Bracketology 2025-26: Games through Friday, February 20

Seed List:

Overall	Seed	Team	Conf.	Qualification	W/L	HBC Score
1	1	Michigan	B10	Proj. Auto-bid	25-1	102.013
2		Duke	ACC	Proj. Auto-bid	24-2	97.887
3		Arizona	B12	Proj. Auto-bid	24-2	97.550
4		Houston	B12	At Large	23-3	92.473
5	2	Iowa St.	B12	At Large	23-3	92.319
6		Connecticut	BE	At Large	24-3	92.315
7		Illinois	B10	At Large	22-5	92.026
8		Purdue	B10	At Large	22-5	90.698
9	3	Kansas	B12	At Large	20-6	90.551
10		Florida	SEC	Proj. Auto-bid	20-6	88.888
11		Nebraska	B10	At Large	22-4	88.859
12		Gonzaga	WCC	Proj. Auto-bid	26-2	87.418
13	4	Michigan St.	B10	At Large	21-5	87.075
14		Virginia	ACC	At Large	23-3	86.814
15		Texas Tech	B12	At Large	19-7	86.498
16		Alabama	SEC	At Large	19-7	86.454
17	5	Vanderbilt	SEC	At Large	21-5	85.284
18		Arkansas	SEC	At Large	19-7	84.004
19		St. John's	BE	Proj. Auto-bid	21-5	82.471
20		Tennessee	SEC	At Large	19-7	82.370
21	6	North Carolina	ACC	At Large	20-6	79.960
22		BYU	B12	At Large	19-7	79.822
23		Louisville	ACC	At Large	19-7	79.277
24		Villanova	BE	At Large	21-5	77.201
25	7	Saint Louis	A10	Proj. Auto-bid	24-2	77.167
26		Kentucky	SEC	At Large	17-9	76.980
27		Utah St.	MWC	Proj. Auto-bid	22-3	76.899
28		Wisconsin	B10	At Large	18-8	76.513
29	8	N.C. State	ACC	At Large	19-8	76.429
30		Clemson	ACC	At Large	20-7	75.899
31		Miami FL	ACC	At Large	21-5	74.305
32		Iowa	B10	At Large	19-7	73.668
33	9	SMU	ACC	At Large	18-8	73.580
34		UCF	B12	At Large	18-7	73.273
35		Texas	SEC	At Large	16-9	71.402
36		Indiana	B10	At Large	17-10	71.196
37	10	Saint Mary's	WCC	At Large	23-4	70.863
38		Texas A&M	SEC	At Large	18-8	70.691
39		Georgia	SEC	At Large	18-8	69.733
40		Auburn	SEC	At Large	14-12	68.726
41	11	Missouri	SEC	At Large	18-8	68.105
42		USC	B10	At Large	17-8	68.039
43		New Mexico	MWC	At Large	19-6	67.672
44		UCLA	B10	At Large	17-9	67.897
45		Santa Clara	WCC	At Large	21-6	66.574
46		Miami OH	MAC	Proj. Auto-bid	24-0	67.917
47	12	South Florida	Amer	Proj. Auto-bid	18-8	62.924
48		Belmont	MVC	Proj. Auto-bid	23-4	60.297
49		Liberty	CUSA	Proj. Auto-bid	20-3	56.599
50		Yale	Ivy	Proj. Auto-bid	18-4	56.424
51	13	Stephen F. Austin	Slnd	Proj. Auto-bid	22-3	54.060
52		High Point	BSth	Proj. Auto-bid	22-4	50.512
53		Utah Valley	WAC	Proj. Auto-bid	16-7	48.709
54		UNC Wilmington	CAA	Proj. Auto-bid	21-4	46.983
55	14	UC Irvine	BW	Proj. Auto-bid	16-9	42.026
56		North Dakota St.	Sum	Proj. Auto-bid	19-6	39.249
57		Troy	SB	Proj. Auto-bid	16-10	37.533
58		East Tennessee St.	SC	Proj. Auto-bid	18-8	37.349
59	15	Austin Peay	ASun	Proj. Auto-bid	18-6	36.505
