Bracketology 2025-26: Games through Sunday, February 22

Seed List:

Overall	Seed	Team	Conf.	Qualification	W/L	HBC Score
1	1	Duke	ACC	Proj. Auto-bid	25-2	100.588
2		Michigan	B10	Proj. Auto-bid	25-2	100.258
3		Arizona	B12	Proj. Auto-bid	25-2	97.745
4		Connecticut	BE	At Large	25-3	92.574
5	2	Iowa St.	B12	At Large	23-4	92.015
6		Houston	B12	At Large	23-4	91.991
7		Illinois	B10	At Large	22-6	91.991
8		Purdue	B10	At Large	22-5	91.938
9	3	Florida	SEC	Proj. Auto-bid	21-6	89.909
10		Nebraska	B10	At Large	23-4	87.472
11		Kansas	B12	At Large	20-7	87.364
12		Gonzaga	WCC	Proj. Auto-bid	27-2	87.314
13	4	Texas Tech	B12	At Large	20-7	87.241
14		Michigan St.	B10	At Large	22-5	87.201
15		Virginia	ACC	At Large	24-3	85.482
16		Tennessee	SEC	At Large	20-7	85.109
17	5	Alabama	SEC	At Large	20-7	85.053
18		Vanderbilt	SEC	At Large	21-6	83.904
19		Arkansas	SEC	At Large	20-7	83.304
20		St. John's	BE	Proj. Auto-bid	22-5	82.660
21	6	BYU	B12	At Large	20-7	82.621
22		Louisville	ACC	At Large	20-7	79.249
23		North Carolina	ACC	At Large	21-6	79.232
24		Wisconsin	B10	At Large	19-8	79.131
25	7	Saint Louis	A10	Proj. Auto-bid	24-2	79.109
26		N.C. State	ACC	At Large	19-8	76.421
27		Villanova	BE	At Large	21-6	75.677
28		Kentucky	SEC	At Large	17-10	75.355
29	8	Utah St.	MWC	Proj. Auto-bid	22-4	75.258
30		Iowa	B10	At Large	19-8	74.251
31		Miami FL	ACC	At Large	21-6	73.288
32		Clemson	ACC	At Large	20-8	73.233
33	9	Saint Mary's	WCC	At Large	24-4	73.197
34		SMU	ACC	At Large	19-8	73.180
35		UCF	B12	At Large	19-7	72.135
36		Georgia	SEC	At Large	19-8	71.619
37	10	Auburn	SEC	At Large	15-12	71.196
38		Texas	SEC	At Large	16-10	70.465
39		Texas A&M	SEC	At Large	19-8	70.271
40		UCLA	B10	At Large	18-9	70.188
41	11	Indiana	B10	At Large	17-10	70.029
42		New Mexico	MWC	At Large	20-6	67.629
43		Santa Clara	WCC	At Large	22-6	67.515
44		Missouri	SEC	At Large	18-9	66.965
45		USC	B10	At Large	17-9	66.131
46		Miami OH	MAC	Proj. Auto-bid	24-0	68.588
47	12	South Florida	Amer	Proj. Auto-bid	18-8	63.316
48		Belmont	MVC	Proj. Auto-bid	24-4	60.839
49		Yale	Ivy	Proj. Auto-bid	19-4	56.894
50		Liberty	CUSA	Proj. Auto-bid	20-4	53.715
51	13	High Point	BSth	Proj. Auto-bid	23-4	52.992
52		Stephen F. Austin	Slnd	Proj. Auto-bid	23-3	52.738
53		Utah Valley	WAC	Proj. Auto-bid	17-7	51.401
54		UNC Wilmington	CAA	Proj. Auto-bid	22-4	47.840
55	14	Hawaii	BW	Proj. Auto-bid	17-7	41.332
56		North Dakota St.	Sum	Proj. Auto-bid	20-6	40.239
57		East Tennessee St.	SC	Proj. Auto-bid	19-8	37.446
58		Austin Peay	ASun	Proj. Auto-bid	19-6	36.815
59	15	Navy	Pat	Proj. Auto-bid	21-6	35.546
