Bracketology 2025-26: Games through Sunday, March 8

Seed List:

Overall	Seed	Team	Conf.	Qualification	W/L	HBC Score
1	1	Duke	ACC	Proj. Auto-bid	29-2	103.286
2		Michigan	B10	Proj. Auto-bid	29-2	103.168
3		Arizona	B12	Proj. Auto-bid	29-2	100.096
4		Florida	SEC	Proj. Auto-bid	25-6	95.779
5	2	Connecticut	BE	At Large	27-4	95.283
6		Houston	B12	At Large	26-5	93.313
7		Michigan St.	B10	At Large	25-6	91.268
8		Illinois	B10	At Large	24-7	91.244
9	3	Iowa St.	B12	At Large	25-6	90.928
10		Nebraska	B10	At Large	26-5	90.183
11		Purdue	B10	At Large	23-8	89.947
12		Gonzaga	WCC	Proj. Auto-bid	28-3	89.305
13	4	Alabama	SEC	At Large	23-8	89.045
14		Kansas	B12	At Large	22-9	88.964
15		Texas Tech	B12	At Large	22-9	88.879
16		Virginia	ACC	At Large	27-4	88.853
17	5	Vanderbilt	SEC	At Large	24-7	86.893
18		Arkansas	SEC	At Large	23-8	85.464
19		St. John's	BE	Proj. Auto-bid	25-6	84.483
20		Wisconsin	B10	At Large	22-9	84.308
21	6	Louisville	ACC	At Large	22-9	84.168
22		North Carolina	ACC	At Large	24-7	82.730
23		Tennessee	SEC	At Large	21-10	82.373
24		BYU	B12	At Large	21-10	79.497
25	7	Kentucky	SEC	At Large	19-12	77.949
26		Villanova	BE	At Large	24-7	77.834
27		Saint Mary's	WCC	At Large	26-4	77.477
28		Miami FL	ACC	At Large	24-7	77.248
29	8	Georgia	SEC	At Large	22-9	77.209
30		UCLA	B10	At Large	21-10	77.016
31		Clemson	ACC	At Large	22-9	76.609
32		Utah St.	MWC	Proj. Auto-bid	24-6	75.099
33	9	Ohio St.	B10	At Large	20-11	74.968
34		TCU	B12	At Large	21-10	74.718
35		Texas A&M	SEC	At Large	21-10	73.171
36		Iowa	B10	At Large	20-11	72.624
37	10	UCF	B12	At Large	20-10	72.146
38		Saint Louis	A10	Proj. Auto-bid	26-4	71.967
39		Missouri	SEC	At Large	20-11	71.380
40		Miami OH	MAC	Proj. Auto-bid	28-0	71.270
41	11	N.C. State	ACC	At Large	19-12	70.864
42		Texas	SEC	At Large	17-13	70.838
43		Santa Clara	WCC	At Large	24-7	70.602
44		SMU	ACC	At Large	19-12	68.773
45		VCU	A10	At Large	24-7	69.585
46		Stanford	ACC	At Large	20-11	66.378
47	12	South Florida	Amer	Proj. Auto-bid	22-8	66.288
48		Yale	Ivy	Proj. Auto-bid	21-5	55.314
49		Stephen F. Austin	Slnd	Proj. Auto-bid	25-4	52.347
50		High Point	BSth	Auto-bid	27-4	52.185
51	13	Northern Iowa	MVC	Auto-bid	22-12	52.068
52		Liberty	CUSA	Proj. Auto-bid	22-6	50.288
53		Utah Valley	WAC	Proj. Auto-bid	21-7	49.371
54		Hofstra	CAA	Proj. Auto-bid	20-10	46.499
55	14	UC Irvine	BW	Proj. Auto-bid	20-10	42.372
56		North Dakota St.	Sum	Auto-bid	24-7	40.230
57		Troy	SB	Proj. Auto-bid	19-11	38.140
58		Wright St.	Horz	Proj. Auto-bid	19-11	35.321
59	15	East Tennessee St.	SC	Proj. Auto-bid	21-10	34.893
60		Portland St.	BSky	Proj. Auto-bid	17-10	34.543
61		Merrimack	MAAC	Proj. Auto-bid	23-10	33.015
62		Tennessee St.	OVC	Auto-bid	20-9	30.880
63	16	Queens	ASun	Auto-bid	20-13	30.103
64		UMBC	AE	Proj. Auto-bid	20-8	28.336
65		LIU	NEC	Auto-bid	23-10	23.885
66		Howard	MEAC	Proj. Auto-bid	17-10	22.492
67		Bethune Cookman	SWAC	Proj. Auto-bid	16-14	20.941
68		Lehigh	Pat	Proj. Auto-bid	15-16	12.834
69	1st out	Indiana	B10	At Large	18-13	66.310
70	2nd out	Virginia Tech	ACC	At Large	19-12	65.582
71	3rd out	Auburn	SEC	At Large	16-15	65.433
72	4th out	New Mexico	MWC	At Large	21-9	65.386
73	5th out	San Diego St.	MWC	At Large	19-10	65.232
74	6th out	Oklahoma	SEC	At Large	17-14	65.002
75	7th out	California	ACC	At Large	20-10	64.940
76	8th out	Cincinnati	B12	At Large	17-14	64.715
77	9th out	Seton Hall	BE	At Large	20-11	64.462
78	10th out	West Virginia	B12	At Large	18-13	63.967
79	11th out	Akron	MAC	At Large	24-5	60.008
80	12th out	Arizona St.	B12	At Large	16-15	59.986
81	13th out	Tulsa	Amer	At Large	23-6	59.659
82	14th out	USC	B10	At Large	17-13	59.357
83	15th out	Florida St.	ACC	At Large	17-14	59.309
84	16th out	Oklahoma St.	B12	At Large	18-13	59.234
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	9
B12	8
BE	3
WCC	3
A10	2

