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My Final Bracket Projection
Posted on 5/24/26 at 2:21 pm
Posted on 5/24/26 at 2:21 pm
1. Georgia Tech hosts 32. UCF
2. UCLA hosts 31. Arizona State
3. Georgia hosts 30. Liberty
4. N. Carolina hosts 29. Coastal Carolina
5. Auburn hosts 28. Miami
6. Texas hosts 27. Oklahoma St.
7. Alabama hosts 26. Jacksonville St.
8. Florida hosts 25. Virginia
9. Southern Miss hosts 24. Tennessee
10. Florida St hosts 23. Oklahoma
11. Texas A&M hosts 22. Cincinnati
12. Nebraska hosts 21. Wake Forest
13. W. Virginia hosts 20. Ole Miss
14. Arkansas hosts 19. USC
15. Oregon St. hosts 17. Miss St.
16. Oregon hosts 18. Kansas
Some notes:
*I think Georgia Tech has done enough to capture the overall #1 seed even if UCLA beats Oregon. The Yellow Jackets have an insane resume at this point… highest DSR and KPI… most Quad 1 wins, etc.
*Mississippi State is the biggest casualty of the final week… I had them #11 going into the final week and although they didn’t do anything worthy of dropping out of a host spot, Arkansas went on an absolute tear beating Tennessee, Texas, and Auburn in a 4-day period. With 18 Quad 1 wins I don’t see the Hogs not hosting. Unfortunately I just don’t see the committee letting 8 SEC teams host.
*I think Kentucky makes it and isn’t one of the last 4 in. I think they get assigned to the Lincoln, Nebraska Regional.
*The 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11 slots are the hardest to project. I think Alabama is at the top of the group but it also wouldn’t shock me to see the committee prop up Southern Miss and give them a National Seed. Texas A&M could also very easily be ranked ahead of Florida. It will be wild to see what the committee does.
*The 4, 5, 6 slots are also tough. UNC really lacks quality wins so I wouldn’t be shocked to see them fall to #6. Auburn and Texas are a coin flip. While the Longhorns won the series in Auburn, Auburn is ahead in every metric, has 3+ Q1 wins and and a whopping 7+ Q1+2 wins so I went with Auburn.
2. UCLA hosts 31. Arizona State
3. Georgia hosts 30. Liberty
4. N. Carolina hosts 29. Coastal Carolina
5. Auburn hosts 28. Miami
6. Texas hosts 27. Oklahoma St.
7. Alabama hosts 26. Jacksonville St.
8. Florida hosts 25. Virginia
9. Southern Miss hosts 24. Tennessee
10. Florida St hosts 23. Oklahoma
11. Texas A&M hosts 22. Cincinnati
12. Nebraska hosts 21. Wake Forest
13. W. Virginia hosts 20. Ole Miss
14. Arkansas hosts 19. USC
15. Oregon St. hosts 17. Miss St.
16. Oregon hosts 18. Kansas
Some notes:
*I think Georgia Tech has done enough to capture the overall #1 seed even if UCLA beats Oregon. The Yellow Jackets have an insane resume at this point… highest DSR and KPI… most Quad 1 wins, etc.
*Mississippi State is the biggest casualty of the final week… I had them #11 going into the final week and although they didn’t do anything worthy of dropping out of a host spot, Arkansas went on an absolute tear beating Tennessee, Texas, and Auburn in a 4-day period. With 18 Quad 1 wins I don’t see the Hogs not hosting. Unfortunately I just don’t see the committee letting 8 SEC teams host.
*I think Kentucky makes it and isn’t one of the last 4 in. I think they get assigned to the Lincoln, Nebraska Regional.
*The 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11 slots are the hardest to project. I think Alabama is at the top of the group but it also wouldn’t shock me to see the committee prop up Southern Miss and give them a National Seed. Texas A&M could also very easily be ranked ahead of Florida. It will be wild to see what the committee does.
*The 4, 5, 6 slots are also tough. UNC really lacks quality wins so I wouldn’t be shocked to see them fall to #6. Auburn and Texas are a coin flip. While the Longhorns won the series in Auburn, Auburn is ahead in every metric, has 3+ Q1 wins and and a whopping 7+ Q1+2 wins so I went with Auburn.
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