Bracketology 2025-26: Games through Friday, March 6

Seed List:

Overall	Seed	Team	Conf.	Qualification	W/L	HBC Score
1	1	Duke	ACC	Proj. Auto-bid	28-2	101.163
2		Michigan	B10	Proj. Auto-bid	28-2	101.035
3		Arizona	B12	Proj. Auto-bid	28-2	98.501
4		Connecticut	BE	At Large	27-3	96.730
5	2	Florida	SEC	Proj. Auto-bid	24-6	94.453
6		Houston	B12	At Large	25-5	93.855
7		Michigan St.	B10	At Large	25-5	93.780
8		Illinois	B10	At Large	23-7	92.649
9	3	Iowa St.	B12	At Large	24-6	91.530
10		Purdue	B10	At Large	23-7	91.365
11		Nebraska	B10	At Large	25-5	89.893
12		Texas Tech	B12	At Large	22-8	89.208
13	4	Gonzaga	WCC	Proj. Auto-bid	28-3	88.366
14		Alabama	SEC	At Large	22-8	88.314
15		Virginia	ACC	At Large	26-4	87.338
16		Kansas	B12	At Large	21-9	86.665
17	5	Arkansas	SEC	At Large	22-8	84.714
18		Vanderbilt	SEC	At Large	23-7	84.633
19		Tennessee	SEC	At Large	21-9	83.343
20		North Carolina	ACC	At Large	24-6	83.055
21	6	St. John's	BE	Proj. Auto-bid	25-6	82.271
22		Wisconsin	B10	At Large	21-9	81.180
23		Louisville	ACC	At Large	21-9	78.025
24		Kentucky	SEC	At Large	19-11	77.966
25	7	Saint Mary's	WCC	At Large	26-4	77.933
26		Villanova	BE	At Large	23-7	77.888
27		Miami FL	ACC	At Large	24-6	77.832
28		BYU	B12	At Large	20-10	77.453
29	8	Clemson	ACC	At Large	21-9	77.255
30		Georgia	SEC	At Large	21-9	76.326
31		Saint Louis	A10	Proj. Auto-bid	26-3	76.018
32		Utah St.	MWC	Proj. Auto-bid	23-6	74.510
33	9	UCLA	B10	At Large	20-10	74.207
34		Iowa	B10	At Large	20-10	73.162
35		TCU	B12	At Large	20-10	73.090
36		Missouri	SEC	At Large	20-10	72.756
37	10	N.C. State	ACC	At Large	19-11	72.618
38		UCF	B12	At Large	20-10	71.223
39		Miami OH	MAC	Proj. Auto-bid	28-0	71.130
40		Texas A&M	SEC	At Large	20-10	70.993
41	11	Texas	SEC	At Large	17-12	70.969
42		Ohio St.	B10	At Large	19-11	70.954
43		VCU	A10	At Large	24-7	69.979
44		Santa Clara	WCC	At Large	23-7	69.345
45		SMU	ACC	At Large	19-11	68.861
46		Auburn	SEC	At Large	16-14	67.885
47	12	South Florida	Amer	Proj. Auto-bid	21-8	65.248
48		Yale	Ivy	Proj. Auto-bid	20-5	55.096
49		Stephen F. Austin	Slnd	Proj. Auto-bid	25-4	52.458
50		High Point	BSth	Proj. Auto-bid	25-4	52.201
51	13	Liberty	CUSA	Proj. Auto-bid	21-6	49.856
52		Utah Valley	WAC	Proj. Auto-bid	20-7	49.261
53		UNC Wilmington	CAA	Proj. Auto-bid	24-5	47.627
54		Hawaii	BW	Proj. Auto-bid	20-7	42.110
55	14	Bradley	MVC	Proj. Auto-bid	20-11	40.236
56		North Dakota St.	Sum	Proj. Auto-bid	22-7	39.683
57		Troy	SB	Proj. Auto-bid	18-11	37.529
58		Navy	Pat	Proj. Auto-bid	24-6	37.044
59	15	East Tennessee St.	SC	Proj. Auto-bid	19-10	35.768
60		Portland St.	BSky	Proj. Auto-bid	16-10	35.746
61		Central Arkansas	ASun	Proj. Auto-bid	19-11	35.293
62		Wright St.	Horz	Proj. Auto-bid	19-11	35.092
63	16	Merrimack	MAAC	Proj. Auto-bid	22-10	33.075
64		Tennessee St.	OVC	Proj. Auto-bid	19-9	29.573
65		UMBC	AE	Proj. Auto-bid	19-8	27.968
66		LIU	NEC	Proj. Auto-bid	22-10	24.121
67		Howard	MEAC	Proj. Auto-bid	17-10	22.841
68		Bethune Cookman	SWAC	Proj. Auto-bid	16-14	21.337
69	1st out	New Mexico	MWC	At Large	21-8	65.613
70	2nd out	Indiana	B10	At Large	18-12	65.383
71	3rd out	California	ACC	At Large	20-9	65.273
72	4th out	Virginia Tech	ACC	At Large	19-11	65.155
73	5th out	Cincinnati	B12	At Large	17-13	64.892
74	6th out	San Diego St.	MWC	At Large	18-10	64.757
75	7th out	Seton Hall	BE	At Large	20-11	64.687
76	8th out	Stanford	ACC	At Large	19-11	64.415
77	9th out	West Virginia	B12	At Large	18-13	64.165
78	10th out	USC	B10	At Large	17-12	61.393
79	11th out	Oklahoma	SEC	At Large	16-14	60.869
80	12th out	Arizona St.	B12	At Large	16-14	60.491
81	13th out	Tulsa	Amer	At Large	22-6	59.578
82	14th out	McNeese St.	Slnd	At Large	24-5	59.284
83	15th out	Oklahoma St.	B12	At Large	18-12	59.220
84	16th out	Grand Canyon	MWC	At Large	19-11	59.081
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
A10	2

