2015 NCAA Tournament Bracket: Latest Projection of the Field of 68

There's no better way to welcome thousands of football fans to college basketball season than with an updated projection for the 2015 NCAA tournament field.

It's difficult to fathom that we're less than six weeks away from Selection Sunday, but it shouldn't be too hard to believe that Kentucky is still our projected No. 1 overall seed after spending the entire season at No. 1 in the AP Top 25.

Joining Kentucky in the projected field are six other SEC teams, which is very much a new revelation for the conference that was regarded for most of the season as the weakest of the power conferences. Of the four new teams into the field since the last update on Jan. 16, three—Texas A&M, Ole Miss and Tennessee—are members of the SEC.

But there's still plenty of time for that to change as they beat each other up for the rest of the season.

The two primary computer metrics considered in this projection are RPI and KenPom.com (KP), though Sagarin and BPI ratings are also taken into consideration for a more holistic view of each team's resume. And, of course, the oft-mentioned, never-quantifiable eye test was part of the seeding process.

As always, we'll take a look at the last five teams to make the field, the first five out and a few on the horizon.

After that, we'll present each seeded region, including the subregional locations in which each pod would be played, and some commentary on each region. Then we'll defend the rankings of the No. 1 seeds, followed by a summary of the entire field broken up by conference.

Statistics on the following slides courtesy of ESPN.com and KenPom.com (subscription required). RPI and KP numbers current through the start of play on Monday, Feb. 2. Win-loss records include only games against D-I opponents and are current through the start of play on Tuesday, Feb. 3.

Last 5 In

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Last Team In: Tulsa Golden Hurricane (16-4, RPI: 42, KP: 60)

This is how far we have fallen.

Tulsa has precisely one RPI Top 75 win—a 63-56 game in which Temple's Jesse Morgan unthinkably scored two points on 17 field-goal attempts. It was Tulsa's only win away from home against a team in the RPI Top 150.

Meanwhile, the Golden Hurricane opened their season with a loss to Oral Roberts (RPI: 180) and lost a home game to D-II SE Oklahoma State, presenting us with a dilemma we can't recall facing over the past few years, if ever.

For RPI purposes, games against non-D-I teams are disregarded. Roughly 99 percent of the time, this is because they don't want to reward or penalize teams for beating up on the likes of Carroll College, Huston-Tillotson and Regis University.

But how do we deal with the teams who suffer losses in those non-D-I games? Was Tulsa's loss to SE Oklahoma State better or worse than Michigan State's loss to Texas Southern or Mississippi's loss to Charleston Southern?

We may never properly answer those questions, but we can all agree it was a pretty bad loss, which gives Tulsa two bad losses and only one particularly good win. Sadly, that's good enough for the final spot in the tournament field right now for one of the eight teams in the country that has yet to lose a conference game.

Second-to-Last: Tennessee Volunteers (13-7, RPI: 56, KP: 85)

If Tulsa makes the cut with one good win and two bad losses, why not a Tennessee team with two good wins over Butler and Arkansas and only one bad loss to Marquette?

The bubble is currently softer than a stick of room-temperature butter. Where we usually search for a plethora of quality wins, a dearth of bad losses is just as valuable this year.

The Volunteers are almost accidentally in the field right now, but they'll need to earn their keep by the end of the year. They still have road games against Florida, Georgia, LSU and Ole Miss, as well as home games against Kentucky and LSU.

Third-to-Last: Miami Hurricanes (14-7, RPI: 55, KP: 62)

Since jumping all the way up to a No. 7 seed in the mid-January bracket, Miami has lost three of its last five games, including recently getting blown out at home by Georgia Tech and blowing a 16-point lead at Florida State.

The Hurricanes now have four head-scratching losses weighing down their six RPI Top 100 wins—which includes that massive road win against Duke.

They still have a home game against North Carolina and a pair of games against Louisville, but even if they lose each of those three games, they just might be able to sneak in as long as they can avoid suffering any more horrible losses.

