Bracketology 2025-26: Games through Friday, March 13 at 3:15pm PDT

Seed List:

Overall	Seed	Team	Conf.	Qualification	W/L
1	1	Duke	ACC	Proj. Auto-bid	30-2
2		Michigan	B10	Proj. Auto-bid	30-2
3		Arizona	B12	Proj. Auto-bid	30-2
4		Florida	SEC	Proj. Auto-bid	26-6
5	2	Connecticut	BE	At Large	28-4
6		Houston	B12	At Large	27-5
7		Michigan St.	B10	At Large	25-6
8		Iowa St.	B12	At Large	27-6
9	3	Illinois	B10	At Large	24-8
10		Nebraska	B10	At Large	26-5
11		Purdue	B10	At Large	24-8
12		Gonzaga	WCC	Auto-bid	30-3
13	4	Alabama	SEC	At Large	23-8
14		Kansas	B12	At Large	23-9
15		Virginia	ACC	At Large	28-4
16		Texas Tech	B12	At Large	22-10
17	5	Vanderbilt	SEC	At Large	24-7
18		Arkansas	SEC	At Large	23-8
19		St. John's	BE	Proj. Auto-bid	26-6
20		Wisconsin	B10	At Large	24-9
21	6	Tennessee	SEC	At Large	22-10
22		North Carolina	ACC	At Large	24-8
23		Louisville	ACC	At Large	23-10
24		BYU	B12	At Large	23-11
25	7	Miami FL	ACC	At Large	25-7
26		Clemson	ACC	At Large	24-9
27		Kentucky	SEC	At Large	21-13
28		Saint Mary's	WCC	At Large	26-5
29	8	Utah St.	MWC	Proj. Auto-bid	25-6
30		UCLA	B10	At Large	22-10
31		Georgia	SEC	At Large	22-10
32		Villanova	BE	At Large	24-8
33	9	Ohio St.	B10	At Large	21-12
34		TCU	B12	At Large	22-11
35		UCF	B12	At Large	21-11
36		Saint Louis	A10	Proj. Auto-bid	27-4
37	10	Iowa	B10	At Large	21-12
38		Texas A&M	SEC	At Large	21-11
39		Santa Clara	WCC	At Large	25-8
40		Missouri	SEC	At Large	20-12
41	11	N.C. State	ACC	At Large	20-13
42		South Florida	Amer	Proj. Auto-bid	22-8
43		Miami OH	MAC	At Large	28-1
44		SMU	ACC	At Large	20-13
45		Texas	SEC	At Large	17-14
46		VCU	A10	At Large	24-7
47	12	McNeese St.	Slnd	Auto-bid	26-5
48		Akron	MAC	Proj. Auto-bid	25-5
49		Yale	Ivy	Proj. Auto-bid	21-5
50		High Point	BSth	Auto-bid	27-4
51	13	Northern Iowa	MVC	Auto-bid	22-12
52		Utah Valley	WAC	Proj. Auto-bid	21-7
53		Hofstra	CAA	Auto-bid	22-10
54		UC Irvine	BW	Proj. Auto-bid	20-10
55	14	North Dakota St.	Sum	Auto-bid	24-7
56		Troy	SB	Auto-bid	20-11
57		Wright St.	Horz	Auto-bid	21-11
58		Tennessee St.	OVC	Auto-bid	20-9
59	15	Furman	SC	Auto-bid	19-12
60		Idaho	BSky	Auto-bid	18-14
61		Queens	ASun	Auto-bid	20-13
62		Louisiana Tech	CUSA	Proj. Auto-bid	17-13
63	16	UMBC	AE	Proj. Auto-bid	21-8
64		Siena	MAAC	Auto-bid	23-11
65		LIU	NEC	Auto-bid	24-10
66		Howard	MEAC	Proj. Auto-bid	17-10
67		Southern	SWAC	Proj. Auto-bid	13-16
68		Lehigh	Pat	Auto-bid	16-16
69	1st out	Oklahoma	SEC	At Large	19-14
70	2nd out	Auburn	SEC	At Large	17-16
71	3rd out	New Mexico	MWC	At Large	22-9
72	4th out	San Diego St.	MWC	At Large	20-10
73	5th out	Indiana	B10	At Large	18-14
74	6th out	Seton Hall	BE	At Large	21-11
75	7th out	California	ACC	At Large	20-11
76	8th out	Stanford	ACC	At Large	20-12
77	9th out	Cincinnati	B12	At Large	18-15
78	10th out	West Virginia	B12	At Large	18-14
79	11th out	Virginia Tech	ACC	At Large	19-13
80	12th out	Oklahoma St.	B12	At Large	19-14
81	13th out	Florida St.	ACC	At Large	18-15
82	14th out	Tulsa	Amer	At Large	23-6
83	15th out	Arizona St.	B12	At Large	17-16
84	16th out	Grand Canyon	MWC	At Large	20-12
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	10
B10	9
ACC	8
B12	8
BE	3
WCC	3
A10	2
MAC	2

Bracket:

		Regional Parity
East (Washington, DC)		31	32	Midwest (Chicago)
1	Duke	1	2	Michigan	1
16	Lehigh vs. Southern			Howard vs. LIU	16
	Greenville, SC			Philadelphia, PA
8	UCLA			Utah St.	8
9	TCU			UCF	9
5	Wisconsin			Arkansas	5
12	Akron			Yale	12
	Tampa, FL			Greenville, SC
4	Alabama	13	14	Kansas	4
13	UC Irvine			Northern Iowa	13
6	Tennessee			Louisville	6
11	N.C. State			VCU vs. Texas	11
	St. Louis, MO			Buffalo, NY
3	Illinois	9	11	Purdue	3
14	North Dakota St.			Tennessee St.	14
7	Kentucky			Miami FL	7
10	Santa Clara			Iowa	10
	St. Louis, MO			Philadelphia, PA
2	Iowa St.	8	5	Connecticut	2
15	Idaho			Queens	15
		Regional Parity
South (Houston)		36	37	West (San Jose)
1	Florida	4	3	Arizona	1
16	Siena			UMBC	16
	Tampa, FL			San Diego, CA
8	Villanova			Georgia	8
9	Saint Louis			Ohio St.	9
5	Vanderbilt			St. John's	5
12	High Point			McNeese St.	12
	San Diego, CA			Portland, OR
4	Texas Tech	16	15	Virginia	4
13	Hofstra			Utah Valley	13
6	BYU			North Carolina	6
11	SMU vs. Miami OH			South Florida	11
	Oklahoma City, OK			Portland, OR
3	Nebraska	10	12	Gonzaga	3
14	Troy			Wright St.	14
7	Clemson			Saint Mary's	7
10	Texas A&M			Missouri	10
	Oklahoma City, OK			Buffalo, NY
2	Houston	6	7	Michigan St.	2
15	Furman			Louisiana Tech	15
		Selection
		Sunday March 15
		First Four
		Dayton March 17-18
	Thursday/Saturday Sites	Rounds 1-4		Friday/Sunday Sites
	Buffalo	March 19-22		Tampa
	Greenville			Philadelphia
	Oklahoma City			San Diego
	Portland			St. Louis
	South (Houston)	March 26-29		Midwest (Chicago)
	West (San Jose)			East (Washington, DC)
		Final Four
		Indianapolis April 4-6