Bracket:

		Regional Parity
East (Washington, DC)		33	34	Midwest (Chicago)
1	Duke	1	2	Michigan	1
16	Merrimack			LIU vs. UMBC	16
	Greenville, SC			Buffalo, NY
8	Georgia			Saint Louis	8
9	UCLA			Missouri	9
5	Arkansas			Vanderbilt	5
12	Yale			South Florida	12
	Portland, OR			Philadelphia, PA
4	Kansas	16	15	Virginia	4
13	Hawaii			Liberty	13
6	Wisconsin			Louisville	6
11	Auburn vs. SMU			Ohio St.	11
	St. Louis, MO			San Diego, CA
3	Iowa St.	9	12	Texas Tech	3
14	Troy			Navy	14
7	Miami FL			Villanova	7
10	Miami OH			N.C. State	10
	Buffalo, NY			Tampa, FL
2	Michigan St.	7	5	Florida	2
15	Central Arkansas			Wright St.	15
		Regional Parity
South (Houston)		34	35	West (San Jose)
1	Connecticut	4	3	Arizona	1
16	Bethune Cookman vs. Howard			Tennessee St.	16
	Philadelphia, PA			San Diego, CA
8	Utah St.			Clemson	8
9	TCU			Iowa	9
5	North Carolina			Tennessee	5
12	High Point			Stephen F. Austin	12
	Tampa, FL			Portland, OR
4	Alabama	14	13	Gonzaga	4
13	UNC Wilmington			Utah Valley	13
6	Kentucky			St. John's	6
11	Santa Clara vs. VCU			Texas	11
	Greenville, SC			Oklahoma City, OK
3	Purdue	10	11	Nebraska	3
14	Bradley			North Dakota St.	14
7	BYU			Saint Mary's	7
10	Texas A&M			UCF	10
	Oklahoma City, OK			St. Louis, MO
2	Houston	6	8	Illinois	2
15	Portland St.			East Tennessee St.	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