60		Portland St.	BSky	Proj. Auto-bid	15-7	36.401
61		Wright St.	Horz	Proj. Auto-bid	16-10	35.349
62		Navy	Pat	Proj. Auto-bid	20-6	34.838
63	16	Merrimack	MAAC	Proj. Auto-bid	19-9	34.154
64		LIU	NEC	Proj. Auto-bid	19-9	24.738
65		Bethune Cookman	SWAC	Proj. Auto-bid	13-13	23.292
66		UMBC	AE	Proj. Auto-bid	15-8	23.240
67		Howard	MEAC	Proj. Auto-bid	13-10	23.025
68		Southeast Missouri St.	OVC	Proj. Auto-bid	14-11	21.821
69	1st out	TCU	B12	At Large	16-10	66.168
70	2nd out	Ohio St.	B10	At Large	17-9	65.685
71	3rd out	San Diego St.	MWC	At Large	17-7	65.655
72	4th out	VCU	A10	At Large	21-7	65.461
73	5th out	Seton Hall	BE	At Large	18-9	64.370
74	6th out	Virginia Tech	ACC	At Large	17-10	64.031
75	7th out	West Virginia	B12	At Large	16-10	62.445
76	8th out	California	ACC	At Large	17-8	61.761
77	9th out	Oklahoma St.	B12	At Large	16-10	61.465
78	10th out	Cincinnati	B12	At Large	14-12	61.266
79	11th out	Wake Forest	ACC	At Large	14-12	60.712
80	12th out	Arizona St.	B12	At Large	14-12	60.413
81	13th out	Grand Canyon	MWC	At Large	17-9	60.402
82	14th out	Boise St.	MWC	At Large	14-10	58.821
83	15th out	Stanford	ACC	At Large	16-10	58.635
84	16th out	Tulsa	Amer	At Large	19-6	58.463
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)		31	34	East (Washington, DC)
1	Michigan	1	2	Duke	1
16	Southeast Missouri St. vs. Howard			Merrimack	16
	Philadelphia, PA			Greenville, SC
8	Clemson			Miami FL	8
9	Texas			UCF	9
5	Vanderbilt			St. John's	5
12	Yale			Liberty	12
	San Diego, CA			Portland, OR
4	Texas Tech	15	16	Alabama	4
13	Stephen F. Austin			Utah Valley	13
6	Villanova			Louisville	6
11	New Mexico vs. USC			Miami OH	11
	Oklahoma City, OK			Buffalo, NY
3	Kansas	9	11	Nebraska	3
14	North Dakota St.			East Tennessee St.	14
7	Wisconsin			Kentucky	7
10	Texas A&M			Saint Mary's	10
	Philadelphia, PA			St. Louis, MO
2	Connecticut	6	5	Iowa St.	2
15	Wright St.			Portland St.	15
		Regional Parity
South (Houston)		34	37	West (San Jose)
1	Houston	4	3	Arizona	1
16	UMBC vs. Bethune Cookman			LIU	16
	Oklahoma City, OK			San Diego, CA
8	N.C. State			Iowa	8
9	Indiana			SMU	9
5	Tennessee			Arkansas	5
12	South Florida			Belmont	12
	Greenville, SC			Tampa, FL
4	Michigan St.	13	14	Virginia	4
13	UNC Wilmington			High Point	13
6	North Carolina			BYU	6
11	Santa Clara vs. UCLA			Missouri	11
	Tampa, FL			Portland, OR
3	Florida	10	12	Gonzaga	3
14	Troy			UC Irvine	14
7	Utah St.			Saint Louis	7
10	Auburn			Georgia	10
	St. Louis, MO			Buffalo, NY
2	Illinois	7	8	Purdue	2
15	Austin Peay			Navy	15

Top 16 reveal prediction (plus an extra 8 teams for good measure):