Have we mentioned how soft the bubble is?

Fourth-to-Last: St. John's Red Storm (13-7, RPI: 43, KP: 38)

A season sweep of Providence is enough to keep the Johnnies in the field for now, but they'll eventually need something better than that to make up for losses to Creighton and DePaul.

Fortunately, the Big East is loaded with opportunities for resume-boosting wins. St. John's still plays two games each against Georgetown and Xavier, as well as a home game against Seton Hall and road games against Butler and Villanova.

Whether they win enough of those games to avoid dropping to 11 or 12 losses before the start of the conference tournament will likely determine if the Red Storm ultimately go dancing.

Fifth-to-Last: Davidson Wildcats (13-5, RPI: 45, KP: 33)

Before the bad loss to Saint Joseph's on Saturday, we were willing to overlook Davidson's complete lack of RPI Top 150 wins during the nonconference portion of the season—mostly because the Wildcats played well in losses to North Carolina and Virginia before nearly beating VCU on its home court.

Now, however, they might need to re-prove that they belong in the field by avoiding any more bad losses and eventually picking up a win or two over George Washington and VCU.

First 5 Out

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First Team Out: Wyoming Cowboys (16-4, RPI: 82, KP: 100)

Deciding between Tulsa and Wyoming for the final spot was nearly impossible, but we gave the edge to Tulsa for remotely challenging itself before the start of conference play.

Not only did Wyoming play two games against non-D-I schools, but the Cowboys also had the audacity to play eight nonconference games against teams outside the RPI Top 150. As a result, their only games of any value from the first six weeks of the season were losses to SMU and California (RPI: 109) and a not-so-big-anymore home win over Colorado (RPI: 99).

The recent loss to Utah State was the final straw, though. Wyoming desperately needs to win at least one of its games against Colorado State and San Diego State in the next 10 days, and the Cowboys are strongly advised to win them both.

Second Team Out: George Washington Colonials (16-6, RPI: 53, KP: 68)

It was a tough week for the Colonials, who were blown out by VCU before a tough loss to fellow bubble team Rhode Island. However, they immediately get several chances at redemption in the form of home games against Dayton, VCU and Davidson in the next 17 days.

Like Wyoming, George Washington's win over Colorado doesn't hold nearly the weight once expected, so it needs at least one or two of those games to add to a list of key wins that currently only contains Wichita State.

Third Team Out: Temple Owls (15-7, RPI: 46, KP: 63)

The Owls went ice cold in mid-January losses to SMU, Tulsa and Cincinnati, but they appear to have regained their mojo with three consecutive wins over South Florida, UCF and Tulane by margins of at least 18 points each.

More importantly, the 25-point win over No. 1 RPI Kansas isn't going anywhere. Temple just needs to add another noteworthy win to "prove" that game wasn't a complete fluke. The Owls will get rematches against Cincinnati, SMU and Tulsa over the course of the next three weeks. Two out of three in those games and they'll be in business.

Fourth Team Out: Florida Gators (12-9, RPI: 57, KP: 34)

Even with nine losses, we can't seem to bury the Gators.

Wins over Alabama and Arkansas in the past week have become their two best wins of the season, and they still have two games each against Kentucky and Texas A&M. Unfortunately, they've all but run out of room for "acceptable losses." They need to go at least 8-2 down the stretch in order to remain in contention for an at-large bid.

Fifth Team Out: Illinois Fighting Illini (14-8, RPI: 59, KP: 74)

Wins over Baylor and Maryland are great, but a sub-.500 record isn't going to cut it this year in the Big Ten. Illinois will need to win at least six of its remaining nine games, which could be quite the challenge with road games against Iowa, Michigan State, Purdue and Wisconsin still on the docket.

Others to Watch

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Here's one sentence each on eight teams (in no particular order) on our radar, but not quite within a stone's throw of the field.

