Horz	Proj. Auto-bid	14-9	37.302
59	15	Austin Peay	ASun	Proj. Auto-bid	16-6	36.557
60		Portland St.	BSky	Proj. Auto-bid	13-6	35.750
61		Appalachian St.	SB	Proj. Auto-bid	16-9	33.922
62		Navy	Pat	Proj. Auto-bid	18-6	32.858
63	16	Merrimack	MAAC	Proj. Auto-bid	16-9	31.343
64		Tennessee Martin	OVC	Proj. Auto-bid	16-6	31.107
65		LIU	NEC	Proj. Auto-bid	16-8	25.800
66		Bethune Cookman	SWAC	Proj. Auto-bid	12-11	24.872
67		NJIT	AE	Proj. Auto-bid	12-12	8.940
68		Morgan St.	MEAC	Proj. Auto-bid	7-13	2.136
69	1st out	Ohio St.	B10	At Large	16-8	67.240
70	2nd out	San Diego St.	MWC	At Large	16-6	67.076
71	3rd out	New Mexico	MWC	At Large	18-6	66.868
72	4th out	VCU	A10	At Large	19-6	66.168
73	5th out	Seton Hall	BE	At Large	17-8	64.522
74	6th out	TCU	B12	At Large	15-9	64.079
75	7th out	California	ACC	At Large	16-8	62.672
76	8th out	West Virginia	B12	At Large	15-9	61.950
77	9th out	Cincinnati	B12	At Large	13-12	61.818
78	10th out	Boise St.	MWC	At Large	14-8	61.776
79	11th out	Nevada	MWC	At Large	17-7	61.478
80	12th out	Oklahoma St.	B12	At Large	16-8	61.245
81	13th out	Stanford	ACC	At Large	16-9	61.100
82	14th out	Baylor	B12	At Large	12-11	60.134
83	15th out	Tulsa	Amer	At Large	18-5	59.619
84	16th out	LSU	SEC	At Large	14-10	59.087
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	11
B10	10
ACC	9
B12	7
BE	3
WCC	3

Bracket:

		Regional Parity
West (San Jose)		34	34	Midwest (Chicago)
1	Arizona	1	2	Michigan	1
16	Merrimack			Morgan St. vs. NJIT	16
	San Diego, CA			Buffalo, NY
8	Iowa			Utah St.	8
9	SMU			UCF	9
5	Tennessee			North Carolina	5
12	Yale			Belmont	12
	Portland, OR			Tampa, FL
4	Gonzaga	14	13	Vanderbilt	4
13	Utah Valley			High Point	13
6	St. John's			Louisville	6
11	Texas vs. UCLA			Santa Clara	11
	Tampa, FL			Philadelphia, PA
3	Florida	12	11	Michigan St.	3
14	UNC Wilmington			North Dakota St.	14
7	N.C. State			Kentucky	7
10	Georgia			USC	10
	St. Louis, MO			Oklahoma City, OK
2	Purdue	7	8	Kansas	2
15	Austin Peay			Navy	15
		Regional Parity
South (Houston)		35	33	East (Washington, DC)
1	Connecticut	4	3	Duke	1
16	Bethune Cookman vs. LIU			Tennessee Martin	16
	Philadelphia, PA			Greenville, SC
8	Auburn			Wisconsin	8
9	Saint Mary's			Texas A&M	9
5	Arkansas			Alabama	5
12	South Florida			Liberty	12
	Portland, OR			San Diego, CA
4	Virginia	16	15	Texas Tech	4
13	Stephen F. Austin			Hawaii	13
6	BYU			Clemson	6
11	Virginia Tech vs. Missouri			Miami OH	11
	Greenville, SC			Buffalo, NY
3	Nebraska	10	9	Iowa St.	3
14	Wright St.			East Tennessee St.	14
7	Saint Louis			Villanova	7
10	Indiana			Miami FL	10
	Oklahoma City, OK			St. Louis, MO
2	Houston	5	6	Illinois	2
15	Portland St.			Appalachian St.	15