Projected Bracket (if the season ended today)

Updated: 02/04/26

Sacramento 3

(1)UCLA* (21-1)
(16)Howard* (16-7)
UCLA(8)Oregon (17-7)
(9)Notre Dame (14-8)
(5)Maryland (17-6)
(12)Murray State* (18-3)
Duke(4)Duke (16-6)
(13)Fairfield* (18-4)
(6)Texas Tech (21-3)
(11)Stanford (15-8)/Villanova (17-5)
TCU(3)TCU* (20-3)
(14)Vermont* (17-5)
(7)USC (13-9)
(10)Utah (14-7)
LSU(2)LSU (21-2)
(15)UC Irvine* (17-4)

Sacramento 4

(1)Texas (21-2)
(16)Fairleigh Dickinson* (17-4)/Southern Utah* (12-7)
Texas(8)Illinois (16-6)
(9)Iowa State (18-5)
(5)Tennessee (14-5)
(12)Troy* (17-4)
Kentucky(4)Kentucky (18-5)
(13)High Point* (18-2)
(6)Washington (17-5)
(11)Arizona State (18-5)/Virginia Tech (18-5)
Baylor(3)Baylor (19-4)
(14)McNeese* (16-4)
(7)North Carolina State (15-7)
(10)North Dakota State* (18-2)
Michigan State(2)Michigan State (19-3)
(15)Louisiana Tech* (13-5)

Fort Worth 1

(1)Connecticut* (23-0)
(16)Army* (15-5)
(8)Syracuse (18-4)Connecticut
(9)Nebraska (16-6)
(5)West Virginia (18-5)
(12)Rice* (19-3)
(4)Ohio State (20-3)Ohio State
(13)Green Bay* (17-5)
(6)Alabama (19-4)
(11)Richmond* (18-4)
(3)Vanderbilt (21-2)Vanderbilt
(14)Charleston* (16-3)
(7)North Carolina (18-5)
(10)Mississippi State (16-7)
(2)Louisville* (21-3)Louisville
(15)Western Illinois* (15-3)

Fort Worth 2

(1)South Carolina* (22-2)
(16)Chattanooga* (13-5)/Southern* (9-9)
(8)Georgia (18-4)South Carolina
(9)Oklahoma State (17-5)
(5)Ole Miss (19-4)
(12)Montana State* (14-5)
(4)Oklahoma (17-5)Oklahoma
(13)Gonzaga* (16-7)
(6)Minnesota (16-6)
(11)San Diego State* (16-3)
(3)Iowa (18-4)Iowa
(14)Ball State* (16-5)
(7)Princeton* (18-2)
(10)Clemson (16-7)
(2)Michigan (19-3)Michigan
(15)Eastern Kentucky* (17-4)

Last Four Byes

Notre Dame (14-8)Clemson (16-7)Utah (14-7)Mississippi State (16-7)

Last Four In

Arizona State (18-5)Virginia Tech (18-5)Stanford (15-8)Villanova (17-5)

First Four Out

BYU (16-6)Rhode Island (18-2)Colorado (15-7)Auburn (13-10)

Next Four Out

Indiana (12-11)Miami (FL) (12-10)South Dakota State (17-6)California (13-10)
Big Ten - 12SEC - 11ACC - 9Big 12 - 8Big East - 2
UCLA (1)South Carolina (1)Louisville (2)TCU (3)Connecticut (1)
Michigan (2)Texas (1)Duke (4)Baylor (3)Villanova (11)
Michigan State (2)LSU (2)North Carolina (7)West Virginia (5)
Ohio State (4)Vanderbilt (3)North Carolina State (7)Texas Tech (6)
Iowa (3)Oklahoma (4)Syracuse (8)Iowa State (9)
Maryland (5)Kentucky (4)Notre Dame (9)Oklahoma State (9)
Minnesota (6)Tennessee (5)Clemson (10)Utah (10)
Washington (6)Ole Miss (5)Virginia Tech (11)Arizona State (11)
USC (7)Alabama (6)Stanford (11)
Oregon (8)Georgia (8)
Illinois (8)Mississippi State (10)
Nebraska (9)
  1. UCLA
  2. Connecticut
  3. South Carolina
  4. Texas
  5. Louisville
  6. LSU
  7. Michigan
  8. Michigan State
  9. Vanderbilt
  10. Ohio State
  11. Iowa
  12. TCU
  13. Baylor
  14. Oklahoma
  15. Duke
  16. Kentucky
  17. West Virginia
  18. Tennessee
  19. Ole Miss
  20. Maryland
  21. Alabama
  22. Minnesota
  23. Texas Tech
  24. Washington
  25. USC
  26. North Carolina
  27. Princeton
  28. North Carolina State
  29. Georgia
  30. Oregon
  31. Syracuse
  32. Illinois
  33. Iowa State
  34. Oklahoma State
  35. Nebraska
  36. Notre Dame
  37. North Dakota State
  38. Clemson
  39. Utah
  40. Mississippi State
  41. Arizona State
  42. Virginia Tech
  43. Stanford
  44. Richmond
  45. Villanova
  46. San Diego State
  47. Montana State
  48. Troy
  49. Rice
  50. Murray State
  51. Fairfield
  52. Green Bay
  53. Gonzaga
  54. High Point
  55. Charleston
  56. Ball State
  57. Vermont
  58. McNeese
  59. Western Illinois
  60. Louisiana Tech
  61. UC Irvine
  62. Eastern Kentucky
  63. Army
  64. Howard
  65. Fairleigh Dickinson
  66. Southern Utah
  67. Chattanooga
  68. Southern