BYU Cougars (15-7): Recent losses to Saint Mary's and San Diego did not do BYU any favors, but the Cougars still have a huge shot at Gonzaga coming up at the end of their regular season.

Purdue Boilermakers (14-8): Purdue has seven RPI Top 100 wins, but it's hard to get past those December losses to North Florida, Vanderbilt and Gardner-Webb.

ACC Team No. 7: Either North Carolina State, Pittsburgh, Syracuse or Clemson is bound to eventually rise above the muck, but they all have work to do.

Boise State Broncos (13-6): The Broncos struggled for a bit after losing Anthony Drmic for the season, but Derrick Marks has averaged 26.8 points per game during their current five-game winning streak against some of the better teams in the MWC.

Richmond Spiders (12-9): Key wins over Davidson and VCU have put Kendall Anthony and company on the fringe of the tournament discussion, but they can't afford to lose another game during the regular season.

South Carolina Gamecocks (10-9): SEC play has not been kind to South Carolina (2-6), but three RPI Top 50 wins keep the Gamecocks on our radar.

UCLA Bruins (13-9): UCLA has nine losses, but none of them came against teams outside the RPI Top 100—only one came at home—and the Bruins do have key wins over Stanford and Utah.

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers (13-6): The margin for error for Conference USA to send multiple teams to the tournament has become extremely thin, but the Hilltoppers might be able to sneak in if they can avoid any bad losses down the stretch.

East Region (Syracuse)

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Charlotte, North Carolina

No. 1 Virginia (20-1, RPI: 3, KP: 2)
No. 16 New Mexico State/St. Francis (PA)

No. 8 Georgia (14-6, RPI: 27, KP: 31)
No. 9 Michigan State (15-7, RPI: 36, KP: 25)

Seattle, Washington

No. 4 Wichita State (18-3, RPI: 14, KP: 14)
No. 13 Stephen F. Austin (Southland auto bid)

No. 5 SMU (17-4, RPI: 22, KP: 22)
No. 12 Buffalo (MAC auto bid)

Portland, Oregon

No. 3 Utah (16-4, RPI: 11, KP: 6)
No. 14 Yale (Ivy auto bid)

No. 6 Butler (16-6, RPI: 17, KP: 20)
No. 11 Ole Miss (14-7, RPI: 48, KP: 30)

Omaha, Nebraska

No. 2 Kansas (19-3, RPI: 1, KP: 12)
No. 15 William & Mary (Colonial auto bid)

No. 7 Xavier (14-8, RPI: 25, KP: 19)
No. 10 Dayton (17-4, RPI: 38, KP: 40)

Stock Up: Ole Miss Rebels (New to the Field)

So, maybe that overtime game against Kentucky wasn't such a fluke after all.

When the Rebels are bad, they have been very bad. Home losses to Charleston Southern, TCU and Western Kentucky serve as proof of that.

Outside of those three games, though, things have been going pretty well. In the past few weeks, they have scored a 14-point road win over Arkansas and home wins over Florida and South Carolina. Coupled with wins away from home against Cincinnati and Oregon, they might have done just enough good to make up for those earlier bad losses.

The Rebels don't play Kentucky again during the regular season, but they'll get a good number of chances at adding to their list of key wins between now and the SEC tournament.

Stock Down: Dayton Flyers (Down Four Lines)

It took longer than we expected, but having an undersized and undermanned rotation appears to be finally catching up with the Flyers. They couldn't keep up with Davidson's scoring onslaught, and they had no answer for Massachusetts' Cady Lalanne and Maxie Esho in the paint last week.

They do have wins over Texas A&M and Ole Miss, and their worst loss of the season was a neutral-court game against Connecticut, but they may need to beat either George Washington or VCU on the road to re-cement their spot in the tournament field.

Holding Steady: Kansas Jayhawks (No Change)

Are you curious to find out why three-loss Kansas is ranked ahead of undefeated Kentucky in RPI despite its 32-point loss to the Wildcats?

