Running the Hardwood

2025-26 Preseason Projections - October 21, 2025

SeedTeam
1Purdue
1Houston
1Connecticut
1Michigan
2Florida
2Duke
2BYU
2Louisville
3St. John's
3Kentucky
3Illinois
3UCLA
4Arizona
4Arkansas
4Alabama
4Iowa St.
5Texas Tech
5Tennessee
5Gonzaga
5Ohio St.
6NC State
6North Carolina
6Kansas
6Missouri
7Michigan St.
7Oregon
7Vanderbilt
7Gonzaga
8Marquette
8Memphis
8Mississippi St.
8Creighton
9UConn
9New Mexico
9Georgia
9Baylor
10West Virginia
10Utah St.
10Oklahoma
10Arkansas
11Drake
11VCU
11UCSD
11Colorado St.
12San Diego St.*
12Vanderbilt*
12Indiana*
12North Carolina*
12Liberty
12McNeese
13Yale
13High Point
13Akron
13Grand Canyon
14Lipscomb
14Troy
14UNC Wilmington
14Montana
15Robert Morris
15Wofford
15Bryant
15Omaha
16SIUE
16Norfolk St.
16American*
16Mt. St. Mary's*
16Alabama St.*
16Saint Francis*

* denotes First Four participant

Bubble Watch

Last Four ByesWest Virginia, Utah St., Oklahoma, Arkansas
Last Four InSan Diego St., Vanderbilt, Indiana, UNC
First Four OutXavier, Texas, Boise St., Ohio St.