The Matchup Zone

Projected 2020 NCAA Tournament Bracket

Last updated Nov 4, 2021 5:15 pm EDT

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Team Conf. TAPE (Rank) W - L expW - expL Exp. RPI (Rank) Exp. RPISOS (Rank) Points (Rank) STAPLE (Rank) Seed Pod Site Region Day +/- Week Month
Duke ACC 841 (2) 1 - 0 24.9 - 5.1 0.6432 (2) 0.5708 (30) 924 (1) 99.9% (1) 1 Columbia -- New New
Kansas Big12 899 (1) 0 - 1 22.1 - 5.9 0.6556 (1) 0.6022 (1) 913 (2) 99.9% (2) 1 Des Moines -- New New
Kentucky SEC 777 (7) 1 - 0 25.4 - 6.6 0.6397 (3) 0.5834 (8) 910 (3) 99.9% (3) 1 Columbus -- New New
Gonzaga WCC 825 (3) 1 - 0 25.5 - 3.5 0.6229 (9) 0.5298 (104) 896 (4) 99.7% (4) 1 Salt Lake City -- New New
North Carolina ACC 801 (5) 1 - 0 22.1 - 5.9 0.6342 (5) 0.5734 (24) 891 (5) 99.7% (6) 2 Columbia -- New New
Virginia ACC 806 (4) 1 - 0 23.3 - 4.7 0.6376 (4) 0.5652 (50) 891 (6) 99.7% (5) 2 Columbus -- New New
Michigan St. BigTen 777 (6) 0 - 1 20.5 - 8.5 0.6162 (11) 0.5783 (14) 888 (7) 99.4% (7) 2 Des Moines -- New New
Villanova BigEast 755 (8) 1 - 0 22.3 - 7.7 0.6217 (10) 0.5721 (26) 887 (8) 99.3% (8) 2 Hartford -- New New
Houston AmCon 734 (10) 0 - 0 23.5 - 5.5 0.6279 (7) 0.5565 (62) 884 (9) 99.1% (9) 3 Tulsa -- New New
Florida SEC 723 (12) 1 - 0 22.1 - 7.9 0.6300 (6) 0.5865 (5) 877 (10) 98.9% (10) 3 Jacksonville -- New New
Arizona Pac12 672 (14) 1 - 0 22.0 - 7.0 0.6235 (8) 0.5761 (19) 876 (11) 97.8% (13) 3 Salt Lake City -- New New
Texas Tech Big12 725 (11) 1 - 0 21.6 - 8.4 0.6055 (17) 0.5675 (39) 867 (12) 98.5% (11) 3 Tulsa -- New New
Michigan BigTen 740 (9) 1 - 0 21.2 - 7.8 0.6073 (16) 0.5617 (53) 864 (13) 98.5% (12) 4 Hartford -- New New
Louisville ACC 669 (15) 1 - 0 22.2 - 8.8 0.6008 (19) 0.5607 (57) 861 (14) 97.5% (14) 4 Jacksonville -- New New
Wichita St. AmCon 637 (16) 1 - 0 23.2 - 6.8 0.6075 (15) 0.5499 (77) 856 (15) 95.6% (16) 4 San Jose -- New New
Iowa St. Big12 678 (13) 1 - 0 19.3 - 9.7 0.5902 (25) 0.5671 (44) 854 (16) 96.2% (15) 4 San Jose -- New New
Ohio St. BigTen 626 (17) 1 - 0 20.0 - 11.0 0.5947 (22) 0.5816 (11) 851 (17) 94.0% (17) 5 Jacksonville -- New New
Oregon Pac12 596 (22) 1 - 0 19.9 - 9.1 0.6131 (12) 0.5904 (4) 846 (18) 90.2% (22) 5 San Jose -- New New
Butler BigEast 624 (19) 1 - 0 20.0 - 10.0 0.5935 (23) 0.5700 (33) 843 (19) 92.9% (18) 5 Hartford -- New New
Davidson A10 616 (21) 0 - 0 21.5 - 7.5 0.6013 (18) 0.5394 (92) 841 (20) 92.6% (19) 5 San Jose -- New New