The Jayhawks have not played a single game against a team currently ranked outside the RPI Top 150. Moreover, they're 8-3 vs. the RPI Top 50.

This isn't exactly a new thing for Kansas either. According to the SOS rankings on CBSSports.com, the Jayhawks have the two highest SOS ratings of the past 15 years—0.6344 in 2013-14 and 0.6252 in 2005-06. This year is blowing both of those out of the water, though, as they entered play Monday with a rating of 0.6512.

The gap between their strength of schedule and VCU's at No. 2 is wider than the gap between VCU and Rutgers at the 24th-most difficult schedule.

It's pretty ridiculous, and if the Jayhawks keep winning games, they'll be on the top line in no time.

Midwest Region (Cleveland)

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Louisville, Kentucky

No. 1 Kentucky (21-0, RPI: 2, KP: 1)
No. 16 Lafayette/South Dakota State

No. 8 Oklahoma State (13-7, RPI: 41, KP: 28)
No. 9 Seton Hall (15-6, RPI: 35, KP: 42)

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

No. 4 Notre Dame (20-3, RPI: 29, KP: 15)
No. 13 Eastern Washington (Big Sky auto bid)

No. 5 Maryland (18-4, RPI: 16, KP: 32)
No. 12 Tulsa/St. John's (Last Five In)

Columbus, Ohio

No. 3 Louisville (18-3, RPI: 13, KP: 10)
No. 14 Georgia State (Sun Belt auto bid)

No. 6 Baylor (15-5, RPI: 15, KP: 13)
No. 11 Davidson (Last Five In)

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

No. 2 Villanova (19-2, RPI: 6, KP: 8)
No. 15 North Carolina Central (MEAC auto bid)

No. 7 Stanford (15-6, RPI: 31, KP: 29)
No. 10 LSU (16-5, RPI: 39, KP: 39)

Stock Up: Stanford Cardinal (Up Three Lines)

Computer rankings are weird.

At the time of our last projected bracket, Stanford was ranked No. 42 on KenPom.com. But since then, despite a 3-2 record with a home loss to Arizona and a terrible road loss to Washington State, the Cardinal have jumped 13 spots to No. 29.

It's not like their "marquee" win over Texas has been getting any better with the Longhorns falling apart, either.

Whether or not you can make sense of their computer movement, though, good luck finding a team more deserving of its spot as a No. 7 seed. Stanford is clearly the third-best team in the Pac-12 and has won nine of its last 12 games, including four on the road.

Stock Down: Villanova Wildcats (Down One Line)

Speaking of computer profiles, Villanova's didn't improve much in the past few weeks, winning three games against teams outside the RPI Top 125 and getting blown out at Georgetown.

The Wildcats dropped only one seed line, but they fell from No. 3 overall to No. 8 overall. Will they be able to remain a No. 2 seed with a bunch of ACC and Big 12 teams breathing down their necks?

The good news is they have already played their road games against Georgetown, Seton Hall and St. John's. They might lose the rematch at Butler, but they should be the favorites in every other game they play the rest of the way.

Holding Steady: Maryland Terrapins (No Change)

Take out the big win over Michigan State, and it's been a pretty terrible three weeks for Maryland.

The Terrapins lost road games to Illinois, Indiana and Ohio State—and they weren't even competitive in the last two. They also nearly lost home games to Rutgers and Northwestern.

After the most recent loss to Ohio State, senior guard Dez Wells told Roman Stubbs of The Washington Post, "We didn't have our best night tonight, and I'm not sure why. We have to go back to the drawing board and we have to remember what got us to this point."

It hasn't caused them to plummet yet, but any thoughts of earning a No. 1 or No. 2 seed have pretty much gone out the window. At this point, they just need to prove they can win games. Hopefully two games against Penn State and a home tilt with Nebraska in their next five games will right the ship.

