Bracketology 2025-26: Games through Sunday, February 15

Seed List:

Overall	Seed	Team	Conf.	Qualification	W/L	HBC Score
1	1	Michigan	B10	Proj. Auto-bid	24-1	98.575
2		Duke	ACC	Proj. Auto-bid	23-2	97.788
3		Arizona	B12	At Large	23-2	94.691
4		Connecticut	BE	Proj. Auto-bid	24-2	94.341
5	2	Houston	B12	Proj. Auto-bid	23-2	93.622
6		Illinois	B10	At Large	21-5	92.259
7		Purdue	B10	At Large	21-4	91.334
8		Iowa St.	B12	At Large	22-3	89.578
9	3	Nebraska	B10	At Large	22-3	89.427
10		Kansas	B12	At Large	19-6	89.375
11		Texas Tech	B12	At Large	19-6	89.322
12		Florida	SEC	Proj. Auto-bid	19-6	88.885
13	4	Vanderbilt	SEC	At Large	21-4	87.425
14		Gonzaga	WCC	Proj. Auto-bid	25-2	86.231
15		Michigan St.	B10	At Large	20-5	85.635
16		Virginia	ACC	At Large	22-3	85.344
17	5	Alabama	SEC	At Large	18-7	84.398
18		Arkansas	SEC	At Large	19-6	83.064
19		Tennessee	SEC	At Large	18-7	82.998
20		North Carolina	ACC	At Large	20-5	81.264
21	6	St. John's	BE	At Large	20-5	80.913
22		Louisville	ACC	At Large	19-6	80.106
23		BYU	B12	At Large	19-6	79.067
24		Saint Louis	A10	Proj. Auto-bid	23-1	78.734
25	7	Wisconsin	B10	At Large	18-7	78.369
26		Kentucky	SEC	At Large	17-8	78.158
27		Clemson	ACC	At Large	20-6	78.041
28		Villanova	BE	At Large	20-5	77.605
29	8	Utah St.	MWC	Proj. Auto-bid	21-3	77.599
30		Miami FL	ACC	At Large	20-5	74.595
31		N.C. State	ACC	At Large	18-8	74.508
32		Iowa	B10	At Large	18-7	72.028
33	9	Indiana	B10	At Large	17-9	71.969
34		Auburn	SEC	At Large	14-11	71.434
35		SMU	ACC	At Large	17-8	71.405
36		UCF	B12	At Large	17-7	71.227
37	10	Texas A&M	SEC	At Large	17-8	70.565
38		Saint Mary's	WCC	At Large	22-4	70.442
39		Texas	SEC	At Large	15-9	70.261
40		USC	B10	At Large	17-7	70.191
41	11	Georgia	SEC	At Large	17-8	68.793
42		UCLA	B10	At Large	17-8	68.672
43		Santa Clara	WCC	At Large	21-6	68.588
44		San Diego St.	MWC	At Large	17-6	67.927
45		Missouri	SEC	At Large	17-8	67.144
46		Miami OH	MAC	Proj. Auto-bid	22-0	67.545
47	12	South Florida	Amer	Proj. Auto-bid	17-8	61.274
48		Belmont	MVC	Proj. Auto-bid	23-4	59.790
49		Liberty	CUSA	Proj. Auto-bid	19-3	56.299
50		Yale	Ivy	Proj. Auto-bid	18-4	55.950
51	13	Stephen F. Austin	Slnd	Proj. Auto-bid	21-3	52.432
52		High Point	BSth	Proj. Auto-bid	21-4	49.897
53		UNC Wilmington	CAA	Proj. Auto-bid	20-4	46.619
54		Hawaii	BW	Proj. Auto-bid	16-6	43.582
55	14	Cal Baptist	WAC	Proj. Auto-bid	19-7	41.572
56		North Dakota St.	Sum	Proj. Auto-bid	18-6	38.571
57		Austin Peay	ASun	Proj. Auto-bid	17-6	37.199
58		East Tennessee St.	SC	Proj. Auto-bid	17-8	36.460
59	15	Wright St.	Horz	Proj. Auto-bid	15-10	35.075
60		Portland St.	BSky	Proj. Auto-bid	14-7	35.027
61		South Alabama	SB	Proj. Auto-bid	17-7	34.330
62		Navy	Pat	Proj. Auto-bid	19-6	33.801
63	16	Merrimack	MAAC	Proj. Auto-bid	18-9	33.127
64		Tennessee Martin	OVC	Proj. Auto-bid	17-7	25.528
65		LIU	NEC	Proj. Auto-bid	17-9	24.879
66		Bethune Cookman	SWAC	Proj. Auto-bid	12-12	24.521
67		NJIT	AE	Proj. Auto-bid	14-12	9.866
68		Morgan St.	MEAC	Proj. Auto-bid	7-13	2.481
69	1st out	TCU	B12	At Large	16-9	66.526
70	2nd out	New Mexico	MWC	At Large	18-6	66.363
71	3rd out	VCU	A10	At Large	20-6	66.096
72	4th out	Seton Hall	BE	At Large	18-8	65.649
73	5th out	West Virginia	B12	At Large	16-9	64.512
74	6th out	Ohio St.	B10	At Large	16-9	64.203
75	7th out	Virginia Tech	ACC	At Large	17-9	63.668
76	8th out	California	ACC	At Large	17-8	61.788
77	9th out	Cincinnati	B12	At Large	14-12	61.305
78	10th out	Oklahoma	SEC	At Large	13-12	60.678
79	11th out	Nevada	MWC	At Large	17-8	59.948
80	12th out	Oklahoma St.	B12	At Large	16-9	59.947
81	13th out	Boise St.	MWC	At Large	14-9	59.797
82	14th out	Tulsa	Amer	At Large	18-6	59.640
83	15th out	McNeese St.	Slnd	At Large	19-5	59.310
84	16th out	Stanford	ACC	At Large	16-10	58.777
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	8
B12	7
BE	3
WCC	3
MWC	2

