Welcome to the 2024-2025 HOOPS HD NCAA Tournament Survival Board.  This is the list of teams that mathematically have a chance to make the NCAA tournament and thus (in theory) win the national championship.  It will be updated regularly as teams get eliminated.

Bellarmine (ASun), Tarleton (WAC), UC-San Diego (Big West) and Utah Tech (WAC) have completed their transitional period and are now eligible for the NCAA Tournament.  St. Thomas (Summit League) is a fourth year transitional team that will be eligible for the NCAA Tournament beginning in 2025-26 due to their transition being 4 years (D3 to D1) instead of the normal 3.  Lindenwood (OVC), Queens (ASun), Southern Indiana (OVC), Stonehill (NEC) and East Texas A&M (Southland) are third year transitional teams that will be eligible for the NCAA Tournament in 2025-26. Le Moyne (NEC) is a second year transitional team that will be eligible for the NCAA Tournament beginning in 2026-27. Mercyhurst (NEC) and West Georgia (ASun) are first year transitional teams that will be eligible for the NCAA Tournament beginning in 2027-28.  UPDATE: Legislation has recently passed that cut transitional periods down by one year.  The years listed above have been accordingly updated.

LAST UPDATE: January 27, 2025, 10:45 PM Eastern

355 TEAMS REMAIN!

LEGEND:

Locks: This team is considered a lock for at least an at-large bid.  This means that either the team has clinched an automatic bid or, even if the teams loses every game left on its schedule, it will still make the field through an at-large bid.  Automatic Bid winners are listed in bold and all caps.

Under Consideration: This team, despite not winning an automatic bid yet, is at least under consideration (on the bubble) for an at-large bid.  This means that if the team wins every game remaining on its schedule until the conference tournament final, it may get consideration for an at-large bid.

Auto-Bid Only: This team can only make the tournament via an automatic bid.

Eliminated: This team cannot make the NCAA Tournament or has been eliminated during same.  This includes teams that are ineligible for postseason play as well as those that have been eliminated from contention for their conference’s automatic bid and will not be able to earn an at-large bid.

TEAMS:

ACC (18): Locks — None; Under Consideration — California, Clemson, Duke, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Louisville, North Carolina, North Carolina State, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, Smu, Stanford, Syracuse, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest; Auto Bid Only — Boston College, Miami; Eliminated — None

AMERICA EAST (9): Locks — None; Under Consideration — None; Auto Bid Only — Albany, Binghamton, Bryant, Maine, New Hampshire, Njit, UMass-Lowell, Umbc, Vermont; Eliminated — None

AMERICAN ATHLETIC (13): Locks — None; Under Consideration — Memphis, North Texas, Temple, Uab; Auto Bid Only — Charlotte, East Carolina, Florida Atlantic, Rice, South Florida, Tulane, Tulsa, Utsa, Wichita State; Eliminated — None

ASUN (10): Locks — None; Under Consideration — None; Auto Bid Only — Austin Peay, Bellarmine, Central Arkansas, Eastern Kentucky, Florida Gulf Coast, Jacksonville, Lipscomb, North Alabama, North Florida, Stetson; Eliminated — Queens, West Georgia

ATLANTIC TEN (15): Locks — None; Under Consideration — Dayton, George Mason, George Washington, Rhode Island, Saint Bonaventure, Saint Joseph’s, Vcu; Auto Bid Only — Davidson, Duquesne, Fordham, La Salle, Loyola-Chicago, Massachusetts, Richmond, Saint Louis; Eliminated — None

BIG TWELVE (16): Locks — None; Under Consideration — Arizona, Arizona State, Baylor, Byu, Central Florida, Cincinnati, Colorado, Houston, Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma State, Tcu, Texas Tech, Utah, West Virginia; Auto Bid Only — None; Eliminated — None

BIG EAST (11): Locks — None; Under Consideration — Butler, Connecticut, Creighton, DePaul, Georgetown, Marquette, Providence, Saint John’s, Seton Hall, Villanova, Xavier; Auto Bid Only — None; Eliminated — None

BIG SKY (10): Locks — None; Under Consideration — None; Auto Bid Only — Eastern Washington, Idaho, Idaho State, Montana, Montana State, Northern Arizona, Northern Colorado, Portland State, Sacramento State, Weber State; Eliminated — None

BIG SOUTH (9): Locks — None; Under Consideration — None; Auto Bid Only — Charleston Southern, Gardner-Webb, High Point, Longwood, Presbyterian, Radford, UNC-Asheville, USC-Upstate, Winthrop; Eliminated — None

BIG TEN (18): Locks — None; Under Consideration — Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Nebraska, Northwestern, Ohio State, Oregon, Penn State, Purdue, Rutgers, Ucla, Usc, Washington, Wisconsin; Auto Bid Only — None; Eliminated — None

BIG WEST (11): Locks — None; Under Consideration — Cal State-Northridge, UC-Irvine, UC-Riverside, UC-San Diego; Auto Bid Only — Cal Poly, Cal State-Bakersfield, Cal State-Fullerton, Hawai’i, Long Beach State, UC-Davis, UC-Santa Barbara; Eliminated — None

COASTAL (14): Locks — None; Under Consideration — None; Auto Bid Only — Campbell, Charleston, Delaware, Drexel, Elon, Hampton, Hofstra, Monmouth, North Carolina A&T, Northeastern, Stony Brook, Towson, UNC-Wilmington, William & Mary; Eliminated — None

