Selection Sunday saw two Southeastern Conference teams earn No. 1 Seeds with Auburn and Florida leading a record 14 SEC teams to the men’s 2025 NCAA Tournament. Shortly after the tournament brackets were released on the CBS selection show, leading online sportsbooks posted the spreads, money lines and totals on the matchups and odds to win the a national championship, make the Final Four and win each of the four regions.
There are three opportunities that SEC teams could meet in the second round. Opening round matchups involving SEC teams along with spreads and totals are provided, and the potential SEC head-to-head matchups in the Round of 32 on Saturday and Sunday.
SEC NCAA Tournament Teams Odds And Stats
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- (11) Texas vs (11) Xavier (-2.5), 149.5 | truTV 9:10 pm-Wed. March 19
Thursday, March 20
- (1) Auburn (-34.5 or -31.5) vs. (16) St Francis/Alabama St | CBS 2:50
- (9) Georgia vs. (8) Gonzaga (-5.5), 151.5 | TBS 4:35 p.m.
- (2) Tennessee (-18.5) vs. (15) Wofford, 132.5 | TNT 6:50 p.m.
- (10) Arkansas vs. (7) Kansas (-4.5), 145.5 | CBS 7:10 p.m.
- (4) Texas A&M (-7.5) vs. (13) Yale, 141.5 | TBS 7:25 p.m
- (6) Missouri (-6.5) vs. (11) Drake, 133.5 | truTV 7:35 p.m.
Friday, March 21
- (8) Mississippi State (-1.5) vs. (9) Baylor, 143.5 | CBS 12:15 p.m.
- (2) Alabama (-22.5) vs. (15) Robert Morris, 165.5 | truTV 12:40 p.m.
- (10) Vanderbilt vs. (10) St. Mary’s (-3.5), 136.5 | truTV 3:15 p.m.
- (6) Ole Miss (-2.5 or -5.5) vs. (11) NC/San Diego St | TNT 4:05 p.m.
- (1) Florida (-28.5) vs. (16) Norfolk State, 153.5 | TNT 6:50 p.m
- (3) Kentucky (-10.5) vs. (14) Troy, 152.5 | CBS 7:10 p.m
- (9) Oklahoma vs. Connecticut (-4.5), 147.5 | TNT 9:25 p.m
- (6) Illinois (-6.5) vs. (11) Texas, 154.5 (if wins Wed) | TNT 9:45 p.m
Potential Round of 32 SEC matchups on Saturday and Sunday.
- Florida vs. Oklahoma (Gators, -14’ beat Sooners 85-63 on Feb. 15)
- Alabama vs. Vanderbilt (Tide, -11’ beat ‘Dores 103-87 on Jan. 21)
- Kentucky vs. Texas (Longhorns, -4’ beat Wildcats 82-78 Feb. 15)
Here are the 14 SEC teams that made the 2025 NCAA Tournament along with their records, NET rankings, Quad 1 wins/record and odds to make the Final Four and win NCAA Tournament.
Looking at FanDuel’s recent release of most bet teams and odds to win the 2025 NCAA Tournament and advance to the Final Four in San Antonio, Duke is a most popular pick and bet along with Auburn and Florida in the SEC. The odds and interest in teams continues to change as more bets come in following the Selection Sunday bracket release and ahead of the start of the NCAA Tournament. Connecticut remains a top-5-6 choice by FanDuel bettors to cut down the nets. But the 2-time defending national champion UCONN Huskies will have beat a pair of SEC teams just to get to the Sweet 16 with an opening round game against Oklahoma followed by a matchup with top-seeded Florida.
When No. 1-ranked Auburn and No. 2 Alabama met a month ago, the Tigers prevailed to hold onto the top spot and remain on top of the SEC, where they finished 15-3 to capture the regular season title. But Auburn fell to No. 4 in the AP Top 25 poll ahead of the SEC tournament but still held off Florida (14-4), Alabama (13-5) and Tennessee (12-6). Auburn went 1-3 SU and 0-4 ATS in their final four games which included an SEC tournament semifinal loss to Tennessee. The hottest team remains Florida, who beat Tennessee in the Southeastern Conference Tournament championship game to join Auburn as No. 1 seeds in the NCAA Tournament.
