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— Joe Lunardi (@ESPNLunardi) January 20, 2026

9 Seed and 35 Overall

Things looking good, if we can go .500 the rest of the way (13 games), that is 11-7 or 10-8 depending on how you split the 13th game.

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— Joe Lunardi (@ESPNLunardi) January 20, 2026

Not shown on the Bracketology, because we are not in the top 20 and not on the bubble.

I think he has an error on LSU. They should be NEXT FOUR OUT, not LAST FOUR IN.

LSU is an example of why I dont like how Lunardi does this. If LSU makes the tournament at this point Matt McMahon will probably be SEC coach of the year.

They need to go like 8-5 against a schedule that still includes road games at Florida, Arkansas, Tennessee, Texas and Auburn and home games against Alabama, Arkansas and us.

Agreed, starting 1-4 is just a hole that's almost impossible to get out of in this conference. And they're about to be 1-6.

bobinator said:

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LSU is an example of why I dont like how Lunardi does this. If LSU makes the tournament at this point Matt McMahon will probably be SEC coach of the year.

They need to go like 8-5 against a schedule that still includes road games at Florida, Arkansas, Tennessee, Texas and Auburn and home games against Alabama, Arkansas and us.

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well i'm not sure how Vandy is higher seed than UF and they have UF as the AQ. I guess they think Vandy wins the reg season and UF wins the tourney?

This is kind of what i meant on the other thread by calling his stuff a "vibes-based projection."

It's not really "resume as-is" but it's also not really a projection either. A projection would almost certainly have Florida ahead of Vanderbilt.