Bracketology 2/24/2025

Changes abound up and down the seed list after a hectic weekend. Some of the most notable decisions I made include:

1) I moved Tennessee back up to the 1 line after their road win at Texas A&M. Tennessee’s depth of quality wins (9 Q1, 6 Q1A) gave them the nod over Florida for the last 1 seed. Houston will be right in that conversation as well if they knock off Texas Tech tonight.

2) I moved Ohio State out of the field. This would’ve been pretty unthinkable a few weeks ago but the Buckeyes were blown out at home by Northwestern and at 15-13, they are going to need to go 2-1 in their remaining games to have a chance at an at-large.

3) I moved Purdue down to the 5 line. The Boilermakers were a 2 seed just over a week ago but have dropped 3 straight. I gave my last protected seed to Missouri instead of Purdue- The Tigers’ two wins over possible 1 seeds put them over the line.

Note that I had to move BYU all the way down to an 11 seed to satisfy bracketing principles. I have the Cougars at #31 on my seed list but since they don’t play on Sunday, there were no available spots for them on the 8, 9 or 10 lines.