Bracket:

		Regional Parity
East (Washington, DC)		34	32	Midwest (Chicago)
1	Duke	1	2	Michigan	1
16	Lehigh vs. Bethune Cookman			Howard vs. LIU	16
	Greenville, SC			Philadelphia, PA
8	UCLA			Utah St.	8
9	TCU			Texas A&M	9
5	Vanderbilt			St. John's	5
12	South Florida			Stephen F. Austin	12
	San Diego, CA			Portland, OR
4	Texas Tech	15	16	Virginia	4
13	Hofstra			Utah Valley	13
6	Louisville			Tennessee	6
11	Stanford vs. VCU			SMU vs. Santa Clara	11
	Buffalo, NY			St. Louis, MO
3	Purdue	11	9	Iowa St.	3
14	Wright St.			Troy	14
7	Saint Mary's			Miami FL	7
10	Missouri			Miami OH	10
	Buffalo, NY			Philadelphia, PA
2	Michigan St.	7	5	Connecticut	2
15	Merrimack			East Tennessee St.	15
		Regional Parity
South (Houston)		34	36	West (San Jose)
1	Florida	4	3	Arizona	1
16	Queens			UMBC	16
	Tampa, FL			San Diego, CA
8	Clemson			Georgia	8
9	Ohio St.			Iowa	9
5	Arkansas			Wisconsin	5
12	Yale			High Point	12
	Tampa, FL			Greenville, SC
4	Kansas	14	13	Alabama	4
13	Liberty			Northern Iowa	13
6	BYU			North Carolina	6
11	N.C. State			Texas	11
	Oklahoma City, OK			Portland, OR
3	Nebraska	10	12	Gonzaga	3
14	UC Irvine			North Dakota St.	14
7	Kentucky			Villanova	7
10	Saint Louis			UCF	10
	Oklahoma City, OK			St. Louis, MO
2	Houston	6	8	Illinois	2
15	Portland St.			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