Teams That Can Still Win a National Championship (Championship Week Day 1)

There are 351 teams in Division I basketball. Generally speaking, at the beginning of the year all of them are eligible to win a National Championship. Whether or not a championship is practical is not the point of this exercise; instead we are seeing who, in theory, could still win a title.

For the duration of Championship Week, teams will be sorted by conference. Teams that win their conference tournament will be placed in Bold. Teams that don't win their conference tournament, but are expected to be an at-large team will be in Italics. Teams considered safe will be a 9 seed or higher on Bracket Matrix. Teams on the bubble will have (?). The italics and (?) will only be used on teams that have already been eliminated from their conference tournament. Teams eliminated from national title contention will be shown will have their names crossed out for the night that they are eliminated only to show the difference from night to night.

Once the field of 68 teams is announced, the teams that can still win a national title will be sorted by NCAA region and be whittled down from there until on April 3rd when a champion is crowned.

America East
Vermont
Stony Brook
Albany
New Hampshire
UMBC
Hartford
Binghamton
Maine

American
Southern Methodist
Cincinnati
Houston
UCF
Connecticut
Memphis
Tulsa
Temple
East Carolina
Tulane
South Florida

Atlantic 10
Dayton
Virginia Commonwealth
Rhode Island
Richmond
Saint Bonaventure
George Mason
George Washington
La Salle
Davidson
Fordham
Saint Louis
Massachusetts
Saint Joseph's
Duquesne

ACC
North Carolina
Florida State
Louisville
Notre Dame
Duke
Virginia Tech
Miami
Virginia
Syracuse
Wake Forest
Georgia Tech
Pittsburgh
Clemson
North Carolina State
Boston College

Atlantic Sun
Florida Gulf Coast
Lipscomb
North Florida
Kennesaw State
USC Upstate
Jacksonville
NJIT
Stetson

Big XII
Kansas
Iowa State
Baylor
West Virginia
Oklahoma State
Kansas State
TCU
Texas Tech
Texas
Oklahoma

Big East
Villanova
Butler
Creighton
Seton Hall
Providence
Xavier
Marquette
St. John's
Georgetown
DePaul

Big Sky
North Dakota
Eastern Washington
Weber State
Idaho
Montana State
Montana
Sacramento State
Portland State
Northern Arizona
Idaho State
Southern Utah

Big South
Winthrop
UNC Asheville
Liberty
Gardner-Webb
High Point
Radford
Campbell
Charleston Southern
Longwood
Presbyterian

Big Ten
Purdue
Wisconsin
Maryland
Minnesota
Michigan State
Northwestern
Michigan
Iowa
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio State
Penn State
Nebraska
Rutgers

Big West
UC Davis
UC Irvine
CS Fullerton
Hawaii
Long Beach State
CSU Northridge
Cal Poly
UC Riverside
UC Santa Barbara

Colonial
UNC Wilmington
Charleston
Towson
Elon
William and Mary
Northeastern
Hofstra
James Madison
Delaware
Drexel

Conference USA
Middle Tennessee
Louisiana Tech
Old Dominion
UTEP
Rice
Marshall
UAB
Western Kentucky
UT San Antonio
Charlotte
Florida Atlantic
Southern Miss

Horizon
Oakland
Valparaiso
Northern Kentucky
Green Bay
Wright State
UIC
Detroit Mercy
Youngstown State
Cleveland State
Milwaukee

Ivy League
Princeton
Harvard
Yale
Penn
Columbia
Brown
Cornell
Dartmouth

MAAC
Monmouth
Saint Peter's
Iona
Siena
Fairfield
Canisius
Rider
Quinnipiac
Niagara
Manhattan
Marist

MAC
Akron
Ohio
Kent State
Buffalo
Ball State
Western Michigan
Toledo
Northern Illinois
Bowling Green
Central Michigan
Eastern Michigan
Miami (OH)

MEAC
North Carolina Central
Norfolk State
Morgan State
Hampton
Maryland-Eastern Shore
South Carolina State
Coppin State
Delaware State
Bethune-Cookman
Howard
Florida A&M
North Carolina A&T

Missouri Valley
Wichita State
Illinois State
Northern Iowa
Southern Illinois
Loyola-Chicago
Missouri State
Bradley
Evansville
Indiana State
Drake

Mountain West
Nevada
Colorado State
Boise State
Fresno State
New Mexico
San Diego State
Wyoming
San Jose State
Utah State
Air Force
UNLV

Northeast
Mount Saint Mary's
LIU Brooklyn
Wagner
Saint Francis (PA)
Robert Morris
Bryant
Fairleigh Dickinson
Sacred Heart

Ohio Valley
Belmont
UT Martin
Morehead State
Jacksonville State
Southeast Missouri State
Tennessee Tech
Murray State
Tennessee State

Pac-12
Arizona
Oregon
UCLA
California
Utah
USC
Arizona State
Colorado
Stanford
Washington State
Washington
Oregon State

Patriot
Bucknell
Lehigh
Boston University
Navy
Holy Cross
Loyola (MD)
Colgate
Army
Lafayette
American

SEC
Kentucky
Florida
Arkansas
South Carolina
Ole Miss
Alabama
Vanderbilt
Georgia
Texas A&M
Tennessee
Auburn
Mississippi State
Missouri
LSU

Southern
UNC Greensboro
Furman
East Tennessee State
Chattanooga
Wofford
Mercer
Samford
The Citadel
Western Carolina
VMI

Southland
New Orleans
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
Stephen F. Austin
Houston Baptist
Sam Houston State
Lamar
Southeast Louisiana
Nicholls State
Central Arkansas
Northwestern State

SWAC
Texas Southern
Southern
Grambling
Jackson State
Prairie View A&M
Alabama State
Arkansas-Pine Bluff
Mississippi Valley State

Summit League
South Dakota
North Dakota State
Omaha
South Dakota State
Denver Fort Wayne
IUPUI
Western Illinois

Sun Belt
UT Arlington
Arkansas State
Georgia State
Georgia Southern
Texas State
Coastal Carolina
UL Lafayette
Troy
South Alabama
Arkansas-Little Rock
Appalachian State
Louisiana-Monroe

WAC
CSU Bakersfield
New Mexico State
UMKC
Seattle
Utah Valley
UT Rio Grande Valley
Chicago State

West Coast
Gonzaga
Saint Mary's
BYU
Santa Clara
San Francisco
Loyola Marymount
San Diego
Pepperdine
Pacific
Portland