The Dubsism “Top to Bottom” March Madness Tournament Ranking

In the Dubsism world, this is one of the greatest weeks in all of sports. That’s why the first weekend of the NCAA Tournament is one of the Four Vernal Festivals on the Dubsism Liturgical Calendar. Having said that, let’s just get right to the point.

As part of the Dubsism Bracket Challenge (it’s still not to late to join this year’s version), we are offering bonus coverage of this tournament to help you…the bracket-filling public…have a better chance at winning our challenge. As such, sometimes it is hard to tell which is a better basketball team if they have similar seeds. That’s why we decided to do a straight-up “Top to Bottom” ranking of the entire 68-team field. It won’t take long to see we don’t necessarily agree with the NCAA Selection committee.

Let’s be honest, you just want to know who to pick. Not only do we offer this ranking, we’ve gone to the length of breaking these teams down by mascot, because we know sometimes that’s how these picks get made.

The Dubsism Top-To-Bottom Ranking (Team, Seed, Overall Wrong NCAA Ranking)

1. Illinois Fighting Illini (#1) Overall #3
2. Michigan Wolverines (#1) Overall #4
3. Iowa Hawkeyes (#2) Overall #7
4. Gonzaga Bulldogs (#1) Overall #1
5. Houston Cougars (#2) Overall #8
6. Baylor Bears (#1) Overall #2
7. Ohio State Buckeyes (#2) Overall #6
8. Arkansas Razorbacks (#3) Overall #9
9. Oklahoma State Cowboys (#4) Overall #15
10. Alabama Crimson Tide (#2) Overall #5
11. Kansas Jayhawks (#3) Overall #12
12. Texas Longhorns (#3) Overall #11
13. West Virginia Mountaineers (#3) Overall #10
14. Virginia Cavaliers (#4) Overall #16
15. Tennessee Volunteers (#5) Overall #19
16. Purdue Boilermakers (#4) Overall #14
17. Florida State Seminoles (#4) Overall #13
18. Creighton Blue Jays (#5) Overall #17
19. Texas Tech Red Raiders (#6) Overall #22
20. Loyola-Chicago Ramblers (#8) Overall #30
21. Louisiana State Tigers (#8) Overall #29
22. Southern California Trojans (#6) Overall #21
23. Villanova Wildcats (#5) Overall #18
24. Brigham Young Cougars (#6) Overall #23
25. Colorado Buffaloes (#5) Overall #20
26. San Diego State Aztecs (#6) Overall #24
27. Florida Gators (#7) Overall #28
28. Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (#9) Overall #34
29. Oklahoma Sooners (#8) Overall #33
30. Oregon Ducks (#7) Overall #25
31. Clemson Tigers (#7) Overall #27
32. Wisconsin Badgers (#9) #35
33. Saint Bonaventure Bonnies (#9) Overall #39
34. Missouri Tigers (#9) Overall #33
35. Connecticut Huskies (#7) Overall #26
36. North Carolina Tar Heels (#8) Overall #31
37. Virginia Tech Hokies (#10) Overall #37
38. Maryland Terrapins (#10) Overall #36
39. Drake Bulldogs (#11) Overall #48
40. Michigan State Spartans (#11) Overall #43
41. Wichita State Shockers (#11) Overall #45
42. Winthrop Eagles (#12) Overall #49
43. Rutgers Scarlet Knights (#10) Overall #40
44. Utah State Aggies (#11) Overall #42
45. UCLA Bruins (#11) Overall #44
46. Syracuse Orange (#11) Overall #41
47. Virginia Commonwealth Rams (#10) Overall #38
48. North Texas Mean Green (#13) Overall #52
49. Oregon State Beavers (#12) Overall #46
50. Liberty Flames (#13) Overall #53
51. Colgate Raiders (#14) Overall #27
52. Georgetown Hoyas (#12) Overall #47
53. California-Santa Barbara Gauchos (#12) Overall #50
54. Abilene Christian Wildcats (#14) Overall #55
55. Ohio Bobcats (#13) Overall #51
56. North Carolina-Greensboro Spartans (#13) Overall #54
57. Grand Canyon Antelopes (#15) Overall #59
58. Morehead State Eagles (#14) Overall #56
59. Eastern Washington Eagles (#14) Overall #58
60. Cleveland State Vikings (#15) Overall #60
61. Iona Gaels (#15) Overall #62
62. Hartford Hawks (#16) Overall #64
63. Oral Roberts Golden Eagles (#15) Overall #61
64. Drexel Dragons (#16) Overall #63
65. Appalachian State Mountaineers (#16) Overall #68
66. Norfolk State Spartans (#16) Overall #67
67. Mount Saint Mary’s Mountaineers (#16) Overall #65
68. Texas Southern Tigers (#16) Overall #66

Mascots By Category

People (24)

• Appalachian State Mountaineers
• California-Santa Barbara Gauchos
• Cleveland State Vikings
• Colgate Raiders
• Florida State Seminoles
• Illinois Fighting Illini
• Loyola-Chicago Ramblers
• Michigan State Spartans
• Mount Saint Mary’s Mountaineers
• Norfolk State Spartans
• North Carolina Tar Heels
• North Carolina-Greensboro Spartans
• Oklahoma Sooners
• Oklahoma State Cowboys
• Purdue Boilermakers
• Rutgers Scarlet Knights
• San Diego State Aztecs
• Southern California Trojans
• Tennessee Volunteers
• Texas Tech Red Raiders
• West Virginia Mountaineers
• Wichita State Shockers
• Utah State Aggies
• Virginia Cavaliers

Cats (8)

• Abilene Christian Wildcats
• Brigham Young Cougars
• Clemson Tigers
• Houston Cougars
• Louisiana State Tigers
• Missouri Tigers
• Ohio Bobcats Villanova Wildcats
• Texas Southern Tigers

Dogs (3)

• Connecticut Huskies
• Drake Bulldogs
• Gonzaga Bulldogs

Religious Figures (1)

• Iona Gaels

Weather/Natural Phenomena (1)

• Liberty Flames

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