The 2025 NCAA Tournament is finally upon us. The first round of March Madness matchups will begin Thursday, which means you have mere hours to submit a bracket to that person in the office who organizes the pool every year and sends a dozen e-mails about it in the process.
We at The Sporting News have put together plenty of content to help prepare you to make relatively educated decisions when filling out your bracket — and to enjoy the tournament in general.
Here’s a roundup of our March Madness bracket predictions, regional previews, upset picks, tournament odds and more to help guide you through the NCAA Tournament.
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Printable 2025 March Madness bracket
You can get a printable NCAA Tournament bracket here to fill out before and during tournament play. The Sporting News will continue to update the bracket as games are played.
Download Sporting News’ printable NCAA Tournament bracket (PDF) by clicking here.
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Who will win the NCAA Tournament in 2025?
Duke and Auburn opened as co-favorites with the best odds to win March Madness in 2025 at +350, according to the DraftKings sportsbook. Both carry potential red flags as the NCAA Tournament begins: The Tigers are the No. 1 overall seed, but lost three of their last four games, while the Blue Devils drew a tough region and star Cooper Flagg is injured.
No. 4 overall seed Florida (+380) isn’t far behind as national title favorites from the uber-deep SEC that sent an NCAA record 14 teams to this year’s field of 68. Tennessee (+1600, No. 5 overall) and Alabama (+1800, No. 6 overall) give the SEC four of the committee’s top six seeds.
Big 12 champion Houston rounds out the tournament’s No. 1 seeds at +600. Michigan State, St. John’s, Texas Tech and Wisconsin are slightly sneakier bets to win it all but still have the high-end talent (and legendary coaches) to erase the chalk.
How deep is this year’s field? Back-to-back champion UConn is an 8 seed and doesn’t even crack the top 20 in betting odds (+7500).
A team seeded 3 or lower has won the NCAA Tournament only six times since 1990, but it’s always possible — as we saw just a year ago with No. 11 N.C. State’s Final Four run. The lowest seed to win the NCAA Tournament was No. 8 Villanova in 1985.
March Madness odds 2025
| Team | Odds |
| Duke | +350 |
| Auburn | +350 |
| Florida | +380 |
| Houston | +600 |
| Tennessee | +1600 |
| Alabama | +1800 |
| Michigan State | +2500 |
| St. John’s | +2800 |
| Texas Tech | +3500 |
| Wisconsin | +4000 |
You can check out the opening odds for the entire field of 68 here.
