Bracketology 1/7/2022

Conference play is underway across the country and there’s some movement throughout the seed list in this update. This looks like quite a promising year for at-large bids from non-power conferences, a weak ACC and a top-heavy Pac-12 both sending 3 teams in this update leaves room for 9 teams from the WCC, Missouri Valley and Ohio Valley.

1: Baylor, Arizona, Kansas, Auburn

2: Gonzaga, Duke, LSU, Michigan State

3: Villanova, Houston, Alabama, Purdue

4: USC, Wisconsin, UCLA, Iowa State

5: Xavier, Seton Hall, Illinois, Ohio State

6: Colorado State, Providence, Texas, Tennessee

7: Loyola Chicago, Connecticut, BYU, West Virginia

8: Texas Texas, Kentucky, Iowa, San Francisco

9: Oklahoma, North Carolina, Indiana, TCU

10: Minnesota, Wake Forest, Belmont, Creighton

11: Davidson, St. Mary’s, Mississippi State, Wyoming

12: (Memphis/San Diego State), (Murray State/Florida), UAB, Iona

13: Chattanooga, Ohio, New Mexico State, Oakland

14: South Dakota State, Wagner, James Madison, Princeton

15: Navy, Texas State, UC Irvine, Vermont

16: Liberty, Norfolk State, (UNC Asheville/Southern Utah), (Nicholls State/Texas Southern)

First Four Out: Texas A&M, Marquette, Virginia Tech, Miami (FL)

Next Four Out: Clemson, Boise State, SMU, VCU

Bids by Conference:

Big Ten: 8

Big 12: 8

SEC: 7

Big East: 6

West Coast: 4

ACC: 3

Mountain West: 3

Pac-12: 3

American: 2

Ohio Valley: 2