NCAA Tournament Selection Committee Releases Official Rankings for Men’s 2022 Bracket

Here’s how the selection committee saw each team stack up in this year’s field of 68.

The bracket is in and the field of 68 is set. March Madness is officially here.

Gonzaga (West), Arizona (South), Kansas (Midwest) and Baylor (East) all earned No. 1 seeds on Selection Sunday. However, the rankings didn’t stop there. 

The NCAA selection committee released a complete tournament seed list following the reveal of the men’s bracket Sunday evening. Each team in the field was given a ranking between No. 1 and No. 68 to signify how they stacked up against one another. 

Gonzaga claimed the No. 1 overall seed after a dominant regular season and a win in the West Coast Conference tournament. Arizona came in at No. 2 and Kansas at No. 3 after also coming out on top in their respective postseason tournaments. Defending NCAA champion Baylor rounded out the top four overall, slotting in at No. 4.

Here’s the complete seed list per ESPN’s Jeff Borzello:

1. Gonzaga
2. Arizona
3. Kansas
4. Baylor
5. Auburn
6. Kentucky
7. Villanova
8. Duke
9. Wisconsin
10. Tennessee
11. Purdue
12. Texas Tech
13. UCLA
14. Illinois
15. Providence
16. Arkansas
17. UConn
18. Houston
19. Saint Mary’s
20. Iowa
21. Alabama
22. LSU
23. Texas
24. Colorado State
25. Southern California
26. Murray State 
27. Michigan State
28. Ohio State
29. Boise State
30. North Carolina
31. San Diego State
32. Seton Hall
33. Creighton
34. TCU
35. Marquette
36. Memphis
37. San Francisco
38. Miami (FL)
39. Loyola Chicago
40. Davidson
41. Iowa State
42. Michigan
43. Wyoming
44. Rutgers
45. Indiana
46. Virginia Tech
47. Notre Dame
48. UAB
49. Richmond
50. New Mexico State
51. Chattanooga
52. South Dakota State
53. Vermont
54. Akron
55. Longwood
56. Yale
57. Colgate
58. Montana State
59. Delaware
60. Saint Peter’s 
61. Jacksonville State
62. Cal State Fullerton
63. Georgia State
64. Norfolk State
65. Wright State 
66. Bryant
67. Texas Southern
68. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi

Official 1-68 seed list from the NCAA: pic.twitter.com/uBm0l3wTUX

— Jeff Borzello (@jeffborzello) March 13, 2022

The 2022 NCAA tournament will begin later this week. First Four matchups will take place Tuesday, March 15 and Wednesday, March 16 in Dayton, Ohio.