Virginia listed as No. 1 overall seed for 2018 NCAA Tournament

Virginia enters the 2018 NCAA Tournament as the No. 1 overall seed based on the complete rankings unveiled by the selection committee Sunday. In addition to the bracket, which divides all of the teams into four regions, the committee ranks the teams from No. 1 to No. 68 as part of its process to set up March Madness.

Villanova, Kansas, and Xavier are the other three teams that received No. 1 regional seeds for the tournament, so they’re ranked in that order behind Virginia. North Carolina, Duke, Purdue, and Cincinnati are the No. 2 seeds, and Michigan State and Tennessee round out the top 10.

The lowest ranked team is Texas Southern, which will play North Carolina Central in the First Four to determine who faces Xavier in the opening round. The Tigers won the SWAC tournament with a 84-69 win over Arkansas-Pine Bluff to book their spot in the tournament. After starting the season with a brutal 8-19 record, they’ve won seven consecutive games in what’s already a Cinderella story of sorts.

Here’s the complete ranking of all 68 teams, via The Athletic. The tournament starts Tuesday and concludes with the national championship on April 2 in San Antonio.

2018 NCAA Tournament full seeding

1. Virginia
2. Villanova
3. Kansas
4. Xavier
5. North Carolina
6. Duke
7. Purdue
8. Cincinnati
9. Michigan State
10. Tennessee
11. Michigan
12. Texas Tech
13. Auburn
14. Wichita State
15. Gonzaga
16. Arizona
17. Kentucky
18. West Virginia
19. Clemson
20. Ohio State
21. Florida
22. Miami (Fla.)
23. Houston
24. TCU
25. Texas A&M
26. Arkansas
27. Nevada
28. Rhode Island
29. Seton Hall
30. Creighton
31. Virginia Tech
32. Missouri
33. Butler
34. Kansas State
35. Providence
36. Alabama
37. NC State
38. Florida State
39. Texas
40. Oklahoma
41. UCLA
42. St. Bonaventure
43. Arizona State
44. Syracuse
45. San Diego State
46. Loyola
47. New Mexico State
48. Davidson
49. South Dakota State
50. Murray State
51. Buffalo
52. UNC Greensboro
53. Charleston
54. Marshall
55. Bucknell
56. Montana
57. Wright State
58. Stephen F. Austin
59. Lipscomb
60. Georgia State
61. Cal State Fullerton
62. Iona
63. UMBC
64. Penn
65. Radford
66. LIU Brooklyn
67. North Carolina Central
68. Texas Southern