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 listed in BOLD are those noted as the automatic conference qualifier, per how the bracket is put together (league leader at the time of posting).
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 RPI, 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: January 19 | 9:30 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.
| JANUARY 19 | 1-68 | |||
| 1. Michigan | 2. Virginia | 3. Tennessee | 4. Kansas |
| 5. Michigan State | 6. Gonzaga | 7. Duke | 8. Texas Tech |
| 9. Maryland | 10. Kentucky | 11. Houston | 12. North Carolina |
| 13. Virginia Tech | 14. Nevada | 15. Marquette | 16. Oklahoma |
| 17. Iowa | 18. Villanova | 19. Louisville | 20. Florida State |
| 21. Buffalo | 22. Iowa State | 23. Indiana | 24. LSU |
| 25. Nebraska | 26. Purdue | 27. Wisconsin | 28. Auburn |
| 29. Ole Miss | 30. NC State | 31. Kansas State | 32. Mississippi St |
| 33. Seton Hall | 34. Saint John’s | 35. Ohio State | 36. Syracuse |
| 37. Minnesota | 38. Washington | 39. TCU | 40. Cincinnati |
| 41. Temple | 42. Saint Louis | 43. Texas | 44. Arizona State |
| 45. VCU | 46. Pittsburgh | 47. Butler | 48. Wofford |
| 49. Murray State | 50. Lipscomb | ||
| 51. Hofstra | 52. Georgia State | 53. Vermont | 54. Yale |
| 55. Loyola-Chi | 56. Marshall | 57. No. Kentucky | 58. So. Dakota St |
| 59. Radford | 60. UCSB | 61. Lehigh | 62. Grand Canyon |
| 63. Rider | 64. Weber State | 65. Wagner | 66. Sam Houston |
| 67. Prairie View | 68. Norfolk State | ||
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 – 92 |
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| 69. UCF | 70. Arizona | 71. Florida | 72. Alabama |
| 73. Clemson | 74. San Francisco | 75. Fresno State | 76. Notre Dame |
| 77. Dayton | 78. Northwestern | 79. Furman | 80. Xavier |
| 81. Creighton | 82. Baylor | 83. Providence | 84. Oregon |
| 85. Utah State | 86. Arkansas | 87. Oregon State | 88. Georgetown |
| 89. Georgia Tech | 90. Davidson | 91. NC-Greensboro | 92. South Carolina |
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