Kansas St. Big12 621 (20) 1 - 0 19.7 - 10.3 0.5827 (30) 0.5585 (60) 833 (21) 91.9% (20) 6 Tulsa -- New New
St. Mary's WCC 589 (25) 1 - 0 23.7 - 6.3 0.6084 (14) 0.5463 (83) 831 (22) 91.7% (21) 6 Salt Lake City -- New New
Cincinnati AmCon 583 (27) 0 - 1 19.7 - 8.3 0.6086 (13) 0.5719 (27) 831 (23) 89.0% (23) 6 Tulsa -- New New
Utah Pac12 551 (33) 1 - 0 19.4 - 9.6 0.5972 (21) 0.5691 (35) 830 (24) 88.4% (24) 6 Jacksonville +1 New New
LSU SEC 574 (30) 0 - 0 20.5 - 10.5 0.5978 (20) 0.5766 (17) 829 (25) 87.4% (27) 7 Columbia -1 New New
Xavier BigEast 590 (23) 1 - 0 20.5 - 9.5 0.5849 (28) 0.5523 (72) 824 (26) 88.2% (26) 7 Des Moines -- New New
Purdue BigTen 589 (24) 1 - 0 19.2 - 10.8 0.5812 (34) 0.5607 (56) 819 (27) 88.3% (25) 7 Hartford +1 New New
Seton Hall BigEast 585 (26) 1 - 0 17.5 - 10.5 0.5835 (29) 0.5678 (36) 818 (28) 85.8% (28) 7 Columbus -- New New
Baylor Big12 580 (28) 1 - 0 17.1 - 11.9 0.5812 (33) 0.5851 (7) 816 (29) 84.4% (29) 8 Columbia -- New New
Wisconsin BigTen 625 (18) 0 - 1 18.6 - 11.4 0.5792 (40) 0.5657 (47) 810 (30) 84.0% (30) 8 Salt Lake City -1 New New
Oklahoma St. Big12 576 (29) 1 - 0 18.0 - 13.0 0.5794 (39) 0.5818 (10) 808 (31) 83.0% (31) 8 Columbus -- New New
Texas A&M SEC 546 (37) 1 - 0 19.5 - 9.5 0.5879 (27) 0.5658 (46) 807 (32) 80.6% (32) 8 Des Moines -- New New
Providence BigEast 547 (36) 1 - 0 18.2 - 10.8 0.5806 (37) 0.5675 (38) 797 (33) 77.3% (34) 9 Columbus -- New New
Marquette BigEast 553 (31) 1 - 0 17.5 - 11.5 0.5754 (46) 0.5703 (32) 791 (34) 75.9% (35) 9 Des Moines -- New New
Mississippi SEC 513 (43) 0 - 0 19.1 - 10.9 0.5822 (31) 0.5674 (40) 789 (35) 70.8% (36) 9 Salt Lake City -- New New
Indiana BigTen 553 (32) 1 - 0 20.7 - 10.3 0.5779 (43) 0.5563 (63) 788 (36) 77.6% (33) 9 Columbia -- New New
Stanford Pac12 495 (47) 1 - 0 20.4 - 9.6 0.5814 (32) 0.5556 (64) 781 (37) 66.2% (39) 10 Des Moines -- New New
West Virginia Big12 547 (35) 0 - 0 17.4 - 12.6 0.5735 (50) 0.5758 (21) 776 (38) 68.6% (38) 10 Columbus -- New New
Oklahoma Big12 537 (39) 1 - 0 16.9 - 13.1 0.5711 (52) 0.5758 (20) 775 (39) 70.5% (37) 10 Columbia -- New New
Rhode Island A10 491 (48) 0 - 0 21.1 - 8.9 0.5900 (26) 0.5436 (87) 770 (40) 65.2% (40) 10 Hartford -- New New
Dayton A10 471 (54) 0 - 0 22.1 - 6.9 0.5905 (24) 0.5340 (98) 766 (41) 63.0% (42) 11 Tulsa +1 New New
Texas Big12 519 (42) 1 - 0 16.7 - 13.3 0.5668 (57) 0.5812 (12) 765 (42) 62.2% (43) 11 Jacksonville -- New New
