Bracketology 2025-26: Games through Wednesday, February 18

Seed List

Overall	Seed	Team	Conf.	Qualification	W/L	HBC Score
1	1	Michigan	B10	Proj. Auto-bid	25-1	101.196
2		Duke	ACC	Proj. Auto-bid	24-2	97.882
3		Arizona	B12	Proj. Auto-bid	24-2	96.738
4		Houston	B12	At Large	23-3	92.475
5	2	Connecticut	BE	At Large	24-3	92.309
6		Iowa St.	B12	At Large	23-3	92.149
7		Illinois	B10	At Large	22-5	92.020
8		Purdue	B10	At Large	21-5	90.696
9	3	Florida	SEC	Proj. Auto-bid	20-6	90.190
10		Gonzaga	WCC	Proj. Auto-bid	26-2	89.533
11		Kansas	B12	At Large	20-6	88.920
12		Nebraska	B10	At Large	22-4	88.855
13	4	Michigan St.	B10	At Large	21-5	87.070
14		Texas Tech	B12	At Large	19-7	86.504
15		Virginia	ACC	At Large	23-3	85.995
16		Alabama	SEC	At Large	19-7	85.639
17	5	Vanderbilt	SEC	At Large	21-5	85.284
18		Arkansas	SEC	At Large	19-7	84.000
19		St. John's	BE	Proj. Auto-bid	21-5	82.475
20		Tennessee	SEC	At Large	19-7	82.379
21	6	North Carolina	ACC	At Large	20-6	79.957
22		BYU	B12	At Large	19-7	79.836
23		Louisville	ACC	At Large	19-7	79.279
24		Saint Louis	A10	Proj. Auto-bid	23-2	77.597
25	7	Kentucky	SEC	At Large	17-9	76.973
26		Villanova	BE	At Large	21-5	76.709
27		Utah St.	MWC	Proj. Auto-bid	22-3	76.703
28		Wisconsin	B10	At Large	18-8	76.691
29	8	N.C. State	ACC	At Large	19-8	76.684
30		Clemson	ACC	At Large	20-7	76.230
31		Iowa	B10	At Large	19-7	74.158
32		Miami FL	ACC	At Large	21-5	74.041
33	9	SMU	ACC	At Large	18-8	73.579
34		UCF	B12	At Large	18-7	73.280
35		Texas	SEC	At Large	16-9	71.382
36		Indiana	B10	At Large	17-9	71.161
37	10	Saint Mary's	WCC	At Large	23-4	70.861
38		Texas A&M	SEC	At Large	18-8	70.630
39		Georgia	SEC	At Large	18-8	69.846
40		Auburn	SEC	At Large	14-12	68.791
41	11	USC	B10	At Large	17-8	68.151
42		Missouri	SEC	At Large	18-8	68.105
43		New Mexico	MWC	At Large	19-6	67.991
44		UCLA	B10	At Large	17-9	67.891
45		Santa Clara	WCC	At Large	21-6	67.508
46		Miami OH	MAC	Proj. Auto-bid	23-0	67.969
47	12	South Florida	Amer	Proj. Auto-bid	17-8	61.746
48		Belmont	MVC	Proj. Auto-bid	23-4	60.302
49		Liberty	CUSA	Proj. Auto-bid	19-3	56.593
50		Yale	Ivy	Proj. Auto-bid	18-4	56.474
51	13	Stephen F. Austin	Slnd	Proj. Auto-bid	22-3	53.964
52		High Point	BSth	Proj. Auto-bid	21-4	49.095
53		UNC Wilmington	CAA	Proj. Auto-bid	20-4	46.903
54		Hawaii	BW	Proj. Auto-bid	16-6	43.022
55	14	Cal Baptist	WAC	Proj. Auto-bid	19-7	41.479
56		North Dakota St.	Sum	Proj. Auto-bid	19-6	39.081
57		Troy	SB	Proj. Auto-bid	16-10	37.527
58		Austin Peay	ASun	Proj. Auto-bid	17-6	37.273