60		Portland St.	BSky	Proj. Auto-bid	15-8	34.525
61		Merrimack	MAAC	Proj. Auto-bid	20-9	33.659
62		Wright St.	Horz	Proj. Auto-bid	16-11	33.630
63	16	Appalachian St.	SB	Proj. Auto-bid	17-11	32.519
64		LIU	NEC	Proj. Auto-bid	19-10	23.968
65		UMBC	AE	Proj. Auto-bid	16-8	22.978
66		Southeast Missouri St.	OVC	Proj. Auto-bid	15-11	21.525
67		Bethune Cookman	SWAC	Proj. Auto-bid	14-13	21.107
68		Howard	MEAC	Proj. Auto-bid	14-10	20.686
69	1st out	TCU	B12	At Large	17-10	65.598
70	2nd out	Ohio St.	B10	At Large	17-10	65.054
71	3rd out	VCU	A10	At Large	21-7	64.895
72	4th out	San Diego St.	MWC	At Large	17-8	64.743
73	5th out	Virginia Tech	ACC	At Large	18-10	64.639
74	6th out	California	ACC	At Large	18-8	64.448
75	7th out	Seton Hall	BE	At Large	19-9	63.221
76	8th out	West Virginia	B12	At Large	16-11	61.838
77	9th out	Cincinnati	B12	At Large	15-12	60.714
78	10th out	McNeese St.	Slnd	At Large	21-5	59.683
79	11th out	Boise St.	MWC	At Large	15-10	59.226
80	12th out	Oklahoma St.	B12	At Large	16-11	58.617
81	13th out	Nevada	MWC	At Large	18-9	58.569
82	14th out	Tulsa	Amer	At Large	20-6	58.475
83	15th out	Arizona St.	B12	At Large	14-13	58.442
84	16th out	Stanford	ACC	At Large	16-11	57.838
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
East (Washington, DC)		35	31	Midwest (Chicago)
1	Duke	1	2	Michigan	1
16	LIU			Southeast Missouri St. vs. UMBC	16
	Greenville, SC			Buffalo, NY
8	Iowa			Clemson	8
9	Saint Mary's			UCF	9
5	St. John's			Arkansas	5
12	Yale			Liberty	12
	Portland, OR			Tampa, FL
4	Tennessee	16	15	Virginia	4
13	Stephen F. Austin			High Point	13
6	Louisville			Wisconsin	6
11	Miami OH			Santa Clara vs. New Mexico	11
	Greenville, SC			Tampa, FL
3	Kansas	11	9	Florida	3
14	Austin Peay			East Tennessee St.	14
7	Kentucky			Villanova	7
10	UCLA			Auburn	10
	St. Louis, MO			St. Louis, MO
2	Illinois	7	5	Iowa St.	2
15	Merrimack			Navy	15
		Regional Parity
South (Houston)		33	37	West (San Jose)
1	Connecticut	4	3	Arizona	1
16	Howard vs. Bethune Cookman			Appalachian St.	16
	Philadelphia, PA			San Diego, CA
8	Miami FL			Utah St.	8
9	Georgia			SMU	9
5	Vanderbilt			Alabama	5
12	South Florida			Belmont	12
	San Diego, CA			Philadelphia, PA
4	Texas Tech	13	14	Michigan St.	4
13	Utah Valley			UNC Wilmington	13
6	North Carolina			BYU	6
11	USC vs. Missouri			Indiana	11
	Oklahoma City, OK			Portland, OR
3	Nebraska	10	12	Gonzaga	3
14	North Dakota St.			Hawaii	14
7	Saint Louis			N.C. State	7
10	Texas			Texas A&M	10
	Oklahoma City, OK			Buffalo, NY
2	Houston	6	8	Purdue	2
15	Portland St.			Wright St.	15