South Region (Houston)

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Omaha, Nebraska

No. 1 Wisconsin (19-2, RPI: 8, KP: 5)
No. 16 Texas Southern (SWAC auto bid)

No. 8 Providence (16-6, RPI: 23, KP: 52)
No. 9 Colorado State (18-3, RPI: 30, KP: 56)

Columbus, Ohio

No. 4 Northern Iowa (20-2, RPI: 18, KP: 16)
No. 13 Green Bay (Horizon auto bid)

No. 5 West Virginia (18-3, RPI: 19, KP: 17)
No. 12 Tennessee/Miami (Last Five In)

Louisville, Kentucky

No. 3 Iowa State (16-5, RPI: 12, KP: 23)
No. 14 UC Davis (Big West auto bid)

No. 6 Georgetown (15-6, RPI: 20, KP: 21)
No. 11 Old Dominion (17-4, RPI: 40, KP: 64)

Charlotte, North Carolina

No. 2 Duke (18-3, RPI: 5, KP: 7)
No. 15 Stony Brook (America East auto bid)

No. 7 San Diego State (16-5, RPI: 26, KP: 27)
No. 10 Indiana (16-6, RPI: 33, KP: 50)

Stock Up: Georgetown Hoyas (Up Five Lines)

Those Hoyas are so hot right now.

Yes, they lost a home game to Xavier, but they have yet to lose a game to a team outside the RPI Top 25, joining Kentucky, Virginia, Gonzaga, Louisville and Stephen F. Austin as the only members of that club. Add in the fact that Georgetown has multiple wins against RPI Top 25 teams without any other losses, and the list shrinks to Kentucky, Virginia and the Hoyas.

Pretty good company, yes?

It took a little while for them to get those marquee wins, but beating Butler and Villanova over the course of three days in mid-January was exactly what we needed to see to vault the Hoyas comfortably into the field.

The rest of the schedule won't be easy—Georgetown has already played five of its six games against Creighton, DePaul and Marquette—but the Hoyas have given themselves a lot of room to play with in moving up to a No. 6 seed.

Stock Down: Old Dominion Monarchs (Down Three Lines)

There are no "good losses" in Conference USA, and Old Dominion has already suffered three conference losses this season. Losing at Western Kentucky was moderately acceptable, but losing by double digits to both Middle Tennessee and UAB in the span of 48 hours was...ill-advised.

The Monarchs do have nice wins over LSU and VCU, but—quite the opposite of Georgetown—all four of their losses have come against teams outside the RPI Top 70.

If they win their next nine games before dropping a game in the C-USA tournament, the Monarchs might be able to dance as an at-large bid. However, one more loss for Old Dominion without any opportunities for marquee wins could be the death of this conference's hopes for multiple bids.

Holding Steady: Duke Blue Devils (No Change)

It's not easy to lose three games in less than three weeks and still be worthy of a No. 2 seed, but true road wins over Virginia, Wisconsin and Louisville allow for more than a little margin of error.

On the year, Duke now has seven wins away from home against the RPI Top 50. Kansas (five) is the only other team in the country that can boast more than four such wins.

Impressive stuff, and it puts the Blue Devils at No. 6 overall in this projected bracket. If they can win home games against Georgia Tech and Notre Dame this week, there's a good chance they'll jump to the top line next Monday.

West Region (Los Angeles)

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Seattle, Washington

No. 1 Gonzaga (21-1, RPI: 7, KP: 4)
No. 16 High Point (Big South auto bid)

No. 8 Texas A&M (15-5, RPI: 32, KP: 46)
No. 9 Texas (14-7, RPI: 28, KP: 26)

Jacksonville, Florida

No. 4 VCU (17-4, RPI: 9, KP: 24)
No. 13 Murray State (Ohio Valley auto bid)

No. 5 Ohio State (17-5, RPI: 33, KP: 18)
No. 12 Iona (MAAC auto bid)