CONFERENCE USA (10): Locks — None; Under Consideration — Liberty, Middle Tennessee, Utep; Auto Bid Only — Florida International, Jacksonville State, Kennesaw State, Louisiana Tech, New Mexico State, Sam Houston, Western Kentucky; Eliminated — None

HORIZON LEAGUE (11): Locks — None; Under Consideration — None; Auto Bid Only — Cleveland State, Detroit Mercy, Green Bay, IU-Indianapolis, Milwaukee, Northern Kentucky, Oakland, Purdue-Fort Wayne, Robert Morris, Wright State, Youngstown State; Eliminated — None

IVY LEAGUE (8): Locks — None; Under Consideration — Princeton, Yale; Auto Bid Only — Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Penn; Eliminated — None

MEAC (8): Locks — None; Under Consideration — None; Auto Bid Only — Coppin State, Delaware State, Howard, Maryland-Eastern Shore, Morgan State, Norfolk State, North Carolina Central, South Carolina State; Eliminated — None

METRO ATLANTIC (13): Locks — None; Under Consideration — Marist; Auto Bid Only — Canisius, Fairfield, Iona, Manhattan, Merrimack, Mount Saint Mary’s, Niagara, Quinnipiac, Rider, Sacred Heart, Saint Peter’s, Siena; Eliminated — None

MID-AMERICAN (12): Locks — None; Under Consideration — Akron, Miami (Ohio); Auto Bid Only — Ball State, Bowling Green, Buffalo, Central Michigan, Eastern Michigan, Kent State, Northern Illinois, Ohio, Toledo, Western Michigan; Eliminated — None

MISSOURI VALLEY (12): Locks — None; Under Consideration — Belmont, Bradley, Drake, Illinois-Chicago, Northern Iowa; Auto Bid Only — Evansville, Illinois State, Indiana State, Missouri State, Murray State, Southern Illinois, Valparaiso; Eliminated — None

MOUNTAIN WEST (11): Locks — None; Under Consideration — Boise State, Colorado State, Nevada, New Mexico, San Diego State, Unlv, Utah State; Auto Bid Only — Air Force, Fresno State, San Jose State, Wyoming; Eliminated — None

NORTHEAST (6): Locks — None; Under Consideration — None; Auto Bid Only — Central Connecticut State, Chicago State, Fairleigh Dickinson, Long Island, Saint Francis University, Wagner; Eliminated — Le Moyne, Mercyhurst, Stonehill

OHIO VALLEY (9): Locks — None; Under Consideration — None; Auto Bid Only — Eastern Illinois, Little Rock, Morehead State, SIU-Edwardsville, Southeast Missouri State, Tennessee State, Tennessee Tech, UT-Martin, Western Illinois; Eliminated — Lindenwood, Southern Indiana

PATRIOT LEAGUE (10): Locks — None; Under Consideration — None; Auto Bid Only — American, Army-West Point, Boston University, Bucknell, Colgate, Holy Cross, Lafayette, Lehigh, Loyola-Maryland, Navy; Eliminated — None

SEC (16): Locks — None; Under Consideration — Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana State, Mississippi State, Missouri, Oklahoma, Ole Miss, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Texas A&M, Vanderbilt; Auto Bid Only — None; Eliminated — None

SOUTHERN (10): Locks — None; Under Consideration — Samford; Auto Bid Only — Chattanooga, East Tennessee State, Furman, Mercer, The Citadel, UNC-Greensboro, Vmi, Western Carolina, Wofford; Eliminated — None

SOUTHLAND (11): Locks — None; Under Consideration — McNeese; Auto Bid Only — Houston Christian, Incarnate Word, Lamar, New Orleans, Nicholls, Northwestern State, Southeastern Louisiana, Stephen F. Austin, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, UT-Rio Grande Valley; Eliminated — East Texas A&M

SUMMIT LEAGUE (8): Locks — None; Under Consideration — None; Auto Bid Only — Denver, Kansas City, North Dakota, North Dakota State, Omaha, Oral Roberts, South Dakota, South Dakota State; Eliminated — Saint Thomas

SUN BELT (14): Locks — None; Under Consideration — Arkansas State, South Alabama, Troy; Auto Bid Only — Appalachian State, Coastal Carolina, Georgia Southern, Georgia State, James Madison, Louisiana, Louisiana-Monroe, Marshall, Old Dominion, Southern Miss, Texas State; Eliminated — None

SWAC (12): Locks — None; Under Consideration — None; Auto Bid Only — Alabama A&M, Alabama State, Alcorn State, Arkansas-Pine Bluff, Bethune-Cookman, Florida A&M, Grambling, Jackson State, Mississippi Valley State, Prairie View A&M, Southern, Texas Southern; Eliminated — None

WAC (9): Locks — None; Under Consideration — Grand Canyon, Utah Valley; Auto Bid Only — Abilene Christian, California Baptist, Seattle, Southern Utah, Tarleton, UT-Arlington, Utah Tech; Eliminated — None

WEST COAST (11): Locks — None; Under Consideration — Gonzaga, Oregon State, Saint Mary’s, San Francisco, Santa Clara, Washington State; Auto Bid Only — Loyola Marymount, Pacific, Pepperdine, Portland, San Diego; Eliminated — None