Last Four In: Ole Miss, Missouri, Coastal Carolina, Notre Dame
First Four Out: Oregon State, Clemson, Duke, Florida State
A once dominant powerhouse, USC, makes it into our projected field after years of absence from the tournament. Ole Miss, 0-6 in SEC play, finds themselves on the bubble this week. Oregon State drops out of the projected bracket after taking some tough losses. Three ACC teams make up the first four out. If those three teams (Clemson, Duke, and Florida State) make the tournament at the end of the season, that probably would be a record number of teams from any conference to have represent them in the NCAA tournament. Indiana jumps Iowa in the Big Ten for the projected conference champion, but Iowa comes in as an at-large bid.
ACC: Virginia*, Miami, North Carolina, Georgia Tech, NC State, Florida State, Boston College, Louisville, Wake Forest, Notre Dame
American: East Carolina
Big East: Connecticut
Big 12: Texas*, Texas Tech, Oklahoma State, West Virginia
Big Ten: Indiana*, Iowa
Pac-12: Stanford*, Arizona, Oregon, UCLA, Washington, USC, Arizona State
SEC: LSU*, Vanderbilt, Tennessee, Auburn, Ole Miss, Arkansas, Alabama, Florida, South Carolina, Texas A&M, Kentucky, Missouri
A-10: Davidson
America East: Bryant
A-Sun: FGCU
Big South: Campbell
Big West: UC Santa Barbara
CAA: Elon
C-USA: UTSA*, Dallas Baptist
Horizon: Northern Kentucky
Ivy: Princeton
MAAC: Niagara
MAC: Ball State
MVC: Evansville
MWC: Fresno State
NEC: Central Connecticut
OVC: Little Rock
Patriot: Bucknell
Southern: Wofford
Southland: Lamar
Summit: Oral Roberts
Sun Belt: Louisiana*, Old Dominion, Southern Miss, Texas State, Coastal Carolina
SWAC: Florida A&M
WAC: Sam Houston State
WCC: Portland
