Field of 68 Projection: 3+ Quad 1/Quad 2 Wins Combined Gets Teams into This Week's Field

[SelectionSunday]

ROAD TO SELECTION SUNDAY, MN – For this Week 7 projection, I’m putting every team with three or more combined Quad 1/Quad 2 wins into the field. We’re deep enough into the season now where the NET is taking shape and starting to show which teams are NCAA Tournament worthy (or not). In other words, teams like Kentucky (27 NET, 1 Quad 1 win) that were thought highly of in the preseason but have done little or nothing to prove it will have to earn their way back into the field.

There are five new entrants to the field, including at-large selections Boise State, Kansas State, and McNeese. The only two new automatic qualifiers are Central Connecticut (NEC) and Winthrop (Big South).

Automatic qualifiers in multiple-bid conferences (noted with an *) hold the best conference record or, in the event of a tie, best NET ranking (in parentheses).

FIELD OF 68 PROJECTION (12/15/25)
America East (1): Vermont (184)

American (1): Tulsa (40)

ACC (8): *Duke (2), Louisville (11), North Carolina (20), Virginia (21), Clemson (28), NC State (36), SMU (41), Virginia Tech (58)

ASUN (1): Lipscomb (108)

Atlantic 10 (1): Saint Louis (29)

Big East (4): UConn (8), Saint John’s (24), Seton Hall (38), *Butler (43)

Big Sky (1): Northern Colorado (105)

Big South (1): Winthrop (102)

Big Ten (9): *Michigan (1), Purdue (9), Michigan State (10), Nebraska (12), Illinois (13), Iowa (19), USC (37), UCLA (42), Ohio State (49)

Big XII (10): *Arizona (4), Iowa State (5), BYU (6), Houston (15), Kansas (16), Texas Tech (25), Colorado (47), Arizona State (51), Baylor (66), Kansas State (68)

Big West (1): Hawaii (117)

Coastal (1): William & Mary (71)

Conference USA (1): Sam Houston (76)

Horizon (1): Youngstown State (154)

Ivy (1): Yale (45)

MAAC (1): Siena (135)

MAC (1): Akron (56)

MEAC (1): Norfolk State (228)

Missouri Valley (1): Belmont (55)

Mountain West (3): *Utah State (30), Boise State (39), Colorado State (54)

NEC (1): Central Connecticut (185)

OVC (1): Lindenwood (182)

Patriot (1): Colgate (141)

SEC (7): *Vanderbilt (7), Alabama (14), Georgia (17), Arkansas (18), Florida (22), Auburn (33), Tennessee (35)

SoCon (1): East Tennessee State (100)

Southland (2): McNeese (46), *Stephen F. Austin (113)

SWAC (1): Alabama State (236)

Summit (1): St. Thomas (115)

Sun Belt (1): Marshall (118)

WCC (2): *Gonzaga (3), Saint Mary’s (23)

WAC (1): Utah Valley (53)
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Last 4 In: UCLA (42), McNeese (46), Colorado (47), Kansas State (68)

First 4 Out: Miami-Florida (31), LSU (32), Oklahoma (50), Santa Clara (57)

Last 4 Automatic Qualifiers: Vermont (184), Central Connecticut (185), Norfolk State (228), Alabama State (236)

8 to Watch: UCF (44), Wake Forest (48), Cal (59), Washington (61), Notre Dame (67), Oklahoma State (72), Miami-Ohio (78), Richmond (80)

Non-Power 5 At-Large Bids (4): Saint Mary’s (23), Boise State (39), McNeese (46), Colorado State (54)

Multiple-Bid Conferences (8): Big XII (10), Big Ten (9), ACC (8), SEC (7), Big East (4), Mountain West (3), Southland (2), WCC (2)

Movin On ‘In (5): Boise State, Central Connecticut, Kansas State, McNeese, Winthrop

Droppin’ Out (5): High Point, LIU, Oklahoma State, VCU, Wisconsin

Next Field of 68 Projection: Monday, December 22

 

[SelectionSunday]

This week's "rando" NET #50 team (squarely in bubble territory) did not make my bracket. Resumes are starting to take shape.

#50 NCAA Tournament Resume (Oklahoma Sooners)
Record vs. D1 Opponents: 7-3
NET: #50
Torvik (T-Rank): #55
SOR (Strength of Record): 47
WAB (Wins Above Bubble): 35
Overall SOS: 33
Non-Conference SOS: 35
True Road Record: 1-1
Record vs. Quad 1: 1-2
Record vs. Quad 2: 1-1
Record vs. Quad 3: 1-0
Record vs. Quad 4: 4-0
Record vs. Projected NCAA Qualifiers: 0-3 (lost @ Gonzaga, lost to Nebraska, lost to Arizona State)