Cardinaldave's Bracketology

Check out the Bracket Matrix:- it compiles data of brackets across the web, such as mine. 

If there are any major bracket changing outcomes, you can expect this bracket to be updated soon afterwards.  

Below are my preseason 2025-26 Power 5 conference standing projections

ACC

1. Duke

2. Louisville

3. North Carolina

4. NC State

5. Virginia

6. Notre Dame

7. Miami FL

8. Clemson

9. SMU

10. Wake Forest

11. Virginia Tech

12. Syracuse

13. Pittsburgh

14. Georgia Tech

15. Florida State

16. Stanford

17. California

18. Boston College

Big East

1. Saint John’s

2. UConn

3. Creighton

4. Marquette

5. Xavier

6. Providence

7. Villanova

8. Georgetown

9. Butler

10. DePaul

11. Seton Hall

Big Ten

1. Purdue

2. Michigan

3. UCLA

4. Michigan State

5. Wisconsin

6. Illinois

7. Iowa

8. Oregon

9. Indiana

10. USC

11. Maryland

12. Northwestern

13. Washington

14. Nebraska

15. Ohio State

16. Minnesota

17. Rutgers

18. Penn State

Big 12

1. Houston

2. Arizona

3. BYU

4. Texas Tech

5. Iowa State

6. Kansas

7. Baylor

8. TCU

9. West Virginia

10. Oklahoma State

11. Kansas State

12. Cincinnati

13. Utah

14. Colorado

15. UCF

16. Arizona State

SEC

1. Kentucky

2. Florida

3. Tennessee

4. Alabama

5. Arkansas

6. Mississippi State

7. Vanderbilt

8. Texas

9. Missouri

10. Ole Miss

11. Auburn

12. Oklahoma

13. Texas A&M

14. Georgia

15. LSU

16. South Carolina