Bracketology 2026-27: Preseason

Seed List:

Seed	Rank	Team	Conf	Conf Rank	Bid Type	Average Rank	KenPom	Torvik	EvanMiya	Qualification
1	1	Duke	ACC	1	AQ	1.3	1	1	2	AQ
	2	Florida	SEC	1	AQ	2.0	2	3	1	AQ
	3	Arizona	B12	1	AQ	4.3	7	2	4	AQ
	4	Illinois	B10	1	AQ	4.7	4	7	3	AQ
2	5	Kansas	B12	2	At Large	4.7	5	4	5	Bye
	6	Houston	B12	3	At Large	5.7	3	6	8	Bye
	7	Iowa St.	B12	4	At Large	8.3	6	10	9	Bye
	8	Gonzaga	P12	1	AQ	9.7	14	8	7	AQ
3	9	Michigan St.	B10	2	At Large	9.7	8	11	10	Bye
	10	Connecticut	BE	1	AQ	10.0	11	13	6	AQ
	11	Virginia	ACC	2	At Large	13.0	13	5	21	Bye
	12	Louisville	ACC	3	At Large	13.3	16	9	15	Bye
4	13	Alabama	SEC	2	At Large	14.0	9	21	12	Bye
	14	Miami FL	ACC	4	At Large	15.0	20	12	13	Bye
	15	Texas	SEC	3	At Large	15.3	10	19	17	Bye
	16	Texas Tech	B12	5	At Large	16.0	17	17	14	Bye
5	17	St. John's	BE	2	At Large	16.7	21	18	11	Bye
	18	Nebraska	B10	3	At Large	18.0	15	15	24	Bye
	19	Tennessee	SEC	4	At Large	18.7	22	16	18	Bye
	20	Michigan	B10	4	At Large	19.3	28	14	16	Bye
6	21	Arkansas	SEC	5	At Large	20.3	19	22	20	Bye
	22	Vanderbilt	SEC	6	At Large	23.0	12	23	34	Bye
	23	Ohio St.	B10	5	At Large	23.3	18	20	32	Bye
	24	Kentucky	SEC	7	At Large	23.3	24	27	19	Bye
7	25	UCLA	B10	6	At Large	24.3	25	25	23	Bye
	26	Purdue	B10	7	At Large	24.7	23	29	22	Bye
	27	BYU	B12	6	At Large	28.0	34	24	26	Bye
	28	Oklahoma	SEC	8	At Large	29.3	29	28	31	Bye
8	29	Villanova	BE	3	At Large	30.7	33	31	28	Bye
	30	Auburn	SEC	9	At Large	31.0	26	38	29	Bye
	31	Missouri	SEC	10	At Large	32.7	27	30	41	Bye
	32	Texas A&M	SEC	11	At Large	33.0	30	34	35	Bye
9	33	Marquette	BE	4	At Large	33.3	35	32	33	Bye
	34	Baylor	B12	7	At Large	35.3	36	45	25	Bye
	35	Cincinnati	B12	8	At Large	35.7	32	37	38	Bye
	36	Georgia	SEC	12	At Large	37.0	46	35	30	Bye
10	37	USC	B10	8	At Large	37.3	37	36	39	Bye
	38	Wisconsin	B10	9	At Large	38.0	31	47	36	Bye
	39	LSU	SEC	13	At Large	39.0	39	51	27	Last 12 AL
	40	Indiana	B10	10	At Large	39.3	47	26	45	Last 12 AL
	41	North Carolina	ACC	5	At Large	42.0	38	46	42	Last 12 AL
	42	Creighton	BE	5	At Large	44.7	42	44	48	Last 12 AL
11	43	West Virginia	B12	9	At Large	45.0	40	48	47	Last 12 AL
	44	Grand Canyon	MWC	1	AQ	45.3	44	43	49	AQ
	45	N.C. State	ACC	6	At Large	45.3	66	33	37	Last 12 AL
	46	Maryland	B10	11	At Large	46.0	55	39	44	Last 12 AL
	47	Iowa	B10	12	At Large	47.3	43	49	50	Last 12 AL
	48	VCU	A10	1	AQ	52.3	57	57	43	AQ
12	49	Virginia Tech	ACC	7	At Large	51.0	54	42	57	Last 12 AL
	50	Clemson	ACC	8	At Large	51.0	58	40	55	Last 12 AL
	51	Xavier	BE	6	At Large	52.0	50	52	54	Last 12 AL
	52	TCU	B12	10	At Large	52.7	52	53	53	Last 12 AL
	53	High Point	BSth	1	AQ	65.0	62	68	65	AQ
	54	Wichita St.	Amer	1	AQ	69.0	74	70	63	AQ
13	55	Santa Clara	WCC	1	AQ	78.0	75	91	68	AQ
	56	Akron	MAC	1	AQ	94.3	101	93	89	AQ
	57	McNeese	Slnd	1	AQ	94.7	111	79	94	AQ
	58	UC Santa Barbara	BW	1	AQ	99.7	96	103	100	AQ
14	59	Murray St.	MVC	1	AQ	99.7	98	106	95	AQ
	60	UNC Wilmington	CAA	1	AQ	107.3	108	109	105	AQ
	61	Western Kentucky	CUSA	1	AQ	120.0	125	113	122	AQ
	62	Harvard	Ivy	1	AQ	124.3	134	124	115	AQ
15	63	Montana St.	BSky	1	AQ	134.7	133	135	136	AQ
	64	Furman	SC	1	AQ	144.3	149	146	138	AQ
	65	Troy	SB	1	AQ	150.0	154	139	157	AQ
	66	St. Thomas	Sum	1	AQ	150.3	175	145	131	AQ
	67	Wright St.	Horz	1	AQ	160.3	160	157	164	AQ
	68	Merrimack	MC	1	AQ	168.7	197	158	151	AQ
16	69	Howard	MEAC	1	AQ	172.0	186	153	177	AQ
	70	Central Arkansas	UAC	1	AQ	174.0	177	176	169	AQ
	71	Queens	ASun	1	AQ	178.0	194	188	152	AQ
	72	Tennessee St.	OVC	1	AQ	178.0	207	174	153	AQ
	73	Vermont	AE	1	AQ	186.7	187	186	187	AQ
	74	American	PL	1	AQ	191.3	204	194	176	AQ
	75	Bethune Cookman	SWAC	1	AQ	204.3	210	181	222	AQ
	76	LIU	NEC	1	AQ	251.3	252	252	250	AQ
First 4 Out	77	Utah St.	P12	2	At Large	52.7	53	59	46
	78	Oregon	B10	13	At Large	53.0	67	41	51
	79	Oklahoma St.	B12	11	At Large	53.3	45	56	59
	80	UCF	B12	12	At Large	53.3	49	50	61
Next 4 Out	81	Mississippi	SEC	14	At Large	54.0	48	62	52
	82	Providence	BE	7	At Large	54.0	51	55	56
	83	Saint Louis	A10	2	At Large	55.0	56	69	40
	84	SMU	ACC	9	At Large	57.7	61	54	58
Next In Line	85	Minnesota	B10	14	At Large	62.3	41	80	66
	86	Florida St.	ACC	10	At Large	62.3	63	60	64
	87	Mississippi St.	SEC	15	At Large	68.0	71	63	70
	88	Arizona St.	B12	13	At Large	68.7	73	66	67
	89	New Mexico	MWC	2	At Large	69.0	80	67	60
	90	DePaul	BE	8	At Large	69.3	59	64	85
	91	Georgetown	BE	9	At Large	69.3	78	61	69
	92	Dayton	A10	3	At Large	70.3	64	72	75