Bracketology 2025-26: Games through Saturday, February 7

Seed List:

Overall	Seed	Team	Conf.	Qualification	W/L	HBC Score
1	1	Arizona	B12	Proj. Auto-bid	23-0	99.044
2		Michigan	B10	Proj. Auto-bid	21-1	97.002
3		Duke	ACC	Proj. Auto-bid	21-2	96.210
4		Connecticut	BE	Proj. Auto-bid	22-2	95.461
5	2	Illinois	B10	At Large	20-4	93.081
6		Houston	B12	At Large	21-2	92.039
7		Iowa St.	B12	At Large	21-2	90.853
8		Nebraska	B10	At Large	21-2	90.445
9	3	Michigan St.	B10	At Large	20-4	88.649
10		Kansas	B12	At Large	18-5	88.545
11		Purdue	B10	At Large	19-4	87.385
12		Florida	SEC	Proj. Auto-bid	17-6	86.803
13	4	Vanderbilt	SEC	At Large	19-4	86.747
14		Gonzaga	WCC	At Large	23-2	86.089
15		Alabama	SEC	At Large	16-7	86.050
16		Virginia	ACC	At Large	20-3	85.590
17	5	North Carolina	ACC	At Large	19-4	84.893
18		Texas Tech	B12	At Large	16-6	84.722
19		St. John's	BE	At Large	18-5	81.926
20		Tennessee	SEC	At Large	16-7	81.823
21	6	Arkansas	SEC	At Large	17-6	81.239
22		Clemson	ACC	At Large	20-4	81.204
23		Saint Louis	A10	Proj. Auto-bid	22-1	78.446
24		BYU	B12	At Large	17-6	78.372
25	7	Kentucky	SEC	At Large	17-7	78.283
26		Louisville	ACC	At Large	17-6	77.978
27		N.C. State	ACC	At Large	18-6	77.076
28		Iowa	B10	At Large	17-5	75.854
29	8	UCF	B12	At Large	17-5	75.812
30		Utah St.	MWC	Proj. Auto-bid	19-3	75.787
31		Villanova	BE	At Large	18-5	75.785
32		Auburn	SEC	At Large	14-9	75.496
33	9	Texas A&M	SEC	At Large	17-6	73.914
34		SMU	ACC	At Large	16-7	72.638
35		Wisconsin	B10	At Large	16-7	71.755
36		USC	B10	At Large	16-6	71.527
37	10	Indiana	B10	At Large	16-8	71.391
38		Saint Mary's	WCC	At Large	20-4	71.212
39		Georgia	SEC	At Large	17-6	70.581
40		UCLA	B10	At Large	17-7	69.502
41	11	Santa Clara	WCC	Proj. Auto-bid	20-5	68.064
42		Texas	SEC	At Large	14-9	69.008
43		Miami FL	ACC	At Large	18-5	66.649
44		Missouri	SEC	At Large	16-7	66.402
45		San Diego St.	MWC	At Large	16-6	66.248
46		Miami OH	MAC	Proj. Auto-bid	21-0	65.750
47	12	Tulsa	Amer	Proj. Auto-bid	18-3	63.473
48		Belmont	MVC	Proj. Auto-bid	21-3	60.428
49		Liberty	CUSA	Proj. Auto-bid	17-3	55.775
50		Yale	Ivy	Proj. Auto-bid	15-4	55.175
51	13	Stephen F. Austin	Slnd	Proj. Auto-bid	19-3	52.484
52		Utah Valley	WAC	Proj. Auto-bid	15-6	49.535
53		High Point	BSth	Proj. Auto-bid	19-4	48.488
54		Hawaii	BW	Proj. Auto-bid	15-5	46.481
55	14	Troy	SB	Proj. Auto-bid	15-8	41.411
56		East Tennessee St.	SC	Proj. Auto-bid	16-7	39.136
57		North Dakota St.	Sum	Proj. Auto-bid	17-6	37.787
58		Austin Peay	ASun	Proj. Auto-bid	15-6	36.025
59	15	Portland St.	BSky	Proj. Auto-bid	13-6	35.929
60		Wright St.	Horz	Proj. Auto-bid	14-9	35.399
61		Charleston	CAA	Proj. Auto-bid	15-8	32.544
62		Navy	Pat	Proj. Auto-bid	17-6	31.664
63	16	Merrimack	MAAC	Proj. Auto-bid	16-9	31.217
64		Tennessee Martin	OVC	Proj. Auto-bid	16-6	31.083
65		LIU	NEC	Proj. Auto-bid	16-8	25.752
66		Bethune Cookman	SWAC	Proj. Auto-bid	11-11	25.062
67		NJIT	AE	Proj. Auto-bid	12-12	8.806
68		Morgan St.	MEAC	Proj. Auto-bid	7-13	2.129
69	1st out	New Mexico	MWC	At Large	17-6	66.127
70	2nd out	VCU	A10	At Large	18-6	66.114
71	3rd out	Ohio St.	B10	At Large	15-7	64.141
72	4th out	California	ACC	At Large	16-7	63.663
73	5th out	Virginia Tech	ACC	At Large	16-8	63.597
74	6th out	Seton Hall	BE	At Large	16-8	63.441
75	7th out	Oklahoma St.	B12	At Large	16-7	63.401
76	8th out	Boise St.	MWC	At Large	14-8	63.386
77	9th out	West Virginia	B12	At Large	15-8	62.147
78	10th out	TCU	B12	At Large	14-9	62.129
79	11th out	Nevada	MWC	At Large	17-7	61.964
80	12th out	Baylor	B12	At Large	12-10	61.335
81	13th out	George Mason	A10	At Large	20-3	60.749
82	14th out	LSU	SEC	At Large	14-9	59.186
83	15th out	Akron	MAC	At Large	17-5	58.646
84	16th out	McNeese St.	Slnd	At Large	17-5	58.582
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

