Bubble Watch: Predictions

[Rickyvol77]

31 Conf Champs (assuming favorites hold):
AEC - UMBC
ACC - Duke
A Sun - Queens University
A10 - St. Louis
AAC - USF
Big Ten - Michigan
Big XII - Arizona
BEC - UConn
BWC - Hawaii
Big South - High Point
Big Sky - Idaho
CUSA - Sam Houston St
CAA - Hofstra
Horizon - Wright St
Ivy - Yale
MAAC - Siena
MVC - Northern Iowa
MWC - Utah State
MAC - Akron
MEAC - Howard
NEC - LIU
OVC - Tennessee State
Patriot - Lehigh
SEC - Florida
SLC - McNeese
Sun Belt - Troy
Southern - Furman
Summit - North Dakota St
SWAC - Florida A&M
WCC - Gonzaga
WAC - Utah Valley

29 At-Large Locks:
- Alabama, Arkansas, Vanderbilt, Tennessee, Kentucky, Georgia
- Illinois, Michigan St, Purdue, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Iowa, UCLA
- Iowa St, Houston, Texas Tech, Kansas, BYU, TCU
- Virginia, Miami, UNC, Louisville, Clemson, NC State
- St. John's, Villanova
- St. Mary's, Santa Clara

Which means only 8 of these bubble teams will be chosen (with their NET rankings):
Texas (43)
Texas A&M (42)
Missouri (59)
Auburn (38)
Oklahoma (52)
Ohio State (30)
Indiana (41)
UCF (50)
Cincinnati (46)
SMU (37)
California (68)
Seton Hall (55)
Miami, OH (54)
Tulsa (49)
VCU (44)
New Mexico (45)
San Diego St (48)

My Predictions of the 8 chosen:
Texas A&M, Missouri, Ohio State, Miami OH, VCU, New Mexico, Texas, SMU (unless they want to make Auburn vs Miami, OH a first round game or Oklahoma upsets Arkansas and Alabama)

 

[RockiesTop22]

Good stuff.. but the “assuming favorites hold” isn’t gonna happen

Miami oh vs Auburn would be awesome