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ROAD TO SELECTION SUNDAY, MN – We’ve reached our penultimate Field of 68 projection heading into Selection Sunday Week. Automatic qualifiers in multiple-bid conferences (noted with an *) are the highest remaining seed in their conference tournament. Teams in ALL CAPS BOLD ITALIC already have earned automatic bids.
The final projection will be posted in the wee hours of Selection Sunday morning, March 15.
FIELD OF 68 PROJECTION (3/9/26)
America East (1): UMBC (205)
American (1): South Florida (49)
ACC (8): *Duke (1), Virginia, Louisville (14), North Carolina (23), Miami (32), NC State (35), Clemson (36), SMU (39)
ASUN (1): QUEENS (187)
Atlantic 10 (2): *Saint Louis (27), VCU (44)
Big East (3): UConn (9), *Saint John’s (22), Villanova (33)
Big Sky (1): Portland State (136)
Big South (1): HIGH POINT (79)
Big Ten (9): *Michigan (2), Illinois (6), Purdue (10), Michigan State (11), Nebraska (12), Iowa (25), Wisconsin (26), Ohio State (30), UCLA (34)
Big XII (8): *Arizona (3), Houston (7), Iowa State (8), Texas Tech (15), Kansas (19), BYU (24), TCU (40), UCF (51)
Big West (1): UC-Irvine (118)
Coastal (1): Hofstra (88)
Conference USA (1): Liberty (100)
Horizon (1): Wright State (133)
Ivy (1): Yale (66)
MAAC (1): Merrimack (173)
MAC (1): Miami U (55)
MEAC (1): Howard (202)
Missouri Valley (1): NORTHERN IOWA (72)
Mountain West (2): *Utah State (29), New Mexico (45)
NEC (1): LIU (200)
OVC (1): TENNESSEE STATE (172)
Patriot (1): Lehigh (282)
SEC (10): *Florida (4), Vanderbilt (16), Alabama (17), Arkansas (18), Tennessee (21), Kentucky (28), Georgia (31), Texas (41), Texas A&M (43), Missouri (60)
SoCon (1): East Tennessee State (126)
Southland (1): Stephen F. Austin (86)
SWAC (1): Bethune-Cookman (255)
Summit (1): NORTH DAKOTA STATE (115)
Sun Belt (1): Troy (132)
WCC (3): *Gonzaga (5), Saint Mary’s (20), Santa Clara (42)
WAC (1): Utah Valley (85)
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Last 4 In: Santa Clara (42), VCU (44), SMU (39), last team in = New Mexico (45)
First 4 Out: first team out = Stanford (59), Cal (65), Auburn (38), Indiana (37)
Next 5 Out: Cincinnati (46), San Diego State (47), Virginia Tech (53), Oklahoma (54), Boise State (57)
Last 4 Automatic Qualifiers: Howard (202), UMBC (205), Bethune-Cookman (255), Lehigh (282)
Non-Power 5 At-Large Bids (4): Saint Mary’s (20), Santa Clara (42), VCU (44), New Mexico (45)
Multiple-Bid Conferences (8): SEC (10), Big Ten (9), ACC (8), Big XII (8), Big East (3), WCC (3), Atlantic 10 (2), Mountain West (2)
Movin On ‘In (5): Hofstra, Lehigh, Queens, UC-Irvine, Utah Valley
Droppin’ Out (5): Cal Baptist, Central Arkansas, Hawaii, Navy, UNC-Wilmington
The final projection will be posted in the wee hours of Selection Sunday morning, March 15.
FIELD OF 68 PROJECTION (3/9/26)
America East (1): UMBC (205)
American (1): South Florida (49)
ACC (8): *Duke (1), Virginia, Louisville (14), North Carolina (23), Miami (32), NC State (35), Clemson (36), SMU (39)
ASUN (1): QUEENS (187)
Atlantic 10 (2): *Saint Louis (27), VCU (44)
Big East (3): UConn (9), *Saint John’s (22), Villanova (33)
Big Sky (1): Portland State (136)
Big South (1): HIGH POINT (79)
Big Ten (9): *Michigan (2), Illinois (6), Purdue (10), Michigan State (11), Nebraska (12), Iowa (25), Wisconsin (26), Ohio State (30), UCLA (34)
Big XII (8): *Arizona (3), Houston (7), Iowa State (8), Texas Tech (15), Kansas (19), BYU (24), TCU (40), UCF (51)
Big West (1): UC-Irvine (118)
Coastal (1): Hofstra (88)
Conference USA (1): Liberty (100)
Horizon (1): Wright State (133)
Ivy (1): Yale (66)
MAAC (1): Merrimack (173)
MAC (1): Miami U (55)
MEAC (1): Howard (202)
Missouri Valley (1): NORTHERN IOWA (72)
Mountain West (2): *Utah State (29), New Mexico (45)
NEC (1): LIU (200)
OVC (1): TENNESSEE STATE (172)
Patriot (1): Lehigh (282)
SEC (10): *Florida (4), Vanderbilt (16), Alabama (17), Arkansas (18), Tennessee (21), Kentucky (28), Georgia (31), Texas (41), Texas A&M (43), Missouri (60)
SoCon (1): East Tennessee State (126)
Southland (1): Stephen F. Austin (86)
SWAC (1): Bethune-Cookman (255)
Summit (1): NORTH DAKOTA STATE (115)
Sun Belt (1): Troy (132)
WCC (3): *Gonzaga (5), Saint Mary’s (20), Santa Clara (42)
WAC (1): Utah Valley (85)
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Last 4 In: Santa Clara (42), VCU (44), SMU (39), last team in = New Mexico (45)
First 4 Out: first team out = Stanford (59), Cal (65), Auburn (38), Indiana (37)
Next 5 Out: Cincinnati (46), San Diego State (47), Virginia Tech (53), Oklahoma (54), Boise State (57)
Last 4 Automatic Qualifiers: Howard (202), UMBC (205), Bethune-Cookman (255), Lehigh (282)
Non-Power 5 At-Large Bids (4): Saint Mary’s (20), Santa Clara (42), VCU (44), New Mexico (45)
Multiple-Bid Conferences (8): SEC (10), Big Ten (9), ACC (8), Big XII (8), Big East (3), WCC (3), Atlantic 10 (2), Mountain West (2)
Movin On ‘In (5): Hofstra, Lehigh, Queens, UC-Irvine, Utah Valley
Droppin’ Out (5): Cal Baptist, Central Arkansas, Hawaii, Navy, UNC-Wilmington