Arkansas SEC 477 (51) 1 - 0 19.2 - 11.8 0.5811 (35) 0.5724 (25) 764 (43) 57.1% (45) 11 Tulsa -- New New
Penn St. BigTen 550 (34) 1 - 0 19.0 - 11.0 0.5607 (66) 0.5398 (91) 758 (44) 64.9% (41) 11 Tulsa -- New New
Tennessee SEC 491 (49) 1 - 0 17.7 - 12.3 0.5732 (51) 0.5756 (22) 757 (45) 55.5% (46) 11 Jacksonville +1 New New
San Diego St. MWC 469 (56) 1 - 0 18.9 - 8.1 0.5779 (42) 0.5294 (105) 748 (49) 52.8% (50) 11 Salt Lake City +1 New New
Buffalo MAC 473 (53) 0 - 0 21.6 - 6.4 0.5781 (41) 0.5044 (150) 747 (51) 55.2% (47) 12 Hartford -1 New New
Loyola (IL) MVC 460 (59) 1 - 0 21.1 - 6.9 0.5736 (49) 0.5053 (147) 734 (55) 48.2% (54) 12 Jacksonville -1 New New
UNC Greensboro SoCon 427 (63) 1 - 0 21.8 - 7.2 0.5540 (71) 0.4765 (220) 689 (64) 27.1% (62) 12 San Jose +1 New New
Belmont OVC 477 (52) 0 - 1 22.9 - 7.1 0.5536 (72) 0.4645 (265) 686 (65) 27.2% (61) 12 San Jose -- New New
Vermont AmEast 425 (64) 0 - 0 21.3 - 7.7 0.5650 (61) 0.4891 (186) 683 (68) 25.0% (64) 13 Hartford -1 New New
Yale Ivy 280 (100) 1 - 0 17.5 - 9.5 0.5588 (69) 0.4992 (158) 642 (82) 12.0% (80) 13 Jacksonville -- New New
Louisiana Tech CUSA 302 (97) 1 - 0 15.4 - 8.6 0.5388 (93) 0.4901 (180) 616 (89) 4.8% (89) 13 San Jose -- New New
UC Irvine BigWest 339 (86) 1 - 0 20.2 - 8.8 0.5475 (82) 0.4767 (219) 611 (90) 4.9% (87) 13 San Jose -- New New
New Mexico St. WAC 278 (101) 0 - 0 18.2 - 8.8 0.5356 (98) 0.4782 (213) 567 (98) 0.9% (99) 14 Tulsa -- New New
South Dakota Summit 271 (103) 0 - 0 19.7 - 8.3 0.5314 (109) 0.4588 (288) 539 (103) 0.4% (101) 14 Tulsa -- New New
Georgia St. SunBelt 267 (106) 0 - 0 16.5 - 11.5 0.5355 (100) 0.5009 (154) 533 (104) 0.2% (104) 14 Jacksonville -- New New
Oakland Horiz 289 (99) 0 - 0 19.6 - 10.4 0.5289 (113) 0.4701 (244) 518 (109) 0.2% (105) 14 Salt Lake City -- New New
William & Mary CAA 243 (112) 1 - 0 17.9 - 12.1 0.5332 (104) 0.4911 (177) 510 (111) 0.1% (109) 15 Hartford -- New New
Montana BigSky 226 (123) 0 - 1 18.3 - 10.7 0.5210 (123) 0.4631 (272) 471 (121) 0.0% (118) 15 Columbus -- New New
Colgate Pat 253 (107) 1 - 0 18.6 - 11.4 0.5129 (145) 0.4589 (287) 427 (135) 0.0% (129) 15 Columbia -- New New
Sam Houston St. Sland 227 (122) 0 - 0 18.8 - 9.2 0.5121 (148) 0.4372 (329) 419 (140) 0.0% (131) 15 Des Moines -- New New
Monmouth MAAC 162 (169) 1 - 0 19.9 - 12.1 0.5218 (120) 0.4717 (236) 380 (152) 0.0% (147) 16 Columbus -- New New
