Where Alabama is Placed in Bracketology, KenPom Entering Missouri Matchup.

Where the Crimson Tide stands less than four weeks from Selection Sunday for the 2025 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament.

With less than four weeks until Selection Sunday for the 2025 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament, Alabama was ranked as the No. 2 overall team and the top seed in the Midwest Region before its recent home loss to No. 1 Auburn.

Despite dropping to No. 4 in the latest AP Top 25 after losing to Auburn, Alabama remained the No. 1 seed in the Midwest Region and the second-best team in the nation in ESPN’s latest Bracketology by Joe Lunardi, holding the same position as last week.

Alabama will face No. 15 Missouri on the road Wednesday, with its bracketology position potentially shifting based on the outcome, as Joe Lunardi updates his projections every Tuesday and Friday.

Lunardi’s Midwest Region:

• 1-seed Alabama vs. 16-seed Quinnipiac
• 8-seed Creighton vs. 9-seed Baylor
• 5-seed Missouri vs. 12-seed Yale
• 4-seed Michigan vs. 13-seed High Point
• 6-seed Illinois vs. 11-seed George Mason
• 3-seed Kentucky vs. 14-seed UNC Greensboro
• 7-seed Mississippi State vs. 10-seed Nebraska
• 2-seed Houston vs. 15-seed Cleveland State

Despite Alabama’s home loss to Auburn, the Crimson Tide remained at No. 6 in the latest KenPom ratings, which, like Bracketology, are dynamic and can change quickly. Below is a list of the top 25 teams along with their offensive and defensive rankings in college basketball.

KenPom

1. Auburn, 23-2, O-Rating: 1st, D-Rating: 14th
2. Duke, 23-3, O-Rating: 2nd, D-Rating: 4th
3. Houston, 21-4, O-Rating: 10th, D-Rating: 3rd
4. Florida, 22-3, O-Rating: 4th, D-Rating: 9th
5. Tennessee, 21-5, O-Rating: 30th, D-Rating: 1st
6. Alabama, 21-4, O-Rating: 3rd, D-Rating: 38th
7. Texas Tech, 20-5, O-Rating: 9th, D-Rating: 32nd
8. Iowa State, 20-5, O-Rating: 17th, D-Rating: 8th
9. Wisconsin, 20-5, O-Rating: 6th, D-Rating: 43rd
10. Purdue, 19-7, O-Rating: 8th, D-Rating: 39th
11. Gonzaga, 20-7, O-Rating: 7th, D-Rating: 42nd
12. Arizona, 18-8, O-Rating: 23rd, D-Rating: 10th
13. Texas A&M, 20-5, O-Rating: 40th, D-Rating: 6th
14. Maryland, 20-6, O-Rating: 16th, D-Rating: 20th
15. Missouri, 19-6, O-Rating: 11th, D-Rating: 40th
16. Kansas, 17-8, O-Rating: 47th, D-Rating: 5th
17. Michigan State, 20-5, O-Rating: 27th, D-Rating 13th
18. St. John’s, 22-4, O-Rating: 79th, D-Rating: 2nd
19. Kentucky, 17-8, O-Rating: 5th, D-Rating: 76th
20. Illinois, 17-9, O-Rating: 14th, D-Rating: 28th
21. Saint Mary’s, 23-4, O-Rating: 38th, D-Rating: 11th
22. Michigan, 20-5, O-Rating: 21st, D-Rating: 21st
23. Clemson, 21-5, O-Rating: 20th, D-Rating: 27th
24. Ole Miss, 19-7, O-Rating: 35th, D-Rating: 17th
25. Louisville, 20-6, O-Rating: 22nd, D-Rating: 29th