Automatic Bids
The first six bids would be automatic bids going to the conference champions of the P5 leagues and the highest ranked G5 champion. These seeds would automatically take up seed numbers 1-6.
For example, we could see something that looks like this from this year.
- Alabama (SEC)
- Michigan (BIG 10)
- Cincinnati (AAC)
- Baylor (BIG 12)
- Utah (PAC 12)
- Pittsburg (ACC)
The top four teams overall would get a first round bye while the No. 5 and No. 6 seeds would play the No. 12 and No. 11 seeded team in the bracket.
Seeds No. 17-20 would also be automatic bids from the other G5 conferences that aren’t in the Top 6. They will be seeded based off of computer rankings. This year, those teams would be:
- 17 – Utah State (MWC)
- 18 – UTSA (CUSA)
- 19 – App St (SUN BELT)
- 20 – Kent St (MAC)
The exception of course would be if a conference champion is ranked inside the Top 16, then they would take that seed and the auto bids would begin at No. 18 overall.