SEC Stats and Streaks
Notable streaks and stats for the top SEC teams include:
- Florida (30-4): The Gators when on an offensive onslaught starting March 1 scoring 89, 99. 90 points in their final three regular season games that included a 99-94 win at Alabama as a 3.5-point underdog. Then Florida ripped off 3-straight SEC tournament wins over Missouri, Alabama and Tennessee scoring 95, 104 and 86 points. The Gators scoring spree has moved them up to averaging 85.4 points per game; just behind nation-best Alabama (91.1) and ahead of SECSince losing at Tennessee by 20 points on Feb. 1, the Florida Gators are a power conference-best 12-1 both straight up and against the spread (ATS) scoring at least 79 points in every contest.
- Auburn (28-5): The Tigers held on to win the SEC regular season title and get the NCAA Tournament overall No. 1 seed despite losing three of their final four games including a home overtime loss to Alabama to close the regular season and then losing to Tennessee in the SEC tournament semifinals. Auburn fell to No. 4 in the AP Top 25 poll entering the SEC tournament behind Duke, Houston and Florida with No. 6 Tennessee and No. 7 Alabama giving the SEC strength at the top. Auburn lead college basketball with 16 Quad 1 wins this season area join Florida and Tennessee as three teams than rank top-20 in both adjusted offensive and defensive efficiency ratings by KenPom.
- Tennessee (27-7): After losing at Auburn 53-51 in late January in a battle of defensive dominators, the Volunteers have wins over Florida, Missouri, Vanderbilt, Alabama and road wins at Oklahoma, Texas A&M plus neutral court wins in Nashville in the SEC tournament over Texas and Auburn. Tennessee is top-10 in the country in scoring defense (63 ppg) and the Volunteers are tied for No. 1 in field goal defense allowing just 38.1% shooting.
- Alabama (25-8): The Crimson Tide boast the highest-scoring team in the country averaging 91.1 points per game. A 7-game SEC winning streak was snapped Feb. 15 in a home loss to No. 1 Auburn when Alabama was No. 2 in the country. The ‘Tide got rolled in their next game 110-98 at Missouri, and Alabama has lost at Tennessee and to Florida twice since including in the SEC tournament 104-82.
Southeastern conference teams were 59-19 against other power conferences before conference play began, and finished the season winning 89% of their non-conference games overall. Those record 14 teams to make the NCAA Tournament have all ben ranked in the AP Top 25 at some point this season.
When you’re reviewing stats, profiles and keys to NCAA Tournament success, teams that rank highly in offensive, defensive and rebounding stats are your top teams. Including assist-to-turnover ratio, scoring margin and intangibles like coaching, leadership and team chemistry with injuries to consider, you’ll see more SEC teams rising and the top teams capable of making a run to the Final Four as national championship contenders.
A key stat when identifying a national champion is offensive and defensive efficiency. According to advanced stats from KenPom, 21 of the last 22 National Champions have finished in the top 20 in KenPom’s offensive and defensive adjusted efficiency rankings. Three SEC teams fit that profile with Tennessee most recently moving up, and Alabama (4,32), Texas A&M (44,7), Kentucky (8,56), Missouri (5,73), Ole Miss (31,25), Mississippi State (23,47), Georgia (54,26), Oklahoma (21,70), Arkansas (73,20), Texas (37,57) and Vanderbilt (30,83) rounding out the SEC offensive and defensive efficiency rankings.
- Florida (1 offense, 10 defense)
- Auburn (2, 12)
- Tennessee (18, 3)
- Duke (3, 4) from ACC
- Houston (10, 2) from Big 12
- Iowa State (20, 9) from Big 12
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