Bracketology 2025-26: Games through Sunday, February 1

Seed List:

Overall	Seed	Team	Conf.	Qualification	W/L	HBC Score
1	1	Arizona	B12	Proj. Auto-bid	22-0	100.132
2		Michigan	B10	Proj. Auto-bid	20-1	98.386
3		Duke	ACC	Proj. Auto-bid	20-1	96.919
4		Connecticut	BE	Proj. Auto-bid	21-1	95.060
5	2	Illinois	B10	At Large	19-3	93.121
6		Houston	B12	At Large	19-2	92.984
7		Iowa St.	B12	At Large	20-2	92.684
8		Nebraska	B10	At Large	20-2	91.796
9	3	Gonzaga	WCC	Proj. Auto-bid	22-1	91.047
10		Michigan St.	B10	At Large	19-3	90.925
11		Purdue	B10	At Large	18-4	90.664
12		Vanderbilt	SEC	At Large	19-3	89.995
13	4	Kansas	B12	At Large	16-5	89.801
14		Texas Tech	B12	At Large	16-5	89.560
15		Virginia	ACC	At Large	18-3	89.538
16		Florida	SEC	At Large	16-6	87.809
17	5	Alabama	SEC	At Large	14-7	87.055
18		Tennessee	SEC	At Large	15-6	86.382
19		BYU	B12	At Large	17-4	85.231
20		Arkansas	SEC	At Large	16-6	84.259
21	6	North Carolina	ACC	At Large	17-4	82.759
22		St. John's	BE	At Large	16-5	82.593
23		Clemson	ACC	At Large	18-4	82.540
24		Saint Louis	A10	Proj. Auto-bid	20-1	82.536
25	7	Louisville	ACC	At Large	15-6	82.225
26		UCF	B12	At Large	17-4	81.670
27		Auburn	SEC	At Large	14-8	81.597
28		Kentucky	SEC	At Large	15-7	81.499
29	8	Texas A&M	SEC	Proj. Auto-bid	17-4	81.297
30		Villanova	BE	At Large	16-5	80.931
31		SMU	ACC	At Large	15-6	80.599
32		Iowa	B10	At Large	16-5	80.146
33	9	N.C. State	ACC	At Large	16-6	80.132
34		Utah St.	MWC	Proj. Auto-bid	17-3	78.748
35		Wisconsin	B10	At Large	16-6	78.600
36		Saint Mary's	WCC	At Large	18-4	77.631
37	10	USC	B10	At Large	15-6	75.628
38		Indiana	B10	At Large	15-7	75.596
39		New Mexico	MWC	At Large	17-4	75.481
40		Georgia	SEC	At Large	16-6	75.359
41	11	UCLA	B10	At Large	15-7	75.018
42		Miami FL	ACC	At Large	17-5	74.593
43		San Diego St.	MWC	At Large	14-6	72.630
44		Ohio St.	B10	At Large	14-7	73.448
45		Texas	SEC	At Large	12-9	72.027
46		Miami OH	MAC	Proj. Auto-bid	19-0	67.936
47	12	Tulsa	Amer	Proj. Auto-bid	17-3	67.129
48		Belmont	MVC	Proj. Auto-bid	19-3	65.129
49		Liberty	CUSA	Proj. Auto-bid	15-3	62.066
50		Yale	Ivy	Proj. Auto-bid	14-4	60.349
51	13	Stephen F. Austin	Slnd	Proj. Auto-bid	17-3	53.336
52		High Point	BSth	Proj. Auto-bid	17-4	52.014
53		Utah Valley	WAC	Proj. Auto-bid	13-6	50.829
54		UC Irvine	BW	Proj. Auto-bid	13-7	49.028
55	14	UNC Wilmington	CAA	Proj. Auto-bid	17-3	47.982
56		North Dakota St.	Sum	Proj. Auto-bid	16-5	42.167
57		Wright St.	Horz	Proj. Auto-bid	13-8	41.676
58		Troy	SB	Proj. Auto-bid	13-8	41.444
59	15	East Tennessee St.	SC	Proj. Auto-bid	14-7	39.994
60		Austin Peay	ASun	Proj. Auto-bid	13-6	37.145
61		Portland St.	BSky	Proj. Auto-bid	11-6	36.987
62		Tennessee Martin	OVC	Proj. Auto-bid	14-5	35.013
63	16	Navy	Pat	Proj. Auto-bid	15-6	33.396
64		LIU	NEC	Proj. Auto-bid	14-8	29.679
65		Merrimack	MAAC	Proj. Auto-bid	14-9	28.478
66		Vermont	AE	Proj. Auto-bid	12-9	26.546
67		Bethune Cookman	SWAC	Proj. Auto-bid	9-11	26.088
68		Maryland Eastern Shore	MEAC	Proj. Auto-bid	6-14	6.688
69	1st out	Santa Clara	WCC	At Large	18-5	71.367
70	2nd out	Seton Hall	BE	At Large	16-6	70.649
71	3rd out	California	ACC	At Large	15-6	70.043
72	4th out	Missouri	SEC	At Large	15-7	69.327
73	5th out	Virginia Tech	ACC	At Large	16-7	69.053
74	6th out	TCU	B12	At Large	13-9	68.919
75	7th out	VCU	A10	At Large	16-6	68.910
76	8th out	Baylor	B12	At Large	11-9	68.747
77	9th out	George Mason	A10	At Large	19-2	68.693
78	10th out	Oklahoma St.	B12	At Large	15-6	67.839
79	11th out	LSU	SEC	At Large	14-8	67.498
80	12th out	Nevada	MWC	At Large	16-6	67.198
81	13th out	Washington	B10	At Large	12-10	66.309
82	14th out	Akron	MAC	At Large	16-4	65.984
83	15th out	Stanford	ACC	At Large	14-8	65.815
84	16th out	Grand Canyon	MWC	At Large	14-7	65.797
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)
B10	11
SEC	10
ACC	8
B12	7
BE	3
MWC	3
WCC	2

Bracket:

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