Jacksonville, Florida

No. 3 North Carolina (17-6, RPI: 10, KP: 11)
No. 14 Wofford (Southern auto bid)

No. 6 Oklahoma (14-7, RPI: 24, KP: 9)
No. 11 Iowa (13-8, RPI: 51, KP: 47)

Portland, Oregon

No. 2 Arizona (20-2, RPI: 4, KP: 3)
No. 15 Florida Gulf Coast (Atlantic Sun auto bid)

No. 7 Arkansas (16-5, RPI: 21, KP: 43)
No. 10 Cincinnati (15-6, RPI: 37, KP: 35)

Stock Up: Texas A&M Aggies (New to the Field)

Six weeks before the season began, I wrote, "Still no word on whether [Jalen Jones or Danuel House] will be eligible to suit up.... If both are allowed to play immediately, however, the Aggies could very well finish in third place in the SEC."

When you make about 1,000 predictions during the offseason, you're bound to get a few very, very wrong—Davidson going 0-18 in A-10 play and Virginia becoming the most disappointing team this season are foremost among my idiotic claims—but at least that Texas A&M one looks pretty prophetic with the Aggies currently in sole possession of second place in the SEC and projected for a No. 8 seed in the NCAA tournament.

They haven't lost a game since forcing Kentucky to double overtime more than three weeks ago, and they have picked up key road wins over LSU and Tennessee during their current six-game winning streak.

They aren't even remotely out of the woods yet, though. With a once-unthinkable seven SEC teams projected to make the tournament, the Aggies have more challenges/opportunities remaining than we once thought. The most important stretch is the consecutive home games against Georgia, Florida and LSU from Feb. 11-17.

Stock Down: Texas Longhorns (Down Four Lines)

Texas doesn't have any terrible losses from an RPI perspective, but at a certain point you have to at least be competitive against quality opponents.

The Longhorns are 1-7 vs. the RPI Top 50, with five of those losses coming by double-digit margins.

They looked pretty great early in the season, but outside of a dominant win over an undersized West Virginia team, the Longhorns have looked pretty helpless for more than a month.

Their next two weeks (vs. Oklahoma State, at Kansas State, vs. TCU, vs. Texas Tech) are about as easy as it gets in Big 12 play, and they desperately need to use those games to get back on track before a ferocious final three weeks of conference play.

Holding Steady: Cincinnati Bearcats (No Change)

After a 31-point win over Temple and a 12-point win over Connecticut, Cincinnati was on the verge of making a sizable leap in this week's bracket. Unfortunately, the Bearcats lost to East Carolina (RPI: 240) on Sunday, putting them right back at No. 40 overall, where they were a few weeks ago.

With four RPI Top 50 wins, they're still in much better shape than many teams on the bubble, but they'll need to win at least two of their remaining five games against RPI Top 100 teams—as well as all five games against teams outside the RPI Top 100—in order to feel secure about their bid heading into the AAC tournament.

Ranking the No. 1 Seeds

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No. 4: Wisconsin Badgers (19-2, RPI: 8, KP: 5, SOS: 33)

Settling on the fourth No. 1 seed was tougher than it has been at any other point in this season. Arizona, Duke, Kansas and Wisconsin are all viable candidates.

Wisconsin takes the cake, though, because it hasn't been beaten at full strength yet this season. Sam Dekker was hobbled with an ankle injury in the loss to Duke. Frank Kaminsky didn't play in the loss to Rutgers.

But how one can watch what the Badgers did in their last two games against Iowa and not think that was one of the four best teams in the country is a mystery. Bronson Koenig has been a godsend in replacing Traevon Jackson as he recovers from an ankle injury, and he's still getting into the rhythm of being the starting point guard.

No. 3: Gonzaga Bulldogs (21-1, RPI: 7, KP; 4, SOS: 55)

One road overtime loss to Arizona.

That's the only thing standing between Gonzaga and a perfect season.

