Todd Golden proud of the Gators after winning SEC championship
After beating Tennessee in the SEC Championship, Gators head coach Todd Golden talks about celebrating this win and getting ready for March Madness.
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The men’s March Madness bracket is set and a pecking order has quickly emerged as the picks and predictions start to roll in for NCAA Tournament pools and betting sites across the country. The SEC is well-represented among the top contenders to get to the Final Four, as to be expected after receiving a record 14 bids into the 2025 field. But Duke opened as the national championship favorite and every major conference is represented among teams with the top 10 odds to win the title after the Selection Sunday bracket reveal.
The odds, now that they’re starting to settle, can also offer clues to help identify potential Cinderellas and teams that could be poised to pull off upsets and make a run to the Sweet 16 and beyond. Gonzaga, Kansas, UConn and BYU are among the teams oddsmakers view favorably compared to their seed line counterparts. UC San Diego, Drake, VCU and most of the Mountain West Conference contingent in the field are trendy underdogs to surface thus far.
Here’s a breakdown of how all 68 teams in the 2025 NCAA Tournament rank based on their BetMGM odds to win the national championship:
March Madness 2025 power rankings by NCAA championship odds
BetMGM odds as of Monday, March 17
Longshot Cinderella teams
- Alabama State (+200,000)
- Mount St. Mary’s (+200,000)
- SIU-Edwardsville (+200,000)
- American (+200,000)
- Norfolk State (+200,000)
- St. Francis (+200,000)
- Akron (+100,000)
- Bryant (+100,000)
- Montana (+100,000)
- Omaha (+100,000)
- Lipscomb (+100,000)
- High Point (+100,000)
- UNC-Wilmington (+100,000)
- Robert Morris (+100,000)
- Wofford (+100,000)
- Troy (+100,000)
- Liberty (+100,000)
- Yale (+100,000)
- McNeese State (+100,000)
- Grand Canyon (+100,000)
Potential sleepers
- UC San Diego (+50,000)
- Drake (+50,000)
- Colorado State (+50,000)
- Oklahoma (+50,000)
- Xavier (+50,000)
- San Diego State (+50,000)
- Texas (+50,000)
- Utah State (+50,000)
- Georgia (+35,000)
- Memphis (+30,000)
- Arkansas (+30,000)
- North Carolina (+30,000)
- New Mexico (+30,000)
- Vanderbilt (+30,000)
- VCU (+25,000)
- Mississippi State (+20,000)
- Baylor (+20,000)
Dark horse teams
- Oregon (+15,000)
- Creighton (+15,000)
- Louisville (+12,500)
- Marquette (+12,500)
- Ole Miss (+12,500)
- Saint Mary’s (+12,500)
- UCLA (+12,500)
- Missouri (+8,000)
- Michigan (+8,000)
- Illinois (+8,000)
- Purdue (+8,000)
- Kansas (+8,000)
- UConn (+8,000)
- Texas A&M (+6,600)
- BYU (+6,600)
- Clemson (+6,000)
- Maryland (+5,000)
- Wisconsin (+5,000)
- Gonzaga (+5,000)
- Arizona (+5000)
- Kentucky (+5,000)
The top contenders
The favorites
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