Florida still holds SEC's top spot in USA TODAY Sports bracketology

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March Madness is rapidly approaching and Florida basketball is peaking at just the right time, taking an eight-game winning streak into the final three matchups of the regular-season schedule.

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The Gators' recent success has vaulted them into the top 10 of the major polls as well as improved their seeding in the major bracketologies. Among them is USA TODAY Sports' latest offering, which once again has Florida as a No. 2 seed in the East Region, where they are now matched up with the 15th-seeded Austin Peay Governors in the first round held in Tampa. 

Compare that with ESPN's bracketology put together by Joe Lunardi, who elevated the Orange and Blue to a No. 2 seed in the South in his latest update.

Top seeds in USA TODAY Sports' 2026 bracketology

The latest bracketology update from USA TODAY Sports still has the Duke Blue Devils as the No. 1 seed in the East, the Iowa State Cyclones topping the South, the Michigan Wolverines at the head of the Midwest pack and the Arizona Wildcats ruling the West.

SEC schools in USA TODAY Sports' 2026 bracketology

The Southeastern Conference gained a school and now has 11 representing it in the latest bracketology, giving the league the most teams mentioned among the field of 68 — one more than the Big Ten and three more than the ACC and Big 12.

Florida holds the highest seed in the SEC with its No. 2 spot in the East, followed by the 5th-seeded Alabama Crimson Tide in the Midwest, as well as the Vanderbilt Commodores (West), Tennessee Volunteers (East) and Arkansas Razorbacks (South) as 5-seeds in their respective regions.

The rest of the conference lineup consists of the Kentucky Wildcats (No. 6, West), Texas Longhorns (No. 9, West), Texas A&M Aggies (No. 9, East), Georgia Bulldogs (No. 10, South), Auburn Tigers (No. 11, South) and the newly added Missouri Tigers (No. 11, Midwest), who are among the last four in.

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