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Bracketology Update (1-19-23)

 Here is my latest field of 68... just a reminder, there is no "poll inertia" in my field. I start fresh every time I construct my field and that leads to a lot of movement week to week in the middle of the bracket and the bubble. Anyways, here we go:

 

1              Houston

1              Purdue

1              Alabama

1              Kansas

 

2              Tennessee

2              UCLA

2              Connecticut

2              Gonzaga

 

3              Iowa State

3              Arizona

3              Virginia

3              Kansas State

 

4              Texas

4              Xavier

4              Marquette

4              TCU

 

5              Saint Mary's

5              Auburn

5              Baylor

5              Rutgers

 

6              Illinois

6              NC State

6              Providence

6              Miami (FL)

 

7              FAU

7              Boise State

7              San Diego State

7              Duke

 

8              New Mexico

8              Indiana

8              North Carolina

8              Michigan State

 

9              UCF

9              Memphis

9              Iowa

9              Clemson

 

10           Wisconsin

10           Northwestern

10           Kentucky

10           Creighton

 

11           Arkansas

11           Arizona State

11           Missouri

11           Maryland

11           Pittsburgh

11           Penn State

 

12           Dayton

12           Charleston

12           Marshall

12           Kent State

 

13           Liberty

13           Iona

13           Oral Roberts

13           UC Santa Barbara

 

14           Princeton

14           Youngstown State

14           Southern Illinois

14           Seattle

 

15           Colgate

15           UMass Lowell

15           Samford

15           Longwood

 

16           SIU Edwardsville

16           Eastern Washington

16           Texas A&M CC

16           Norfolk State

16           Southern

16           Fairleigh Dickinson

 

and the rest of the bubble...

 

First 4 OUT

Oklahoma

Nevada

Ohio State

West Virginia

Next 4 OUT

Oklahoma State

USC

Texas A&M

Oregon

Outside looking in...

Utah State

Wake Forest

Florida

Mississippi

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