The 2025 bracket will look different with the Pac-12 mostly gone and the ACC (18 teams), Big Ten (18), Big 12 (18) and SEC (16) bigger than ever.
The NCAA tournament will look different in 2025. With the Pac-12 mostly gone and the ACC , Big Ten , Big 12 and SEC bigger than ever, the NCAA still has decisions to make as to how to format the bracket. For now, let's assume there will be 31 automatic bids and an additional at-large. The expectation: Bigger conferences means more teams from those leagues will make the field.
The primary adjustment from a normal year is, of course, the playing of the entire NCAA tournament at a single site. This eliminates the need for geographical considerations in seeding. Additionally, there will be at least one fewer automatic qualifier this season, as the Ivy League's decision to forgo the 2020-21 season reduces the number of AQ entries to 31 for this season.
To maintain some sense of national balance, conference participation is capped at four teams. And no region shall have more than one team from the same conference.
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