Radford BigSou 194 (146) 0 - 0 16.2 - 11.8 0.5132 (144) 0.4739 (227) 367 (157) 0.0% (156) 16 Salt Lake City -- New New
Lipscomb Asun 183 (156) 0 - 0 15.5 - 11.5 0.5106 (156) 0.4681 (254) 366 (158) 0.0% (155) 16 Columbia -- New New
Fairleigh Dickinson NEC 133 (186) 0 - 0 15.4 - 12.6 0.4898 (195) 0.4465 (323) 193 (203) 0.0% (178) 16 Des Moines -- New New
N.C. Central MEAC 70 (237) 0 - 0 12.9 - 14.1 0.4547 (258) 0.4196 (341) 28 (238) 0.0% (178) 16 Des Moines -- New New
Jackson St. SWAC 90 (216) 0 - 2 14.4 - 14.6 0.4492 (276) 0.4017 (352) -4 (250) 0.0% (178) 16 Columbia -- New New
Iowa BigTen 540 (38) 0 - 0 17.7 - 12.3 0.5595 (68) 0.5547 (66) 756 (46) 62.1% (44) -- -- --
Arizona St. Pac12 470 (55) 0 - 0 18.8 - 11.2 0.5811 (36) 0.5694 (34) 755 (47) 52.8% (51) -- -- --
Washington Pac12 464 (57) 0 - 0 18.8 - 11.2 0.5803 (38) 0.5762 (18) 752 (48) 51.7% (52) -- -- --
Florida St. ACC 522 (41) 0 - 1 17.9 - 12.1 0.5608 (65) 0.5500 (76) 748 (50) 54.2% (48) -- -- --
Alabama SEC 522 (40) 0 - 1 16.0 - 13.0 0.5772 (44) 0.5906 (3) 747 (52) 45.3% (55) -- -- --
Maryland BigTen 510 (44) 1 - 0 17.3 - 11.7 0.5651 (60) 0.5631 (51) 744 (53) 53.0% (49) -- -- --
Creighton BigEast 501 (45) 1 - 0 16.7 - 12.3 0.5608 (64) 0.5654 (48) 739 (54) 48.3% (53) -- -- --
Temple AmCon 444 (61) 1 - 0 18.2 - 10.8 0.5762 (45) 0.5587 (58) 728 (56) 39.9% (57) -- -- --
Notre Dame ACC 482 (50) 0 - 1 19.5 - 11.5 0.5579 (70) 0.5423 (89) 725 (57) 42.8% (56) -- -- --
UCLA Pac12 408 (67) 1 - 0 17.4 - 11.6 0.5669 (56) 0.5661 (45) 713 (58) 30.6% (59) -- -- --
Southern Cal Pac12 418 (66) 1 - 0 17.4 - 11.6 0.5681 (54) 0.5628 (52) 713 (59) 30.6% (58) -- -- --
Vanderbilt SEC 404 (68) 1 - 0 17.7 - 13.3 0.5672 (55) 0.5865 (6) 706 (60) 23.7% (66) -- -- --
Richmond A10 430 (62) 0 - 0 20.4 - 9.6 0.5742 (48) 0.5351 (96) 703 (61) 28.1% (60) -- -- --
BYU WCC 395 (72) 1 - 0 18.0 - 10.0 0.5743 (47) 0.5483 (80) 698 (62) 25.9% (63) -- -- --
N.C. State ACC 463 (58) 0 - 1 18.2 - 13.8 0.5503 (76) 0.5540 (68) 694 (63) 22.3% (67) -- -- --
St. John's BigEast 404 (69) 1 - 0 17.2 - 12.8 0.5526 (73) 0.5677 (37) 685 (66) 19.3% (69) -- -- --
Virginia Tech ACC 392 (74) 1 - 0 17.3 - 11.7 0.5399 (92) 0.5351 (95) 684 (67) 24.2% (65) -- -- --
South Carolina SEC 394 (73) 1 - 0 16.0 - 14.0 0.5508 (75) 0.5674 (41) 681 (69) 16.3% (71) -- -- --
Clemson ACC 447 (60) 1 - 1 18.5 - 12.5 0.5419 (89) 0.5339 (99) 678 (70) 14.6% (74) -- -- --