59	15	East Tennessee St.	SC	Proj. Auto-bid	18-8	37.241
60		Portland St.	BSky	Proj. Auto-bid	14-7	35.682
61		Wright St.	Horz	Proj. Auto-bid	15-10	35.432
62		Navy	Pat	Proj. Auto-bid	20-6	34.795
63	16	Merrimack	MAAC	Proj. Auto-bid	18-9	34.111
64		Tennessee Martin	OVC	Proj. Auto-bid	17-8	25.889
65		LIU	NEC	Proj. Auto-bid	18-9	25.604
66		Howard	MEAC	Proj. Auto-bid	13-10	24.882
67		Bethune Cookman	SWAC	Proj. Auto-bid	12-13	22.770
68		NJIT	AE	Proj. Auto-bid	14-12	10.121
69	1st out	TCU	B12	At Large	16-10	67.148
70	2nd out	Ohio St.	B10	At Large	17-9	65.560
71	3rd out	VCU	A10	At Large	21-6	65.436
72	4th out	San Diego St.	MWC	At Large	17-7	65.232
73	5th out	Seton Hall	BE	At Large	18-9	64.303
74	6th out	Virginia Tech	ACC	At Large	17-10	64.164
75	7th out	West Virginia	B12	At Large	16-10	62.484
76	8th out	California	ACC	At Large	17-8	61.972
77	9th out	Oklahoma St.	B12	At Large	16-10	61.474
78	10th out	Wake Forest	ACC	At Large	14-12	60.808
79	11th out	Cincinnati	B12	At Large	14-12	60.588
80	12th out	Arizona St.	B12	At Large	14-12	60.548
81	13th out	Grand Canyon	MWC	At Large	17-9	60.375
82	14th out	Boise St.	MWC	At Large	14-10	58.875
83	15th out	Tulsa	Amer	At Large	19-6	58.628
84	16th out	Stanford	ACC	At Large	16-10	58.511
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)		35	31	East (Washington, DC)
1	Michigan	1	2	Duke	1
16	NJIT vs. Bethune Cookman			Merrimack	16
	Buffalo, NY			Greenville, SC
8	Miami FL			Iowa	8
9	UCF			SMU	9
5	St. John's			Vanderbilt	5
12	Belmont			Liberty	12
	Portland, OR			Philadelphia, PA
4	Alabama	16	13	Michigan St.	4
13	UNC Wilmington			Stephen F. Austin	13
6	Louisville			Saint Louis	6
11	New Mexico vs. Missouri			Miami OH	11
	Greenville, SC			Oklahoma City, OK
3	Nebraska	12	11	Kansas	3
14	Austin Peay			Cal Baptist	14
7	Utah St.			Wisconsin	7
10	Texas A&M			Georgia	10
	St. Louis, MO			Philadelphia, PA
2	Iowa St.	6	5	Connecticut	2
15	Portland St.			Wright St.	15
		Regional Parity
South (Houston)		34	36	West (San Jose)
1	Houston	4	3	Arizona	1
16	Tennessee Martin			Howard vs. LIU	16
	Oklahoma City, OK			San Diego, CA
8	Clemson			N.C. State	8
9	Texas			Indiana	9
5	Tennessee			Arkansas	5
12	South Florida			Yale	12
	San Diego, CA			Tampa, FL
4	Texas Tech	14	15	Virginia	4
13	Hawaii			High Point	13
6	North Carolina			BYU	6
11	Santa Clara vs. UCLA			USC	11
	Tampa, FL			Portland, OR
3	Florida	9	10	Gonzaga	3
14	Troy			North Dakota St.	14
7	Villanova			Kentucky	7
10	Auburn			Saint Mary's	10
	St. Louis, MO			Buffalo, NY
2	Illinois	7	8	Purdue	2
15	East Tennessee St.			Navy	15