Every week from now until March Madness begins I'll be posting the link to ESPN writer Joe Lunardi's Bracketology, where he places the 65 teams most likely to make the NCAA tournament and their likely seedings.

Teams move up and down in the seedings, as well as on and off the Bubble list, based on strength of schedule, current rankings and how they've been recently playing.

The SEC rose above the ACC for number of teams projected to get bids with five. The ACC has just four, the lowest of the six major conferences. The Big East continues to lead the way with eight teams projected to earn bids.

19th-ranked Vanderbilt, which was once a projected no. 3 seed and was a no. 5 seed last week, has sunk to no. 8 after its loss to Florida on Sunday. Florida, which wasn't even part of the field last week, is listed as a no. 7 seed, with Mississippi State and Ole Miss each getting no. 6 seeds. Tennessee dropped from a no. 1 to a no. 2 seed after losing to Kentucky.

It's too soon to say that Vanderbilt's season is looking like Clemson's last year, when the Tigers started 17-0 but lost 10 of their last 14 games and didn't make the NCAA tournament. But the way Vanderbilt was demolished from the outset of the game against the Gators is definitely cause for concern.

Click here for this week's Bracketology.

 

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