Andy Katz is back with another 2025 March Madness men’s bracket prediction, this time on the heels of the DI Men’s Basketball Committee’s top-16 reveal. With just four weeks until Selection Sunday, Auburn maintains its hold on the top overall seed, Florida slides back in as a No. 1 seed and BYU is introduced as a No. 11 seed.
Take a look at his latest predicted 68-team field below.
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2025 March Madness men’s bracket predictions
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SEED | SOUTH | West | MIDWEST | EAST |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Auburn | Florida | Alabama | Duke |
16 | SEMO/American | Southern | Bryant | Quinnipiac/Omaha |
8 | Baylor | Saint Mary’s | Oregon | New Mexico |
9 | UConn | Ohio State | Gonzaga | West Virginia |
5 | Marquette | Ole Miss | Kansas | Missouri |
12 | George Mason | UC San Diego | Yale | McNeese |
4 | Michigan | Arizona | St. John’s | Michigan State |
13 | High Point | Lipscomb | Akron | Arkansas State |
6 | UCLA | Maryland | Clemson | Illinois |
11 | Wake Forest/Georgia | Drake | Oklahoma/San Diego State | BYU |
3 | Iowa State | Kentucky | Purdue | Texas Tech |
14 | Utah Valley | Chattanooga | Jacksonville State | Montana |
7 | Memphis | Creighton | Mississippi State | Louisville |
10 | Utah State | Vanderbilt | Nebraska | Texas |
2 | Texas A&M | Wisconsin | Houston | Tennessee |
15 | Norfolk State | Central Connecticut | Cleveland State | Towson |
Conferences with multiple teams in Katz’s bracket predictions
SEC | 13 | Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi State, Missouri, Oklahoma, Ole Miss, Tennessee, Texas, Texas A&M, Vanderbilt |
Big Ten | 10 | Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, Michigan State, Nebraska, Ohio State, Oregon, Purdue, UCLA, Wisconsin |
Big 12 | 8 | Arizona, Baylor, BYU, Houston, Iowa State, Kansas, Texas Tech, West Virginia |
ACC | 4 | Clemson, Duke, Louisville, Wake Forest |
Big East | 4 | Creighton, Marquette, St. John’s, UConn |
Mountain West | 3 | New Mexico, San Diego State, Utah State |
WCC | 2 | Gonzaga, Saint Mary’s |
Andy Katz’s field of 68
Here is Katz’s full seed list in order, from one through 68:
- Auburn (1) AQ SEC
- Alabama (1)
- Duke (1) AQ ACC
- Florida (1)
- Tennessee (2)
- Texas A&M (2)
- Houston (2) AQ Big 12
- Wisconsin (2)
- Purdue (3)
- Iowa State (3)
- Texas Tech (3)
- Kentucky (3)
- Arizona (4)
- Michigan (4) AQ Big Ten
- St. John’s (4) AQ Big East
- Michigan State (4)
- Marquette (5)
- Missouri (5)
- Kansas (5)
- Ole Miss (5)
- Maryland (6)
- Illinois (6)
- UCLA (6)
- Clemson (6)
- Mississippi State (7)
- Louisville (7)
- Memphis (7) AQ American
- Creighton (7)
- Saint Mary’s (8) AQ WCC
- Oregon (8)
- Baylor (8)
- New Mexico (8) AQ MWC
- Gonzaga (9)
- Ohio State (9)
- West Virginia (9)
- UConn (9)
- Nebraska (10)
- Utah State (10)
- Vanderbilt (10)
- Texas (10)
- BYU (11)
- Oklahoma (11)
- San Diego State (11)
- Wake Forest (11)
- Drake (11) AQ MVC
- Georgia (11)
- George Mason (12) AQ A10
- UC San Diego (12) AQ Big West
- Yale (12) AQ Ivy
- McNeese (12) AQ Southland
- Akron (13) AQ MAC
- High Point (13) AQ Big South
- Arkansas State (13) AQ Sun Belt
- Lipscomb (13) AQ ASun
- Jacksonville State (14) AQ CUSA
- Chattanooga (14) AQ Southern
- Utah Valley (14) AQ WAC
- Montana (14) AQ Big Sky
- Towson (15) AQ CAA
- Central Connecticut (15) AQ Northeast
- Norfolk State (15) AQ MEAC
- Cleveland State (15) AQ Horizon
- Southern (16) AQ SWAC
- Bryant (16) AQ America East
- Quinnipiac (16) AQ MAAC
- Nebraska-Omaha (16) AQ Summit
- Southeast Missouri State (16) AQ OVC
- American (16) AQ Patriot
Next group: SMU, VCU, Arkansas, North Carolina, Indiana, UC Irvine, Xavier, Cincinnati, Pitt, Kansas State, Boise State, USC, Villanova