Selection Sunday Cheat Sheet
I've divided the bubble teams into 4 tiers:
TIER 1 - Don't get worried if any of these teams make it. They're practically locks anyway, even though CBS might refer to them as "bubble":- Auburn
- Boise State
- Penn State
- USC
- Utah State
TIER 2 - These are all projected by almost everyone on Bracket Matrix to be in:- Arizona State
- Mississippi State
- NC State
- Providence
- Rutgers
TIER 3 - There's only room in the tournament for 1 of these, unless someone from one of the above tiers gets snubbed:- Nevada
- Oklahoma State
- Pittsburgh
TIER 4 - These are extremely unlikely, but not impossible:- Clemson
- Michigan
- North Carolina
- Oregon
- Vanderbilt
- Wisconsin
There should be 11 teams from these tiers getting in, presumably 5 from Tier 1, 5 from Tier 2, and 1 from Tier 3, but we'll see what the committee decides.