🏀 📈 Bracketology 2026 - NCAA releases its first seedings. 2/21

As mentioned, last season there was a total of 186 brackets we kept track of from Jan through March Madness. As of today, there are 48 brackets published. In those, the worst seeding for the Tide is at #5, the best is as a #2 seed.

Bracket Matrix	NCAA NET Rankings
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[Bammerboy321]

What am I missing? Why would we want to be at the bottom of the bracket or shy away from Florida? Maybe they are great but if you are going to take the next steps Bama has to up their game. I think Bediako will eventually turn out to be a difference maker. I certainly hope so.

While I agree, March Madness is all about which team can get hot and matchups. Alabama - even with Bediako - is likely not going to take the next step this year. Oats is going to have to do better in the portal next offseason. Especially if he wants the defense to perform better to go with an elite offense.

Florida is a bad matchup for Alabama. Golden has displayed that in four straight games. They are bigger and more physical inside, and Golden is one of the best at capitalizing on matchups. Would honestly rather be in Vandy's bracket. Alabama was very much in that game until Philon went out.

 

[Justneedme81]

I want no part of Florida. I'd gladly sit at the bottom of this projected bracket.

Me too

 

[TerryP]

Top of the page if you want a closer look.

 

[TerryP]

Bama's dropped one in both the NET and average projections.

 

[TerryP]

Last week Bama 19th overall, five seed. They are still considered a five seed at Bracket Matrix, but have moved up to 17th overall. They've moved up two in the NET rankings as well.

(See who is sitting at 20th on BM?)

102 bracket published: 28 have the Tide as a 4 seed. 12 brackets have Bama as a six seed.

 

[RTB X Bot]

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

Feels like this is the most stacked season in terms of top teams that could legitimately win the whole thing than we've seen in quite some time. At, least, it feels that way to me. And it has felt like that since the start of the season. Usually, the real contenders will break off into a smaller group by February, but I don't think that has happened much. IMO, it's setting up for some really, really good games in the NCAAT on the 2nd weekend and beyond. And whoever is the last team standing will have earned every bit of it.

 

[TerryP]

Feels like this is the most stacked season in terms of top teams that could legitimately win the whole thing than we've seen in quite some time.

Over the last five years every team that made the FF came from the top right quad. I saved this image to see if it ends up being six.

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

Over the last five years every team that made the FF came from the top right quad. I saved this image to see if it ends up being six.

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And since 2004, the last 21 national champions and 35 of the past 36 were each ranked in the top 12 in their respective season's Week 6 AP poll. This year's teams...

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

I may have missed 1 or more, but these are the 8 teams I saw that fit into both... No SEC flavor.

Duke, Arizona, Louisville, Michigan State, Houston, BYU, Purdue, Iowa State, and Michigan.