Top 25

1.     Gonzaga (20-1) LW: 1

2.     Baylor (15-1) LW: 2

3.     Kansas (14-3) LW: 6

4.     Florida State (16-2) LW: 7

5.     San Diego State (19-0) LW: 8

6.     Louisville (15-3) LW: 10

7.     Dayton (16-2) LW: 12

8.     Villanova (14-3) LW: 13

9.     Duke (15-3) LW: 3

10.  Butler (15-3) LW: 4

11.  Oregon (15-4) LW: 9

12.  Michigan State (14-4) LW: 17

13.  Seton Hall (14-4) LW: 21

14.  Kentucky (13-4) LW: 11

15.  Auburn (15-2) LW: 5

16.  Maryland (14-4) LW: 15

17.  Memphis (14-3) LW: 19

18.  West Virginia (14-3) LW: 14

19.  Rutgers (14-4) LW: 24

20.  Texas Tech (12-5) LW: 25

21.  Houston (14-4) LW: NR

22.  Wichita State (15-3) LW: 16

23.  Iowa (13-5) LW: NR

24.  Arizona (13-5) LW: NR

25.  Ohio State (12-6) LW: 18

In the mix: Arkansas; Colorado; Florida; Illinois; LSU; Marquette; Penn State; Wisconsin.

Top 25

1. Duke (6-0) LW: 3
2. Louisville (6-0) LW: 1
3. Gonzaga (6-0) LW: 2
4. Michigan State (3-1) LW: 4
5. Ohio State (5-0) LW: 5
6. Virginia (6-0) LW: 7
7. Kentucky (5-1) LW: 6
8. Arizona (6-0) LW: 8
9. Kansas (3-1) LW: 9
10. North Carolina (4-0) LW: 10
11. Oregon (5-0) LW: 14
12. Tennessee (4-0) LW: 11
13: Maryland (5-0) LW: 12
14: Seton Hall (4-1) LW: 13
15: Baylor (5-1) LW: 20
16: Auburn (5-0) LW: 15
17. Texas Tech (5-0) LW: 16
18. Washington (5-1) LW: 18
19. Florida (5-2) LW: NR
20. West Virginia (4-0) LW: 19
21. Villanova (4-2) LW: 22
22. Xavier (6-1) LW: 21
23. Michigan (4-0) LW: 25
24. Butler (5-0) LW: 23
25. Texas (5-1) LW: 17

In the mix: Colorado; Florida State; Indiana; Memphis; Oklahoma; Penn State; Purdue; Utah State; VCU.

Top 25 - 11/18/19

1. Louisville (4-0)
2. Gonzaga (4-0)
3. Duke (4-0)
4. Michigan State (2-1)
5. Ohio State (3-0)
6. Kentucky (2-1)
7. Virginia (3-0)
8. Arizona (4-0)
9. Kansas (2-1)
10. North Carolina (3-0)
11. Tennessee (3-0)
12. Maryland (3-0)
13. Seton Hall (3-1)
14. Oregon (4-0)
15. Auburn (4-0)
16. Texas Tech (3-0)
17. Texas (4-0)
18. Washington (2-1)
19. West Virginia (2-0)
20. Baylor (2-1)
21. Xavier (4-0)
22. Villanova (2-1)
23. Butler (4-0)
24. Oklahoma (3-0)
25. Michigan (3-0)

Way Too Early Top Seeds

Yes, it's way too early to predict the top seeds in the upcoming 2019 NCAA Tournament, but it’s also way too early to even talk about a Top 25, for example. So, F it, I’m going to at least play around with the rankings that matter.

Here are my top 4 seed lines for the NCAA Tournament as of today:

1 SEEDS:

Duke (3-0) Best win: vs. Kentucky, 118-84.

Kansas (3-0) Best win: vs. Michigan State, 92-87.

Gonzaga (3-0) Best win: Texas A&M, 94-71.

Michigan (5-0) Best win: at Villanova, 73-46.

2 SEEDS:

North Carolina (4-0) Best win: Stanford, 90-72.

Virginia (3-0) Best win: none.

Auburn (3-0) Best win: Washington, 88-66.

Florida State (2-0) Best win: Florida, 81-60.

3 SEEDS:

Nevada (3-0) Best win: BYU, 86-70.

Tennessee (3-0) Best win: Georgia Tech, 66-53.

Michigan State (3-1) Best win: none.

Virginia Tech (4-0) Best win: Purdue, 89-83.

4 SEEDS:

Kentucky (3-1) Best win: So. Illinois, 71-59.

Wisconsin (3-0) Best win: at Xavier, 77-68.

Purdue (4-1) Best win: vs. Davidson, 79-58.

Texas (4-0) Best win: vs. Arkansas, 73-71 OT.

New Bracketology - 2/2/16

It’s February, which means it is officially time to start projecting the NCAA Tournament field.

Here's a look at my first in-season Bracketology for 2015-16.

As of games through Monday, February 1.

WARNING: The predicted field/seeding is highly likely to change from day to day or minute to minute.

*Automatic bids in italics

1 SEEDS: Oklahoma; Iowa; North Carolina; Villanova.

2 SEEDS: Xavier; Virginia; Iowa State; Kansas.

3 SEEDS: Michigan State; Oregon; Texas A&M; Texas.

4 SEEDS: West Virginia; Maryland; Louisville; Miami.

5 SEEDS: Purdue; Kentucky; Providence; Utah.

6 SEEDS: USC; Duke; Arizona; Dayton.

7 SEEDS: Baylor; Florida; Michigan, Indiana.

8 SEEDS: Notre Dame; Wichita State; Colorado; California.

9 SEEDS: St. Mary’s; VCU; Pittsburgh; Syracuse.

10 SEEDS: Florida State; South Carolina; Seton Hall; UConn.

11 SEEDS: Valparaiso; St. Joe’s; Washington; Butler vs. Cincinnati.

12 SEEDS: Monmouth; Clemson vs. Texas Tech; San Diego State; Ark. Little Rock.

13 SEEDS: Chattanooga; William & Mary; South Dakota State; Stony Brook.

14 SEEDS: Princeton; Akron; UC Irvine; Middle Tenn. State.

15 SEEDS: Belmont; Grand Canyon; North Florida; Montana.

16 SEEDS: S. F. Austin; NC Asheville; Navy vs. Wagner; Southern vs. Hampton.

LAST FOUR IN: Butler; Clemson; Texas Tech; Cincinnati.

FIRST FOUR OUT: Vanderbilt; Kansas State; UCLA; Gonzaga.

NEXT FOUR OUT: Oregon State; Georgia Tech; Georgetown; George Washington.

CONFERENCE BREAKDOWN: ACC (10); Big 12 (7); Pac 12 (7); Big Ten (6); Big East (5); SEC (4); Atlantic 10 (3); AAC (2).

Note: Automatic bids are determined at this point by the highest RPI in each league.