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2026 Way To Early Bracketology

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Staff
November 10, 2025

Way-Too-Early Bracketology and we’ll update it as information comes in periodically for the projected NCAA tournament field. This is our initial post draft deadline field based on our preseason rankings.


1	Purdue	Big Ten
1	Houston	Big 12
1	Florida	SEC
1	BYU	Big 12

2	Gonzaga	Big 12
2	Kentucky	SEC
2	Illinois	Big Ten
2	UConn	Big East

3	Duke	ACC
3	St John’s	Big East
3	Tennessee	SEC
3	Iowa State	Big 12

4	Michigan	Big Ten
4	Arizona	Big 12
4	Alabama	SEC
4	Texas Tech	Big 12

5	Wisconsin	Big Ten
5	UCLA	Big Ten
5	Louisville	ACC
5	Ohio State	Big Ten

6	Ole Miss	SEC
6	Vanderbilt	SEC
6	Arkansas	SEC
6	NC State	ACC

7	Kansas	Big 12
7	North Carolina	ACC
7	Oregon	Big Ten
7	USC	Big Ten

8	Auburn	SEC
8	Washington	Big Ten
8	Texas A&M	SEC
8	Michigan State	Big Ten

9	Miss State	SEC
9	San Diego State	Mountain West
9	Texas	SEC
9	Missouri	SEC

10	Virginia	ACC
10	Iowa	Big Ten
10	Creighton	Big East
10	Baylor	Big 12

11	Indiana	Big Ten
11	Nebraska	Big 12
11	Saint Mary’s	WCC
11	Utah State	Mountain West
11	South Florida	AAC
11	Dayton	Atlantic 10

12	Liberty	CUSA
12	Charleston	CAA
12	UCSB	Big West
12	Yale	Ivy League

13	Belmont	Missouri Valley
13	High Point	Big South
13	Akron	MAC
13	Chattanooga	Southern

14	JMU	Sun Belt
14	Sacramento St	Big Sky
14	Abilene Christian	WAC
14	McNeese St	Southland

15	Eastern Kentucky	ASun
15	St. Thomas	Summit
15	Little Rock	Ohio Valley
15	Sacred Heart	MAAC

16	Norfolk St	MEAC
16	Vermont	American East
16	Colgate	Patriot
16	Bethune Cookman	SWAC
16	Oakland	Horizon
16	LIU	NEC

Big Ten	12
SEC	12
Big 12	9
ACC	5
Big East	3
Mountain West	2

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