Welcome to the 2022–23 college basketball season! The journey to Selection Sunday begins Monday, as teams begin the four-month process of making themselves stand out to the selection committee in hopes of putting on their dancing shoes in March.
Putting together a projected bracket is usually all about a team’s résumé. But for this preseason edition of Bracket Watch, we build our projected field based on Sports Illustrated’s national men’s rankings. The autobid selections are the same ones we picked to win each league, and the 36 at-larges go to the 36 highest-ranked teams in our 1–363 rankings that weren’t assigned an autobid.
Here’s a look at what the field of 68 looks like before the ball is tipped.
