Last Four In: Boston College, UC Santa Barbara, Purdue, Louisiana
First Four Out: Kansas, Virginia Tech, TCU, Pittsburgh
At this point in the season, it is still too early to tell where a lot of teams fall because the RPI isn’t where it should be. There are teams who are worthy of hosting who are out of the top 20 RPI and even top 30 or 40 in some cases. This is our first bracket of the season, and it should be taken with a grain of salt as this could change dramatically in the next couple of weeks as we get settled into conference play. It is a little more challenging putting a bracket together this early, but it can’t hurt, right?
ACC: Florida State*, Georgia Tech, Virginia, North Carolina, Miami (FL), Clemson, Notre Dame, NC State, Wake Forest, Louisville, Boston College
American: USF
Big East: Georgetown
Big 12: West Virginia*, Arizona State, Cincinnati, Kansas State, UCF
Big Ten: UCLA*, USC, Oregon, Nebraska, Purdue
SEC: Texas*, Mississippi State, Auburn, Ole Miss, Oklahoma, Georgia, Arkansas, Alabama, Tennessee, Florida, Kentucky, LSU, Texas A&M
A-10: St. Joseph’s
America East: Bryant
A-Sun: North Florida
Big South: Winthrop
Big West: Cal Poly*, UC Santa Barbara
CAA: Campbell
C-USA: Jacksonville State*, Missouri State
Horizon: Wright State
Ivy: Penn
MAAC: Rider
MAC: Kent State
MVC: Illinois State
MWC: Air Force
NEC: Fairleigh Dickinson
OVC: Southeast Missouri
Patriot: Bucknell
Southern: Mercer
Southland: Northwestern State
Summit: Oral Roberts
Sun Belt: Coastal Carolina*, Southern Miss, Louisiana
SWAC: Bethune-Cookman
WAC: Cal Baptist
WCC: Portland
