2018 SIMULATED NCAA TOURNAMENT BRACKET 10.8.2018

Here is this week's simulated NCAA Tournament bracket based on the actual results of games played through Sunday, October 7, and the simulated results of games not yet played.  The simulated results are based on teams' actual ARPI ratings for games played through October 7.

1 = #1 seed
2 = #2 seed
3 = #3 seed
4 = #4 seed
5 = unseeded Automatic Qualifier
6 = at large selection
7 = Top 60 team not getting an at large selection
8 = Top 60+ team not eligible for at large selection due to record below 0.500
9 = Top 80 team that might compete for an at large selection if in the Top 60

NCAA Seed or Selection	Automatic Qualifier	ARPI Rank for Formation	Team for Formation
1	AQ	1	Stanford
1	AQ	2	TexasA&M
1	0	6	NorthCarolinaU
1	0	9	TexasU
2	AQ	3	Georgetown
2	0	4	MississippiState
2	AQ	7	FloridaState
2	0	10	SouthernCalifornia
3	AQ	5	Baylor
3	AQ	12	SantaClara
3	0	13	SouthCarolinaU
3	0	18	BostonCollege
4	AQ	8	Memphis
4	0	11	VirginiaU
4	0	14	TennesseeU
4	0	19	Vanderbilt
5	AQ	17	Rutgers
5	AQ	21	NorthTexas
5	AQ	25	Princeton
5	AQ	27	UNCWilmington
5	AQ	31	GeorgeMason
5	AQ	34	LongBeachState
5	AQ	37	CentralArkansas
5	AQ	43	UNCGreensboro
5	AQ	45	ColoradoCollege
5	AQ	46	NorthernKentucky
5	AQ	52	Monmouth
5	AQ	56	MurrayState
5	AQ	60	Colgate
5	AQ	63	Radford
5	AQ	65	FloridaGulfCoast
5	AQ	84	Denver
5	AQ	96	CentralConnecticut
5	AQ	100	WesternMichigan
5	AQ	106	NorthernColorado
5	AQ	107	UMKC
5	AQ	111	Hartford
5	AQ	117	TexasState
5	AQ	118	LoyolaChicago
5	AQ	217	TexasSouthern
6	0	15	Auburn
6	0	16	WestVirginiaU
6	0	20	NCState
6	0	22	Duke
6	0	23	UCLA
6	0	24	ArizonaU
6	0	26	NebraskaU
6	0	28	KansasU
6	0	29	OklahomaState
6	0	30	WakeForest
6	0	32	SouthFlorida
6	0	33	TCU
6	0	35	WashingtonState
6	0	36	PennState
6	0	38	Butler
6	0	39	VirginiaTech
6	0	40	ColoradoU
6	0	41	WisconsinU
6	0	42	Providence
6	0	44	OregonU
6	0	47	UAB
6	0	48	VCU
6	0	49	ArkansasU
6	0	54	BYU
7	0	50	Samford
7	0	51	StJosephs
7	0	53	FloridaAtlantic
7	0	55	TennesseeMartin
7	0	57	Clemson
7	0	58	UCRiverside
7	0	59	StLouis
8	0	71	FloridaU
9	0	61	NorthwesternU
9	0	62	SanFrancisco
9	0	64	OhioState
9	0	66	Villanova
9	0	68	MississippiU
9	0	72	Pepperdine
9	0	79	EastCarolina