Seed List
Below are two tables that display the current Seed List (at the time of publication) – a tool used for my bracket projects and by the actual Selection Committee to seed teams into the bracket.
A couple of things to note:
Teams in BOLD represent the automatic bid based on league results at the time of publication.
Note: At this point, the Ivy League has decided not to play basketball; thus there are only 31 auto qualifiers.
The Seed List is not a poll. It is a ranking of teams based on the overall field at the time of publication. Whether it’s NET, KenPom or some other metric, a variety of factors go into the Seed List at any given point in time. The Seed List reflects the 68-team field – and the Top 100 teams (at the time).
Updated: February 22, 2021 (11:30 a.m. ET)
To make it easier to follow, I didn’t use an actual “S” shape on the table; rather the highest seed on each line is to the left.
February 22 | 1-68 | |||
1. Gonzaga | 2. Baylor | 3. Michigan | 4. Ohio State |
5. Illinois | 6. Alabama | 7. Iowa | 8. Villanova |
9. Oklahoma | 10. West Virginia | 11. Houston | 12. Florida State |
13. Kansas | 14. Virginia | 15. Texas | 16. Tennessee |
17. Texas Tech | 18. Virginia Tech | 19. Missouri | 20. Purdue |
21. Wisconsin | 22. Creighton | 23. Arkansas | 24. Oklahoma State |
25. USC | 26. Clemson | 27. Florida | 28. LSU |
29. UCLA | 30. Colorado | 31. North Carolina | 32. Rutgers |
33. BYU | 34. Louisville | 35. Oregon | 36. Maryland |
37. Xavier | 38. Loyola-Chi | 39. Drake | 40. San Diego St |
41. Seton Hall | 42. VCU | 43. Indiana | 44. Boise State |
45. Minnesota | 46. Colorado State | 47. St. Bonaventure | 48. Wichita State |
49. W. Kentucky | 50. Toledo | ||
51. Belmont | 52. Winthrop | 53. Liberty | 54. Colgate |
55. USCB | 56. UNCG | 57. AB-Christian | 58. Grand Canyon |
59. Wright State | 60. Texas State | 61. James Madison | 62. UMBC |
63. Siena | 64. E. Washington | 65. South Dakota | 66. Wagner |
67. PV-AM | 68. NC A&T |
This is where the FIRST OUT at-large teams begin. As a reminder … automatic qualifiers have to be ranked within the Field of 68.
SEED LIST | 69 – 84 |
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69. Stanford | 70. Connecticut | 71. Richmond | 72. Utah State |
73. Saint Louis | 74. SMU | 75. Memphis | 76. Ole Miss |
77. Michigan State | 78. Syracuse | 79. Duke | 80. St. John’s |
81. Dayton | 82. Georgia Tech | 83. Georgia | 84. Providence |
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