NCAA Tournament Bracketology: ESPN’s Joe Lunardi projects 13 SEC squads to make 68-team field

NCAA Tournament bracketology season is upon us. With only a few short weeks left until Selection Sunday, things are heating up around the country.

The SEC is absolutely the dominant league in men’s hoops this year, and that is being reflected in ESPN analyst Joe Lunardi’s latest bracketology.

In fact, in his Tuesday update, Lunardi has an incredible 13 teams in the field of 68 squads for the 2025 NCAA Tournament. That means the rest of the regular season and the SEC Tournament are going to be hugely important.

Check out Lunardi’s latest SEC-related projections below.

NCAA Tournament Bracketology: SEC teams in the 68-squad field

Here’s where Joe Lunardi of ESPN currently expects every SEC team to end up when it comes to March Madness:

• No. 1 seed — Auburn (South)
• No. 1 seed — Alabama (Midwest)
• No. 1 seed — Tennessee (West)
• No. 2 seed — Florida (East)
• No. 2 seed — Texas A&M (West)
• No. 4 seed — Kentucky (East)
• No. 5 seed — Ole Miss (West)
• No. 7 seed — Mizzou (South)
• No. 7 seed — Mississippi State (Midwest)
• No. 10 seed — Oklahoma (West)
• No. 10 seed — Texas (East)
• No. 11 seed — Vanderbilt (Midwest)
• No. 11 seed — Georgia (South)
• First Four Out — Arkansas

Since Arkansas is sitting there as the first team out in Lunardi’s projections, that’s 14 of 16 SEC teams with a legitimate shot at making the tournament. Only LSU and South Carolina weren’t mentioned.

And with 3 No. 1 seeds and 2 No. 2 seeds, the SEC could be on the verge of a historic showing on Selection Sunday.

There’s still a lot of basketball left to be played, though, so stay tuned down the stretch!

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Adam Spencer

Adam is a daily fantasy sports (DFS) and sports betting expert. A 2012 graduate of the University of Missouri, Adam now covers all 16 SEC football teams. He is the director of DFS, evergreen and newsletter content across all Saturday Football brands.