Mat Mlodzinski gifts a special Christmas Eve bracketology as we are less than three months away from Selection Sunday.
For past Matty Brackets bracketology projections, click here.
Click here to compare Matty Brackets to the rest of the Bracket Matrix.
If a team is bolded, they are a projected automatic bid.
IF A TEAM IS BOLDED, IN ALL CAPS, AND IN BLUE, THEY HAVE SECURED AN AUTOMATIC BID.
Midwest (Detroit)
- Purdue (11-1, 1-0)
- Marquette (10-3, 1-1)
- Oklahoma (10-1)
- Clemson (10-1, 1-0)
- Colorado State (11-1)
- Miami-Fla (9-2, 1-0)
- Ohio State (10-2, 1-1)
- Iowa State (10-2)
- Texas A&M (8-4)
- Utah (9-2)
- Dayton (9-2)
- Grand Canyon (10-1)
- Liberty (10-3)
- Weber State (7-4)
- Kennesaw State (9-4)
- Marist (7-3, 2-0) / Colgate (6-6)
South (Dallas)
- Kansas (11-1)
- Kentucky (9-2)
- Florida Atlantic (10-2)
- Illinois (9-2, 1-0)
- Duke (8-3)
- Ole Miss (12-0)
- Villanova (9-4, 2-0)
- Washington (8-3)
- San Diego State (10-2)
- Kansas State (9-3)
- Drake (11-2, 2-0)
- Colorado (9-2) / Butler (10-3, 1-1)
- Kent State (7-4)
- UNC Greensboro (9-3)
- Long Beach State (8-4)
- Prairie View A&M (5-6) / Merrimack (6-7)
East (Boston)
- Houston (12-0)
- UConn (11-2, 1-1)
- Memphis (10-2)
- Tennessee (9-3)
- Virginia (9-2, 1-0)
- BYU (11-1)
- Northwestern (9-2)
- Arkansas (8-4)
- James Madison (12-0)
- New Mexico (11-1)
- Mississippi State (10-2)
- Princeton (11-1)
- Purdue Fort Wayne (11-2)
- McNeese (10-2)
- Morehead State (9-4)
- South Dakota (7-6)
West (Los Angeles)
- Arizona (9-2)
- North Carolina (8-3, 1-0)
- Baylor (10-2)
- Gonzaga (9-3)
- Creighton (9-3, 0-1)
- Wisconsin (9-3, 1-0)
- Providence (11-2, 2-0)
- Texas (9-2)
- Auburn (9-2)
- Utah State (12-1)
- Alabama (7-5)
- Florida (9-3) / Nevada (11-1)
- UNC Wilmington (9-2)
- Longwood (12-2)
- Vermont (9-5)
- Norfolk State (9-6)
First Four Out:
- Georgia Tech (8-3)
- Michigan State (7-5, 0-1)
- Texas Tech (9-2)
- South Carolina (11-1)
Next Four Out:
- Nebraska (10-2, 1-0)
- Seton Hall (8-5, 1-1)
- St. Joe’s (9-3)
- Indiana State (11-1)
Others Considered:
- Virginia Tech (9-3, 1-0)
- St. John’s (8-4, 1-1)
- Syracuse (9-3, 0-1)
- TCU (9-2)
- USC (6-5)
- Pitt (9-3, 0-1)
- Oregon (8-3)
- Washington State (9-2)
- Cincinnati (10-2)
- Indiana (9-3, 2-0)
- Georgia (9-3)
- Wake Forest (8-3)
- NC State (9-3, 1-0)
- Minnesota (9-3, 1-1)
- George Mason (10-2)
- Rutgers (7-4, 0-1)
- Boston College (9-3)
- Maryland (8-4, 1-1)
- Boise State (8-4)