Bracketology 2025-26: Games through Tuesday, February 24

Seed List:

Overall	Seed	Team	Conf.	Qualification	W/L	HBC Score
1	1	Duke	ACC	Proj. Auto-bid	26-2	100.629
2		Michigan	B10	Proj. Auto-bid	26-2	99.680
3		Arizona	B12	Proj. Auto-bid	26-2	97.749
4		Connecticut	BE	At Large	25-3	93.298
5	2	Iowa St.	B12	At Large	24-4	92.797
6		Purdue	B10	At Large	22-5	92.053
7		Illinois	B10	At Large	22-6	90.531
8		Houston	B12	At Large	23-5	90.524
9	3	Florida	SEC	Proj. Auto-bid	21-6	89.384
10		Kansas	B12	At Large	21-7	88.718
11		Nebraska	B10	At Large	23-4	87.103
12		Gonzaga	WCC	Proj. Auto-bid	27-2	87.019
13	4	Texas Tech	B12	At Large	21-7	86.937
14		Michigan St.	B10	At Large	22-5	86.679
15		Virginia	ACC	At Large	25-3	86.578
16		Alabama	SEC	At Large	20-7	85.311
17	5	Vanderbilt	SEC	At Large	21-6	84.235
18		Tennessee	SEC	At Large	20-8	83.574
19		Arkansas	SEC	At Large	20-7	82.644
20		St. John's	BE	Proj. Auto-bid	22-5	81.787
21	6	North Carolina	ACC	At Large	22-6	81.159
22		BYU	B12	At Large	20-8	80.166
23		Wisconsin	B10	At Large	19-8	80.162
24		Louisville	ACC	At Large	20-8	78.398
25	7	Villanova	BE	At Large	21-6	77.161
26		Utah St.	MWC	Proj. Auto-bid	22-4	75.931
27		N.C. State	ACC	At Large	19-9	75.912
28		Kentucky	SEC	At Large	18-10	75.361
29	8	Iowa	B10	At Large	19-8	74.707
30		Saint Louis	A10	Proj. Auto-bid	24-3	74.395
31		UCF	B12	At Large	20-7	74.348
32		Miami FL	ACC	At Large	22-6	73.953
33	9	Saint Mary's	WCC	At Large	24-4	72.402
34		Clemson	ACC	At Large	20-8	71.889
35		Georgia	SEC	At Large	19-8	71.369
36		SMU	ACC	At Large	19-8	70.293
37	10	Texas A&M	SEC	At Large	19-8	70.289
38		Texas	SEC	At Large	16-10	70.255
39		Missouri	SEC	At Large	19-9	70.227
40		UCLA	B10	At Large	19-9	70.203
41	11	Auburn	SEC	At Large	15-13	68.713
42		Indiana	B10	At Large	17-11	68.195
43		Santa Clara	WCC	At Large	22-6	67.634
44		TCU	B12	At Large	18-10	65.866
45		New Mexico	MWC	At Large	20-7	65.761
46		Miami OH	MAC	Proj. Auto-bid	25-0	69.012
47	12	South Florida	Amer	Proj. Auto-bid	18-8	63.425
48		Belmont	MVC	Proj. Auto-bid	24-4	61.149
49		Yale	Ivy	Proj. Auto-bid	19-4	56.652
50		Liberty	CUSA	Proj. Auto-bid	20-4	54.737
51	13	High Point	BSth	Proj. Auto-bid	23-4	53.037
52		Utah Valley	WAC	Proj. Auto-bid	17-7	50.802
53		Stephen F. Austin	Slnd	Proj. Auto-bid	23-4	50.296
54		UNC Wilmington	CAA	Proj. Auto-bid	22-4	48.130
55	14	UC Irvine	BW	Proj. Auto-bid	16-10	42.087
56		North Dakota St.	Sum	Proj. Auto-bid	20-6	40.283
57		Austin Peay	ASun	Proj. Auto-bid	19-6	37.692
58		East Tennessee St.	SC	Proj. Auto-bid	19-8	37.602
59	15	Troy	SB	Proj. Auto-bid	17-11	37.233
60		Navy	Pat	Proj. Auto-bid	21-6	35.804
61		Portland St.	BSky	Proj. Auto-bid	15-8	34.617
62		Wright St.	Horz	Proj. Auto-bid	16-11	34.368
63	16	Merrimack	MAAC	Proj. Auto-bid	20-9	33.857
64		LIU	NEC	Proj. Auto-bid	19-10	23.909
65		UMBC	AE	Proj. Auto-bid	16-8	23.055
66		Bethune Cookman	SWAC	Proj. Auto-bid	14-13	21.045
67		Howard	MEAC	Proj. Auto-bid	14-10	21.010
68		Morehead St.	OVC	Proj. Auto-bid	15-12	14.210
69	1st out	Ohio St.	B10	At Large	17-10	65.454
70	2nd out	USC	B10	At Large	17-10	64.892
71	3rd out	Virginia Tech	ACC	At Large	18-10	64.528
72	4th out	San Diego St.	MWC	At Large	17-8	63.717
73	5th out	VCU	A10	At Large	21-7	63.713
74	6th out	Seton Hall	BE	At Large	19-9	63.630
75	7th out	California	ACC	At Large	18-8	63.466
76	8th out	West Virginia	B12	At Large	16-12	60.961
77	9th out	Cincinnati	B12	At Large	15-13	60.498
78	10th out	Oklahoma St.	B12	At Large	17-11	60.075
79	11th out	Nevada	MWC	At Large	19-9	59.960
80	12th out	Boise St.	MWC	At Large	16-10	59.676
81	13th out	McNeese St.	Slnd	At Large	22-5	59.467
82	14th out	Tulsa	Amer	At Large	20-6	58.439
83	15th out	Stanford	ACC	At Large	16-11	58.347
84	16th out	Grand Canyon	MWC	At Large	17-10	58.143
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	9
ACC	8
B12	8
BE	3
WCC	3
MWC	2

