Midweek Field of 68 Projection: Big Ten (11) & SEC (down to 10) Battling for the Most Bids

[SelectionSunday]

FIELD OF 68 PROJECTION (through games played 2/26/25)
America East (1): Bryant (161)

American (1): Memphis (48)

ACC (5): *Duke (2), Clemson (23), Louisville (26), North Carolina (45), Wake Forest (71)

ASUN (1): Lipscomb (87)

Atlantic 10 (1): VCU (29)

Big East (4): *Saint John’s (17), Marquette (24), UConn (35), Creighton (37)

Big Sky (1): Montana (153)

Big South (1): High Point (86)

Big Ten (11): Wisconsin (11), *Michigan State (13), Maryland (15), Purdue (18), Michigan (21), Illinois (22), UCLA (25), Oregon (32) Ohio State (33), Nebraska (54), Indiana (56)

Big XII (8): *Houston (3), Texas Tech (7), Arizona (9), Iowa State (10), Kansas (19), BYU (28), Baylor (31), West Virginia (47)

Big West (1): UC-San Diego (38)

Coastal (1): Towson (148)

Conference USA (1): Jacksonville State (114)

Horizon (1): Robert Morris (158)

Ivy (1): Yale (67)

MAAC (1): Marist (212)

MAC (1): Akron (98)

MEAC (1): Norfolk State (175)

Missouri Valley (1): Drake (59)

Mountain West (4): Utah State (34), Boise State (43), *New Mexico (44), San Diego State (49)

NEC (1): Central Connecticut (155)

OVC (1): Southeast Missouri State (182)

Patriot (1): Bucknell (215)

SEC (10): *Auburn (1), Tennessee (4), Florida (5), Alabama (6), Missouri (12), Kentucky (14), Texas A&M (20), Ole Miss (27), Mississippi State (30), Vanderbilt (41)

SoCon (1): Chattanooga (128)

Southland (1): McNeese (62)

SWAC (1): Southern (213)

Summit (1): Omaha (193)

Sun Belt (1): James Madison (152)

WCC (2): Gonzaga (8), *Saint Mary’s (16)

WAC (1): Utah Valley (121)
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Last 4 In: North Carolina (45), Indiana (56), Boise State (43), (last team in) Ohio State (33)

First 4 Out: (first team out) Arkansas (40), George Mason (65), San Francisco (60), Georgia (36)

Next 4 Out: Xavier (52), Texas (39), Oklahoma (50), UC-Irvine (64)

On the Radar O’Reilly (4): SMU (42), Villanova (51), Cincinnati (46), TCU (76)

Last 4 Automatic Qualifiers: Omaha (193), Marist (212), Southern (213), Bucknell (215)

Non-Power 5 At-Large Bids (4): Gonzaga (8), Utah State (34), Boise State (43), San Diego State (49)

 

[Gophers7633]

You have Wake Forest in that comfortably? They've only got one really good win and have taken on some terrible losses the last 2 weeks.

I can't see any way the SEC ends up with just 10. I think 14 is more likely than 10 tbh.

Good stuff though as always.

 

[howeda7]

You have Wake Forest in that comfortably? They've only got one really good win and have taken on some terrible losses the last 2 weeks.

I can't see any way the SEC ends up with just 10. I think 14 is more likely than 10 tbh.

Good stuff though as always.

Will they really let Oklahoma in with like a 6-12 SEC record though?

 

[Gophers7633]

Will they really let Oklahoma in with like a 6-12 SEC record though?

If they finish 19-12 in the regular season, they should absolutely be in. They have wins over Michigan, UL, Zona, @Arkansas, Vandy and Miss State. I'd say 19-12 would pretty much be a lock at that point.

 

[studentgopher94]

FIELD OF 68 PROJECTION (through games played 2/26/25)
America East (1): Bryant (161)

American (1): Memphis (48)

ACC (5): *Duke (2), Clemson (23), Louisville (26), North Carolina (45), Wake Forest (71)

ASUN (1): Lipscomb (87)

Atlantic 10 (1): VCU (29)

Big East (4): *Saint John’s (17), Marquette (24), UConn (35), Creighton (37)

Big Sky (1): Montana (153)

Big South (1): High Point (86)

Big Ten (11): Wisconsin (11), *Michigan State (13), Maryland (15), Purdue (18), Michigan (21), Illinois (22), UCLA (25), Oregon (32) Ohio State (33), Nebraska (54), Indiana (56)

Big XII (8): *Houston (3), Texas Tech (7), Arizona (9), Iowa State (10), Kansas (19), BYU (28), Baylor (31), West Virginia (47)

Big West (1): UC-San Diego (38)

Coastal (1): Towson (148)

Conference USA (1): Jacksonville State (114)

Horizon (1): Robert Morris (158)

Ivy (1): Yale (67)

MAAC (1): Marist (212)

MAC (1): Akron (98)

MEAC (1): Norfolk State (175)

Missouri Valley (1): Drake (59)

Mountain West (4): Utah State (34), Boise State (43), *New Mexico (44), San Diego State (49)

NEC (1): Central Connecticut (155)

OVC (1): Southeast Missouri State (182)

Patriot (1): Bucknell (215)

SEC (10): *Auburn (1), Tennessee (4), Florida (5), Alabama (6), Missouri (12), Kentucky (14), Texas A&M (20), Ole Miss (27), Mississippi State (30), Vanderbilt (41)

SoCon (1): Chattanooga (128)

Southland (1): McNeese (62)

SWAC (1): Southern (213)

Summit (1): Omaha (193)

Sun Belt (1): James Madison (152)

WCC (2): Gonzaga (8), *Saint Mary’s (16)

WAC (1): Utah Valley (121)
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Last 4 In: North Carolina (45), Indiana (56), Boise State (43), (last team in) Ohio State (33)

First 4 Out: (first team out) Arkansas (40), George Mason (65), San Francisco (60), Georgia (36)

Next 4 Out: Xavier (52), Texas (39), Oklahoma (50), UC-Irvine (64)

On the Radar O’Reilly (4): SMU (42), Villanova (51), Cincinnati (46), TCU (76)

Last 4 Automatic Qualifiers: Omaha (193), Marist (212), Southern (213), Bucknell (215)

Non-Power 5 At-Large Bids (4): Gonzaga (8), Utah State (34), Boise State (43), San Diego State (49)

Do you think UCSD gets in as an at-large if they win out to the conference finals then lose to UCI?