Bracket:

		Regional Parity
West (San Jose)		35	33	Midwest (Chicago)
1	Arizona	1	2	Michigan	1
16	Tennessee Martin			Bethune Cookman vs. LIU	16
	San Diego, CA			Buffalo, NY
8	Villanova			Utah St.	8
9	SMU			Texas A&M	9
5	St. John's			North Carolina	5
12	Tulsa			Yale	12
	Portland, OR			Tampa, FL
4	Gonzaga	14	13	Vanderbilt	4
13	Stephen F. Austin			Utah Valley	13
6	Clemson			Arkansas	6
11	San Diego St. vs. Missouri			Miami OH	11
	Tampa, FL			Philadelphia, PA
3	Florida	12	11	Purdue	3
14	Austin Peay			Troy	14
7	Louisville			N.C. State	7
10	UCLA			Indiana	10
	Oklahoma City, OK			St. Louis, MO
2	Nebraska	8	7	Iowa St.	2
15	Wright St.			Navy	15
		Regional Parity
South (Houston)		35	33	East (Washington, DC)
1	Connecticut	4	3	Duke	1
16	Morgan St. vs. NJIT			Merrimack	16
	Philadelphia, PA			Greenville, SC
8	UCF			Auburn	8
9	USC			Wisconsin	9
5	Tennessee			Texas Tech	5
12	Liberty			Belmont	12
	Portland, OR			San Diego, CA
4	Virginia	16	15	Alabama	4
13	High Point			Hawaii	13
6	BYU			Saint Louis	6
11	Santa Clara			Miami FL vs. Texas	11
	Buffalo, NY			Greenville, SC
3	Michigan St.	9	10	Kansas	3
14	East Tennessee St.			North Dakota St.	14
7	Iowa			Kentucky	7
10	Georgia			Saint Mary's	10
	Oklahoma City, OK			St. Louis, MO
2	Houston	6	5	Illinois	2
15	Portland St.			Charleston	15