Nebraska BigTen 496 (46) 0 - 1 16.2 - 12.8 0.5475 (83) 0.5508 (75) 678 (71) 20.6% (68) -- -- --
SMU AmCon 382 (75) 1 - 0 19.8 - 10.2 0.5640 (62) 0.5285 (107) 677 (72) 19.0% (70) -- -- --
Colorado Pac12 364 (81) 0 - 0 16.7 - 13.3 0.5660 (59) 0.5784 (13) 672 (73) 13.6% (76) -- -- --
Fresno St. MWC 399 (70) 0 - 1 18.3 - 9.7 0.5623 (63) 0.5176 (122) 667 (74) 15.4% (72) -- -- --
Illinois BigTen 421 (65) 1 - 0 16.4 - 13.6 0.5459 (86) 0.5551 (65) 667 (75) 15.1% (73) -- -- --
VCU A10 352 (83) 1 - 0 19.3 - 10.7 0.5682 (53) 0.5484 (79) 665 (76) 12.4% (78) -- -- --
Boston College ACC 379 (76) 1 - 0 17.4 - 13.6 0.5500 (77) 0.5572 (61) 664 (77) 13.1% (77) -- -- --
Colorado St. MWC 374 (77) 1 - 0 18.4 - 9.6 0.5665 (58) 0.5319 (101) 664 (78) 13.8% (75) -- -- --
Mississippi St. SEC 350 (84) 1 - 0 16.9 - 13.1 0.5604 (67) 0.5709 (29) 662 (79) 12.1% (79) -- -- --
Georgetown BigEast 398 (71) 1 - 0 15.7 - 14.3 0.5455 (87) 0.5703 (31) 657 (80) 10.9% (81) -- -- --
Missouri SEC 373 (78) 1 - 0 15.3 - 14.7 0.5476 (81) 0.5713 (28) 657 (81) 10.3% (82) -- -- --
Georgia SEC 340 (85) 1 - 0 14.9 - 14.1 0.5412 (90) 0.5672 (43) 638 (83) 5.7% (86) -- -- --
TCU Big12 358 (82) 0 - 0 13.9 - 16.1 0.5421 (88) 0.5936 (2) 638 (84) 5.9% (84) -- -- --
Syracuse ACC 370 (79) 0 - 1 16.7 - 15.3 0.5411 (91) 0.5615 (54) 637 (85) 6.2% (83) -- -- --
Utah St. MWC 336 (87) 1 - 0 18.5 - 11.5 0.5496 (78) 0.5288 (106) 631 (86) 5.8% (85) -- -- --
Memphis AmCon 324 (90) 1 - 0 19.3 - 13.7 0.5514 (74) 0.5533 (71) 631 (87) 4.7% (90) -- -- --
Tulsa AmCon 311 (94) 1 - 0 18.4 - 12.6 0.5496 (79) 0.5389 (93) 626 (88) 4.8% (88) -- -- --
Auburn SEC 313 (92) 1 - 0 14.9 - 15.1 0.5464 (84) 0.5819 (9) 609 (91) 2.2% (93) -- -- --
Minnesota BigTen 366 (80) 1 - 0 13.9 - 16.1 0.5303 (112) 0.5673 (42) 609 (92) 3.4% (91) -- -- --
Boise St. MWC 325 (89) 0 - 0 16.7 - 10.3 0.5493 (80) 0.5221 (117) 608 (93) 3.2% (92) -- -- --
Oregon St. Pac12 312 (93) 1 - 0 15.8 - 14.2 0.5344 (102) 0.5481 (81) 593 (94) 1.5% (94) -- -- --
Georgia Tech ACC 267 (104) 1 - 0 13.1 - 15.9 0.5347 (101) 0.5769 (16) 590 (95) 1.4% (96) -- -- --
Ball St. MAC 304 (95) 0 - 0 18.0 - 10.0 0.5460 (85) 0.5074 (141) 581 (96) 1.4% (97) -- -- --
East Tennessee St. SoCon 320 (91) 0 - 0 18.2 - 8.8 0.5382 (95) 0.4769 (217) 574 (97) 1.5% (95) -- -- --
Furman SoCon 325 (88) 1 - 0 19.1 - 8.9 0.5356 (99) 0.4706 (242) 567 (99) 1.2% (98) -- -- --