Bracketology heat and projections
Bracketology is in overdrive with live updates and projections for the field of 68 — CBSSports has rolling bracket coverage and analysts projecting Florida as a No. 1 seed after recent upsets and shakeups live updates projection.
ESPN bracketologist Joe Lunardi lists Florida as a No. 1 seed in his latest bracketology espn.com. Andy Katz’s projection moved Florida onto the top line after UConn’s shock loss to Marquette (68–62) opened the door, with Katz noting the seed shakeup following that upset ncaa.com. Florida closed the regular season on an 11-game winning streak and enters Selection Weekend 25–6 overall and 16–2 in SEC play, numbers cited by local and national outlets tracking the Gators’ surge gatorswire.usatoday.com. Selection Sunday is scheduled for March 15, 2026 at 6 p.m. ET on CBS, the NCAA confirms, and the tournament structure awards 31 automatic bids with 37 at-large slots to be filled by the selection committee; Fox Sports’ Mike DeCourcy lists Michigan, Duke, Arizona and Florida among the teams battling for top-line seeds heading into the reveal ncaa.com.
