Projected Bracket (if the season ended today)
Updated: 11/29/25
| (1) |  | Michigan* (7-0) |
| (16) |   | Navy* (3-4)/UMBC* (2-2) |
| Buffalo | (8) |  | Santa Clara (6-1) |
| (9) |  | Florida (5-2) |
| (5) |  | Tennessee (7-1) |
| (12) |   | George Mason (6-0)/TCU (5-2) |
| Tampa | (4) |  | Houston (7-1) |
| (13) |  | High Point* (5-1) |
| (6) |  | Alabama (5-2) |
| (11) |  | Dayton* (6-2) |
| Oklahoma City | (3) |  | Iowa (7-0) |
| (14) |  | East Tennessee State* (4-1) |
| (7) |  | Baylor (5-1) |
| (10) |  | Butler (6-1) |
| Greenville | (2) |  | Louisville (7-0) |
| (15) |  | Quinnipiac* (3-3) |
| (1) |  | Iowa State* (7-0) |
| (16) |   | Alabama A&M* (2-2)/Howard* (2-4) |
| St. Louis | (8) |  | LSU (6-0) |
| (9) |  | Colorado (7-0) |
| (5) |  | BYU (6-1) |
| (12) |  | Northern Iowa* (6-1) |
| Portland | (4) |  | USC (7-0) |
| (13) |  | Tulsa* (5-1) |
| (6) |  | Kansas (6-2) |
| (11) |  | Ohio State (6-1) |
| Portland | (3) |  | Gonzaga* (7-1) |
| (14) |  | Northern Colorado* (4-1) |
| (7) |  | North Carolina (6-1) |
| (10) |  | Saint John's (4-3) |
| Buffalo | (2) |  | Michigan State (7-0) |
| (15) |  | Central Connecticut* (3-2) |
| (1) |  | Purdue (7-0) | |
| (16) |  | Tennessee-Martin* (3-2) | |
| (8) |  | California Baptist* (6-0) | St. Louis |
| (9) |  | Saint Mary's College (7-1) | |
| (5) |  | Oklahoma State (7-0) | |
| (12) |  | Miami (OH)* (5-0) | |
| (4) |  | Connecticut* (6-1) | Philadelphia |
| (13) |  | Yale* (6-1) | |
| (6) |  | Auburn (6-2) | |
| (11) |  | UC San Diego* (6-0) | |
| (3) |  | Utah State* (5-0) | San Diego |
| (14) |  | South Alabama* (5-1) | |
| (7) |  | Illinois (6-2) | |
| (10) |  | Virginia (6-1) | |
| (2) |  | Vanderbilt* (8-0) | Tampa |
| (15) |  | Robert Morris* (3-3) | |
| (1) |  | Duke* (8-0) | |
| (16) |  | FGCU* (4-3) | |
| (8) |  | Missouri (8-0) | Greenville |
| (9) |  | UCF (6-1) | |
| (5) |  | SMU (8-0) | |
| (12) |  | New Mexico State* (4-0) | |
| (4) |  | Nebraska (7-0) | Oklahoma City |
| (13) |  | McNeese* (4-1) | |
| (6) |  | Clemson (7-1) | |
| (11) |   | Kentucky (5-2)/Texas Tech (5-2) | |
| (3) |  | Indiana (6-0) | Philadelphia |
| (14) |  | UNCW* (5-1) | |
| (7) |  | Georgia (6-1) | |
| (10) |  | California (6-1) | |
| (2) |  | Arizona (6-0) | San Diego |
| (15) |  | Saint Thomas* (5-3) | |
Last Four Byes |  | Butler (6-1) |  | Saint John's (4-3) |  | Virginia (6-1) |  | Ohio State (6-1) |
Last Four In |  | Kentucky (5-2) |  | Texas Tech (5-2) |  | George Mason (6-0) |  | TCU (5-2) |
First Four Out |  | Oklahoma (5-2) |  | Wake Forest (6-2) |  | North Carolina State (5-2) |  | Wisconsin (5-2) |
Next Four Out |  | Saint Louis (6-1) |  | Miami (FL) (6-2) |  | Villanova (5-1) |  | Texas A&M (6-2) |
| Iowa State (1) | Michigan (1) | Vanderbilt (2) | Duke (1) | Gonzaga (3) | Connecticut (4) | Dayton (11) |
| Arizona (2) | Purdue (1) | Tennessee (5) | Louisville (2) | Santa Clara (8) | Butler (10) | George Mason (12) |
| Houston (4) | Michigan State (2) | Alabama (6) | SMU (5) | Saint Mary's College (9) | Saint John's (10) |
| Oklahoma State (5) | Indiana (3) | Auburn (6) | Clemson (6) |
| BYU (5) | Iowa (3) | Georgia (7) | North Carolina (7) |
| Kansas (6) | USC (4) | LSU (8) | California (10) |
| Baylor (7) | Nebraska (4) | Missouri (8) | Virginia (10) |
| UCF (9) | Illinois (7) | Florida (9) |
| Colorado (9) | Ohio State (11) | Kentucky (11) |
| Texas Tech (11) |
| TCU (12) |
- Michigan
- Purdue
- Duke
- Iowa State
- Arizona
- Louisville
- Vanderbilt
- Michigan State
- Gonzaga
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Utah State
- USC
- Nebraska
- Connecticut
- Houston
- SMU
- Tennessee
- Oklahoma State
- BYU
- Alabama
- Clemson
- Auburn
- Kansas
- Baylor
- North Carolina
- Georgia
- Illinois
- California Baptist
- LSU
- Missouri
- Santa Clara
- Saint Mary's College
- UCF
- Colorado
- Florida
- California
- Butler
- Saint John's
- Virginia
- Ohio State
- UC San Diego
- Dayton
- Kentucky
- Texas Tech
- George Mason
- TCU
- Miami (OH)
- New Mexico State
- Northern Iowa
- Yale
- McNeese
- High Point
- Tulsa
- UNCW
- East Tennessee State
- South Alabama
- Northern Colorado
- Central Connecticut
- Quinnipiac
- Robert Morris
- Saint Thomas
- FGCU
- Tennessee-Martin
- Navy
- UMBC
- Alabama A&M
- Howard