Say what you will about the Bulldogs' schedule, but it's tougher than Wichita State's was last season, and it's strong enough for them to be ranked No. 3 in ESPN's BPI rating.

At this point, though, they're the dependent variable in this science experiment. Even if Gonzaga keeps winning, whether it gets the No. 1 overall seed or a No. 1 seed at all will depend on how many losses the other contenders decide to suffer.

No. 2: Virginia Cavaliers (20-1, RPI: 3, KP: 2, SOS: 8)

Even if they had lost to North Carolina on Monday night, the Cavaliers were going to remain a No. 1 seed. They might have dropped to No. 4 overall, but they did more than enough in their first 19 wins of the season to be able to stay on the top line after a pair of losses to the blue bloods from Tobacco Road.

But they didn't lose to the Tar Heels. Rather, the Cavaliers kind of destroyed them, leading by 18 points late in the second half before closing out an 11-point win.

The Cavaliers are a sizable step behind Kentucky now that they have suffered a loss, but if both teams were to win each of its remaining games, there would be a tough debate about which one deserves the No. 1 overall seed.

No. 1: Kentucky Wildcats (21-0, RPI: 2, KP: 1, SOS: 22)

With all due respect to the other candidates, there's simply no argument for anyone other than Kentucky as the No. 1 overall seed at the moment.

That isn't to say there's nothing the Wildcats could do to drop from the top spot, but there's no question they would be No. 1 on every selection committee member's ballot if the season ended today.

Not only are they undefeated, but they have four RPI Top 25 wins, eight RPI Top 50 wins and 12 RPI Top 100 wins. Prior to Kansas' win over Iowa State on Monday night, Kentucky was either tied for first place or in sole possession of first place in each of those three categories.

This isn't a case of some better-than-average team stacking up a huge winning streak against a bunch of squads with no hope of making the NCAA tournament. This is the best team in the country making all others look relatively feeble by comparison.

Seeding by Conference

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In case seeded regions aren't for you and you just want to know where the "top" 68 teams stand in relation to one another, here is the list of each team's overall seed, broken out by conference (first five out in italics).

Atlantic 10: 15. VCU; 38. Dayton; 44. Davidson; 70. George Washington

American: 20. SMU; 40. Cincinnati; 49. Tulsa; 71. Temple

ACC: 2. Virginia; 6. Duke; 9. Louisville; 11. North Carolina; 14. Notre Dame; 47. Miami

Big 12: 5. Kansas; 12. Iowa State; 18. West Virginia; 21. Baylor; 23. Oklahoma; 32. Oklahoma State; 36. Texas

Big East: 8. Villanova; 22. Butler; 24. Georgetown; 28. Xavier; 30. Providence; 35. Seton Hall; 46. St. John's

Big Ten: 4. Wisconsin; 17. Ohio State; 19. Maryland; 33. Michigan State; 37. Indiana; 43. Iowa; 73. Illinois

Missouri Valley: 13. Northern Iowa; 16. Wichita State

Mountain West: 25. San Diego State; 34. Colorado State; 69. Wyoming

Pac-12: 7. Arizona; 10. Utah; 26. Stanford

SEC: 1. Kentucky; 27. Arkansas; 29. Texas A&M; 31. Georgia; 39. LSU; 42. Ole Miss; 48. Tennessee; 72. Florida

Other: 3. Gonzaga; 41. Old Dominion; 45. Buffalo; 50. Iona; 51. Murray State; 52. Stephen F. Austin; 53. Eastern Washington; 54. Green Bay; 55. UC Davis; 56. Wofford; 57. Georgia State; 58. Yale; 59. Florida Gulf Coast; 60. North Carolina Central; 61. Stony Brook; 62. William & Mary; 63. High Point; 64. Texas Southern; 65. Lafayette; 66. South Dakota State; 67. New Mexico State; 68. St. Francis (PA)

Kerry Miller covers college basketball for Bleacher Report. You can follow him on Twitter @kerrancejames.