Projected Bracket (if the season ended today)

Updated: 12/21/25

Fort Worth 1

(1)Connecticut* (12-0)
(16)Southern Utah* (5-3)/Chattanooga* (6-5)
Connecticut(8)Tennessee (7-3)
(9)Minnesota (8-3)
(5)North Carolina (10-3)
(12)South Florida* (6-6)
Arizona State(4)Arizona State (13-0)
(13)Montana State* (5-4)
(6)Ohio State (10-1)
(11)Colorado State* (10-2)
Vanderbilt(3)Vanderbilt (12-0)
(14)Jacksonville* (5-3)
(7)Syracuse (11-1)
(10)BYU (12-1)
Nebraska(2)Nebraska (11-0)
(15)Army* (7-2)

Sacramento 4

(1)South Carolina (12-1)
(16)Charleston* (6-3)
South Carolina(8)USC (8-3)
(9)Fairfield* (7-3)
(5)Oklahoma (11-1)
(12)Western Illinois* (6-1)
Alabama(4)Alabama (13-0)
(13)Santa Clara* (7-3)
(6)Ole Miss (11-1)
(11)Illinois (11-1)/Duke (6-6)
Kentucky(3)Kentucky (12-1)
(14)Albany* (8-3)
(7)Villanova (9-2)
(10)Mississippi State (12-1)
UCLA(2)UCLA (11-1)
(15)High Point* (9-2)

Fort Worth 2

(1)Texas* (13-0)
(16)McNeese* (5-4)
(8)Washington (9-2)Texas
(9)Oklahoma State (10-2)
(5)Princeton* (11-1)
(12)Indiana (10-2)/Virginia Tech (10-3)
(4)Michigan State (9-1)Michigan State
(13)Central Michigan* (6-4)
(6)Oregon (12-1)
(11)Richmond* (10-3)
(3)Michigan (9-1)Michigan
(14)Green Bay* (7-5)
(7)West Virginia (10-2)
(10)Georgia (12-0)
(2)TCU* (13-0)TCU
(15)Southern* (2-6)

Sacramento 3

(1)Maryland* (13-0)
(16)Liberty* (4-5)/Fairleigh Dickinson* (6-3)
(8)Texas Tech (13-0)Maryland
(9)North Carolina State (8-4)
(5)Iowa (10-2)
(12)South Dakota State* (10-3)
(4)Louisville* (12-3)Louisville
(13)Murray State* (8-2)
(6)Notre Dame (8-2)
(11)Troy* (9-1)
(3)Iowa State (12-0)Iowa State
(14)UC Santa Barbara* (9-1)
(7)Baylor (11-2)
(10)Stanford (10-2)
(2)LSU (12-0)LSU
(15)Howard* (10-5)

Last Four Byes

Georgia (12-0)Mississippi State (12-1)BYU (12-1)Stanford (10-2)

Last Four In

Illinois (11-1)Duke (6-6)Indiana (10-2)Virginia Tech (10-3)

First Four Out

Georgetown (7-3)Utah (8-3)Auburn (10-3)Rhode Island (9-2)

Next Four Out

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