With a bevy of returning talent, Purdue earns the top overall seed in the first edition of our projected field.

but it's never too early to start looking ahead to March Madness. This week, ESPN's Joe Lunardi debuted his Bracketology for next year's tournament and the Big Ten is represented well in the field.

There are 11 months until the 2026 NCAA ... of March Madness. ESPN's Joe Lunardi, who is the resident college hoops expert at the publication, recently released his way-too-early bracketology ...

For Kansas and Missouri, ESPN.com’s first NCAA Tournament “bracketology” of the 2025-26 men’s college basketball preseason closely resembles the rivals’ assigned path to the Final Four last March.