Selection Committee Reveals Official 1–68 Rankings for 2023 Men’s NCAA Tournament

The field is finally set—here’s how all 68 March Madness teams stack up.
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At long last, the field is finally set.

The race to cut down the nets in Houston for the 2023 men’s NCAA tournament will begin Tuesday with First Four matchups in Dayton. The selection committee unveiled the field Sunday, with the full list of 68 teams now set in the bracket.

Claiming the No. 1 seeds were AlabamaHoustonKansas and Purdue, while the last four at-large teams in the field teams were Mississippi StatePittsburghArizona State and Nevada. Alabama clinched the SEC tournament title on Sunday, while Nevada earned a bid despite dropping its final three games of the season.

For the full rundown of how the committee stacked up this year’s March Madness squad, check out the list from Nos. 1 to 68 below.

  1. Alabama
  2. Houston
  3. Kansas
  4. Purdue
  5. UCLA
  6. Texas
  7. Arizona
  8. Marquette
  9. Baylor
  10. Gonzaga
  11. Kansas State
  12. Xavier
  13. UConn
  14. Tennessee
  15. Indiana
  16. Virginia
  17. San Diego State
  18. Duke
  19. Saint Mary’s (CA)
  20. Miami (FL)
  21. Iowa State
  22. Creighton
  23. Kentucky
  24. TCU
  25. Texas A&M
  26. Michigan State
  27. Missouri
  28. Northwestern
  29. Memphis
  30. Arkansas
  31. Maryland
  32. Iowa
  33. Florida Atlantic
  34. West Virginia
  35. Auburn
  36. Illinois
  37. Boise State
  38. Penn State
  39. USC
  40. Utah State
  41. North Carolina State
  42. Providence
  43. Mississippi State
  44. Pittsburgh
  45. Arizona State
  46. Nevada
  47. College of Charleston
  48. Oral Roberts
  49. Drake
  50. VCU
  51. Kent State
  52. Iona
  53. Furman
  54. Louisiana
  55. Kennesaw State
  56. UC Santa Barbara
  57. Grand Canyon
  58. Montana State
  59. Vermont
  60. Colgate
  61. Princeton
  62. UNC Asheville
  63. Northern Kentucky
  64. Howard
  65. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
  66. Texas Southern
  67. Southeast Missouri State
  68. Fairleigh Dickinson

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Nick Selbe
NICK SELBE

Nick Selbe is a programming editor at Sports Illustrated who frequently writes about baseball and college sports. Before joining SI in March 2020 as a breaking/trending news writer, he worked for MLB Advanced Media, Yahoo Sports and Bleacher Report. Selbe received a bachelor's in communication from the University of Southern California.