Bracket:

		Regional Parity
East (Washington, DC)		30	34	Midwest (Chicago)
1	Duke	1	2	Michigan	1
16	Merrimack			Bethune Cookman vs. UMBC	16
	Greenville, SC			Buffalo, NY
8	UCF			Miami FL	8
9	Saint Mary's			Georgia	9
5	Tennessee			Arkansas	5
12	Liberty			Yale	12
	Philadelphia, PA			Tampa, FL
4	Michigan St.	14	15	Virginia	4
13	High Point			UNC Wilmington	13
6	North Carolina			Louisville	6
11	Santa Clara vs. Indiana			New Mexico vs. TCU	11
	Tampa, FL			Portland, OR
3	Florida	9	12	Gonzaga	3
14	East Tennessee St.			UC Irvine	14
7	Villanova			Kentucky	7
10	Texas A&M			UCLA	10
	St. Louis, MO			St. Louis, MO
2	Purdue	6	5	Iowa St.	2
15	Wright St.			Portland St.	15
		Regional Parity
South (Houston)		36	36	West (San Jose)
1	Connecticut	4	3	Arizona	1
16	Morehead St. vs. Howard			LIU	16
	Philadelphia, PA			San Diego, CA
8	Iowa			Saint Louis	8
9	Clemson			SMU	9
5	Vanderbilt			St. John's	5
12	South Florida			Belmont	12
	San Diego, CA			Portland, OR
4	Texas Tech	13	16	Alabama	4
13	Utah Valley			Stephen F. Austin	13
6	BYU			Wisconsin	6
11	Miami OH			Auburn	11
	Greenville, SC			Oklahoma City, OK
3	Nebraska	11	10	Kansas	3
14	Austin Peay			North Dakota St.	14
7	N.C. State			Utah St.	7
10	Missouri			Texas	10
	Oklahoma City, OK			Buffalo, NY
2	Houston	8	7	Illinois	2
15	Navy			Troy	15