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

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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
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