Our full Bracketology Report details the Field, the Bubble and the Nomination Pool. This is set up to help paint the picture of what the potential NAIA National Championship Bracket could look like! There are still 11 auto-bids at stake, but the field is quickly coming together. Because of comments on social media, I want to point something out. THIS IS NOT THE NCAA TOURNAMENT. While the NAIA Tournament isn’t fully regional, location and travel matters a lot in seeding. ESPECIALLY in a year like this year, where there are 10 teams who legit could be in that 5-seed range. Again, same thing when you look at the teams in the 8-11 seeds. I think both of those groupings could go a lot of different ways! Hope that helps explain the seeding lines!
Seeding/Qualifying Criteria
NAIA National Selection Committee Policy
Analytics as of February 17TH
The Bracket
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The Field
36 Auto-Bids
Projected Auto-Bid Winners for remaining four spots:
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Central Baptist
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Lewis Clark St.
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Hastings
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Texas College
Projected At-Large Selections
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Columbia
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Oregon Tech
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Olivet Nazarene
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Marian
Huntington
Bethel (IN)
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Carroll
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The Master’s
HIU
Jessup
OUAZ
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CUNE
Morningside
Dordt
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Baker
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Southwestern
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Cumberlands
Georgetown
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LSU Shreveport
Xavier (LA)
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Shawnee State
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SAGU
Wayland Baptist
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St. Thomas
Ave Maria
Keiser
WIU
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Lourdes (OH)
The Bubble
Last Four IN
Olivet Nazarene ARC: North-Central 7TH | RPI: 49 | SOS: 127
Shawnee State ARC: Great Lakes/South 14TH | RPI: 45 | SOS: 68
Xavier (LA) ARC: Southwest 9TH ARC: | RPI: 48 | SOS: 189
Webber International ARC: Southeast 11TH ARC: | RPI: 46 | SOS: 90
1st Four OUT
Evangel ARC: Midwest 8TH | RPI: 60 | SOS: 80
Life (GA) ARC: Southeast 13TH | RPI: 52 | SOS: 115
Menlo ARC: West 10TH | RPI: 61 | SOS: 1139
Talladega ARC: Southeast 12TH | RPI: 30 | SOS: 148
Next Four OUT
Stillman ARC: West 10TH | RPI: 74 | SOS: 144
Lawrence Tech ARC: Great Lakes/ South N/A | RPI: 66 | SOS: 103
Science & Arts (OK) ARC: Southeast 10TH | RPI: 79 | SOS: 165
Mobile ARC: Southeast 7TH | RPI: 85 | SOS: 210
Rest of Nomination Pool (1st/2nd in League Standings and/or RPI 80 or less)
Vanguard ARC: West 13TH | RPI: 42 | SOS: 5
Rocky Mountain ARC: West 14TH | RPI: 43 | SOS: 2
WVU Tech ARC: Great Lakes/South 15TH | RPI: 50 | SOS: 109
Jamestown ARC: North-Central 9TH | RPI: 51 | SOS: 22
IU Kokomo ARC: Great Lakes/South 16TH | RPI:59 | SOS: 198
William Woods ARC: Midwest 10TH| RPI: 64 | SOS: 111
Central Methodist ARC: Midwest 9TH | RPI: 65 | SOS: 180
Dalton State ARC: Southeast 14TH | RPI: 67 | SOS: 66
Briar Cliff ARC: North-Central 11TH | RPI: 70 | SOS: 59
William Carey ARC: Southeast 15TH | RPI: 70 | SOS: 185
Southeastern (FL) ARC: Southeast 16TH | RPI: 72 | SOS: 36
Mayville State ARC: North-Central 10TH | RPI: 95 | SOS: 206
Ranked Within ARC, BUT RPI Above 80
Dickinson State ARC: North-Central 12TH | RPI: 82 | SOS: 43
John Brown ARC: Southwest 11TH | RPI: 83 | SOS: 51
Graceland (IA) ARC: Midwest 11TH | RPI: 86 | SOS: 184
IU South Bend ARC: North-Central 8TH | RPI: 87 | SOS: 202
Ottawa (KS) ARC: Midwest 12TH | RPI: 89 | SOS: 99
Southern Oregon ARC: West 15TH | RPI:97 | SOS: 121
Our Lady of the Lake ARC: Southwest 12TH | RPI: 130 | SOS:159