Bracket:

		Regional Parity
Midwest (Chicago)		33	33	East (Washington, DC)
1	Michigan	1	2	Duke	1
16	Bethune Cookman vs. LIU			Merrimack	16
	Buffalo, NY			Greenville, SC
8	Miami FL			Utah St.	8
9	UCF			Auburn	9
5	North Carolina			Alabama	5
12	Yale			Belmont	12
	Tampa, FL			Philadelphia, PA
4	Vanderbilt	13	15	Michigan St.	4
13	High Point			UNC Wilmington	13
6	Saint Louis			Louisville	6
11	Georgia			Miami OH	11
	San Diego, CA			Greenville, SC
3	Texas Tech	11	10	Kansas	3
14	East Tennessee St.			Austin Peay	14
7	Wisconsin			Villanova	7
10	Texas			Saint Mary's	10
	Oklahoma City, OK			St. Louis, MO
2	Iowa St.	8	6	Illinois	2
15	Portland St.			South Alabama	15
		Regional Parity
South (Houston)		34	36	West (San Jose)
1	Connecticut	4	3	Arizona	1
16	Morgan St. vs. NJIT			Tennessee Martin	16
	Philadelphia, PA			San Diego, CA
8	Iowa			N.C. State	8
9	SMU			Indiana	9
5	Arkansas			Tennessee	5
12	Liberty			South Florida	12
	Portland, OR			Portland, OR
4	Virginia	16	14	Gonzaga	4
13	Stephen F. Austin			Hawaii	13
6	BYU			St. John's	6
11	Missouri vs. San Diego St.			Santa Clara vs. UCLA	11
	Buffalo, NY			Tampa, FL
3	Nebraska	9	12	Florida	3
14	North Dakota St.			Cal Baptist	14
7	Kentucky			Clemson	7
10	USC			Texas A&M	10
	Oklahoma City, OK			St. Louis, MO
2	Houston	5	7	Purdue	2
15	Navy			Wright St.	15