< Colley's Bias Free College Basketball Rankings

2017 NCAA Tourney Bracket

  • Colley Matrix Rankings on 3/12 are indicated in parentheses.
  • Highlighted entries indicate a predicted upset

  • East

    11 Providence (49) USC
    11 USC (35)

    16 Mt. St. Mary's (190) New Orelans
    16 New Orleans (154)

    First Round Second Round Sweet 16 Elite 8 Final 4
     1 Villanova (1) Villanova
    C N
    Villanova
    C N
    Villanova
    C N
    Villanova
    C N
    16 New Orleans (154)
     8 Wisconsin (28) Wisconsin
    C N
     9 Virginia Tech (33)
     5 Virginia (23) Virginia
    C N
    Florida
    C N
    12 UNC-Wilm (36)
     4 Florida (12) Florida
    C N
    13 ETSU (55)
     6 SMU (13) USC
    C N
    Baylor
    C N
    Duke
    C N
    11 USC (35)
     3 Baylor (9) Baylor
    C N
    14 New Mex St (56)
     7 South Carolina (37) South Carolina
    C N
    Duke
    C N
    10 Marquette (47)
    2 Duke (8) Duke
    C N
    15 Troy (152)

    West

    First Round Second Round Sweet 16 Elite 8 Final 4
     1 Gonzaga (5) Gonzaga
    C N
    Gonzaga
    C N
    Gonzaga
    C N
    Arizona
    C N
    16 San Diego St (107)
     8 Northwestern (39) Northwestern
    C N
     9 Vanderbilt (46)
     5 Notre Dame (19) Notre Dame
    C N
    West Virginia
    C N
    12 Princeton (64)
     4 West Virginia (20) West Virginia
    C N
    13 Bucknell (78)
     6 Maryland (24) Xavier
    C N
    Florida St
    C N
    Arizona
    C N
    11 Xavier (38)
     3 Florida St (14) Florida St
    C N
    14 Fla. Gulf Coast (87)
     7 St. Mary's (18) St. Mary's
    C N
    Arizona
    C N
    10 VCU (30)
     2 Arizona (4) Arizona
    C N
    15 North Dakota (148)

    Midwest

    16 NC Central (178) UC Davis
    16 UC Davis (169)

    First Round Second Round Sweet 16 Elite 8 Final 4
     1 Kansas (3) Kansas
    C N
    Kansas
    C N
    Kansas
    C N
    Kansas
    C N
    16 UC Davis (169)
     8 Miami (34) Michigan St
    C N
     9 Michigan St (48)
     5 Iowa St (27) Iowa St
    C N
    Purdue
    C N
    12 Nevada (32)
     4 Purdue (17) Purdue
    C N
    13 Vermont (50)
    6 Creighton (22) Rhode Island
    C N
    Oregon
    C N
    Louisville
    C N
    11 Rhode Island (43)
     3 Oregon (7) Oregon
    C N
    14 Iona (110)
     7 Michigan (29) Michigan
    C N
    Louisville
    C N
    10 Oklahoma St (44)
     2 Louisville (10)
    C N
    Lousiville
    15 Jax St (181)

    South

    11 Kansas St (52) Wake Forest
    11 Wake Forest (45)

    First Round Second Round Sweet 16 Elite 8 Final 4
     1 UNC (6) UNC
    C N
    UNC
    C N
    UNC
    C N
    UNC
    C N
    16 Texas Sou (152)
     8 Arkansas (26) Arkansas
    C N
     9 Seton Hall (41)
     5 Minnesota (21) MTSU
    C N
    Butler
    C N
    12 Middle Tenn (40)
     4 Butler (15) Butler
    C N
    13 Winthrop (70)
     6 Cincinnati (16) Cincinnati
    C N
    UCLA
    C N
    Kentucky
    C N
    11 Wake Forest (45)
     3 UCLA (9) UCLA
    C N
     14 Kent (124)
     7 Dayton (31) Wichita St
    C N
    Kentucky
    C N
    10 Wichita St (25)
     2 Kentucky (3) Kentucky
    C N
    15 N Kentucky (105)

    Final Four

    Final 4FinalChampion
     1 Villanova (1) Villanova
    C N
    Villanova
    C N
     2 Arizona (4)
     1 Kansas (3) Kansas
    C N
     10 UNC (6)