For college hoops fans, March is the best month of the year.
The 2017 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament field has been selected, and 68 teams from across the country will once again battle it out to determine who is No. 1.
But one thing the NCAA Tournament selection committee doesn’t consider is success in the classroom. Here is how each of the 68 teams places in the U.S News Best Colleges rankings.
East
| School name (state) | Seed | U.S. News rank and category |
| Villanova University (PA) | 1 | 50 (tie), National Universities |
| Duke University (NC) | 2 | 8 (tie), National Universities |
| Baylor University (TX) | 3 | 71 (tie), National Universities |
| University of Florida | 4 | 50 (tie), National Universities |
| University of Virginia | 5 | 24 (tie), National Universities |
| Southern Methodist University (TX) | 6 | 56 (tie), National Universities |
| University of South Carolina | 7 | 107 (tie), National Universities |
| University of Wisconsin–Madison | 8 | 44 (tie), National Universities |
| Virginia Tech | 9 | 74 (tie), National Universities |
| Marquette University (WI) | 10 | 86 (tie), National Universities |
| Providence College (RI) | 11 | 1, Regional Universities North |
| University of Southern California | 11 | 23, National Universities |
| University of North Carolina–Wilmington | 12 | 16 (tie), Regional Universities South |
| East Tennessee State University | 13 | Rank Not Published, National Universities |
| New Mexico State University | 14 | 220 (tie), National Universities |
| Troy University | 15 | 69 (tie), Regional Universities South |
| Mount St. Mary’s University | 16 | 27 (tie), Regional Universities North |
| University of New Orleans (LA) | 16 | Rank Not Published, National Universities |
West
| School name (State) | Seed | U.S. News rank and category |
| Gonzaga University (WA) | 1 | 4, Regional Universities West |
| University of Arizona | 2 | 124 (tie), National Universities |
| Florida State University | 3 | 92 (tie), National Universities |
| West Virginia University | 4 | 183 (tie), National Universities |
| University of Notre Dame (IN) | 5 | 15 (tie), National Universities |
| University of Maryland–College Park | 6 | 60 (tie), National Universities |
| St. Mary’s College of California | 7 | 9 (tie), Regional Universities West |
| Northwestern University (IL) | 8 | 12 (tie), National Universities |
| Vanderbilt University (TN) | 9 | 15 (tie), National Universities |
| Virginia Commonwealth University | 10 | 164 (tie), National Universities |
| Xavier University (OH) | 11 | 4 (tie), Regional Universities Midwest |
| Princeton University (NJ) | 12 | 1, National Universities |
| Bucknell University (PA) | 13 | 32 (tie), National Liberal Arts Colleges |
| Florida Gulf Coast University | 14 | 82 (tie), Regional Universities South |
| University of North Dakota | 15 | 202 (tie), National Universities |
| South Dakota State University | 16 | 202 (tie), National Universities |
Midwest
| School name (State) | Seed | U.S. News rank and category |
| University of Kansas | 1 | 118 (tie), National Universities |
| University of Louisville (KY) | 2 | 171 (tie), National Universities |
| University of Oregon | 3 | 103 (tie), National Universities |
| Purdue University–West Lafayette (IN) | 4 | 60 (tie), National Universities |
| Iowa State University | 5 | 111 (tie), National Universities |
| Creighton University (NE) | 6 | 1, Regional Universities Midwest |
| University of Michigan–Ann Arbor | 7 | 27 (tie), National Universities |
| University of Miami (FL) | 8 | 44 (tie), National Universities |
| Michigan State University | 9 | 82 (tie), National Universities |
| Oklahoma State University | 10 | 152 (tie), National Universities |
| University of Rhode Island | 11 | 159 (tie), National Universities |
| University of Nevada–Reno | 12 | 197 (tie), National Universities |
| University of Vermont | 13 | 92 (tie), National Universities |
| Iona College (NY) | 14 | 75 (tie), Regional Universities North |
| Jacksonville State University (AL) | 15 | 98 (tie), Regional Universities South |
| North Carolina Central University | 16 | 72 (tie), Regional Universities South |
| University of California–Davis | 16 | 44 (tie), National Universities |
South
| School name (State) | Seed | U.S News rank and category |
| University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill | 1 | 30, National Universities |
| University of Kentucky | 2 | 133 (tie), National Universities |
| University of California–Los Angeles | 3 | 24 (tie), National Universities |
| Butler University (IN) | 4 | 2, Regional Universities Midwest |
| University of Minnesota–Twin Cities | 5 | 71 (tie), National Universities |
| University of Cincinnati (OH) | 6 | 135 (tie), National Universities |
| University of Dayton (OH) | 7 | 111 (tie), National Universities |
| University of Arkasnas | 8 | 135 (tie), National Universities |
| Seton Hall University (NJ) | 9 | 118 (tie), National Universities |
| Wichita State University (KS) | 10 | Rank Not Published, National Universities |
| Kansas State University | 11 | 135 (tie), National Universities |
| Wake Forest University (NC) | 11 | 27 (tie), National Universities |
| Middle Tennessee State University | 12 | Rank Not Published, National Universities |
| Winthrop University (SC) | 13 | 26, Regional Universities South |
| Kent State University | 14 | 188 (tie), National Universities |
| Northern Kentucky University | 15 | 82 (tie), Regional Universities South |
| Texas Southern University | 16 | Rank Not Published, National Universities |
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