No team has helped their NCAA Tournament profile more in one week than the Wisconsin Badgers. They went from being a 9-seed with still plenty of risk to miss the tournament to now a seven-seed and a lock for the tournament. At least according to most major bracketologists. Jumping up two seeds is a lot in one week, but that's what two top-10 wins will do for a program.
Here's a look at all the major bracketologists and where they place the Badgers. This is before Wisconsin tips off against Ohio State, as that could also change things.
ESPN - Joe Lunardi - 7 seed
ESPN's Joe Lunardi has the Wisconsin Badgers as a 7-seed taking on Texas A&M in the South Region. That could be quite the matchup as both are high-powered offenses and love to shoot the three. It would be interesting if these two teams actually end up matching up.
T3 Bracketology - 7 seed
New Seed List - 2/16 (before games)
— T3™️ (@T3Bracketology) February 16, 2026
Last 5 IN: UCLA, TCU, Missouri, Georgia, Santa Clara
First 5 OUT: VA Tech, Cal, Ohio St, New Mexico, SDSU
Next 4 OUT: Oklahoma St, WVU, VCU, Seton Hall
Notes on some areas below. pic.twitter.com/1pCRR0x4pq
T3 Bracketology isn't yet filling out the bracket, but they are listing seeds, and as of right now, they also have the Badgers on the 7-seed line alongside Saint Louis, Clemson, and Villanova. The interesting thing for T3 is that Kentucky is on the 6-seed line, and that's the team that Wisconsin always seems to be lined up with for this season.
AI Bracketology - 7 seed
T-Minus 27 days until Selection Sunday! My updated field after this weekends results ⤵️
— AI Bracketology 🏀 (@AI_Bracketology) February 16, 2026
The Winners 📈
- Iowa State smacks Kansas and moves to the 2 line. It surprised me seeing Florida fall to a 3 after beating UK, but the margins were thin enough to give the Cyclones a slight… pic.twitter.com/23P9FBBGD7
Once again, a 7-seed line projection this time with Villanova, Utah State, and Kentucky. There aren't many that are projecting the Badgers on any other line. At least for now.
CBS Sports Bracketology - 7 seed
CBS also has the bracket filled out with Wisconsin taking on Texas A&M in a 7-seed versus 10-seed matchup. There's not a lot more to say about CBS, as they line up with ESPN pretty cleanly.
Fox Sports Bracketology - 8 seed
The lone outlier on the seed line projection for Wisconsin is Fox Sports, which still has them in an eight vs. nine seed matchup. In their bracket, the Badgers are taking on Auburn. It's also the oldest bracketology of the entire article. This was written four days ago. Every other one has been updated more recently.