Records for every seed in March Madness from 1985 to 2025

These are records for all seeds in the NCAA DI men’s basketball championship since it expanded to 64 teams in 1985, beginning with the first round/round of 64.

The records are taken from the official guides at NCAA.org. Note that First Four records are not included, as these records reflect starting with the 64-team bracket.

Not surprisingly, top seeds have by far the most wins with 534, along with the most titles with 26. Furthermore, seeds 1 through 6 are the only ones with winning records. Though No. 7 seeds have a winning record against 10 seeds — their first round foe — they lose to 10 seeds at a higher rate than they beat No. 2 or 15 seeds in the second round.

SEED
OVERALL RECORD
BEST FINISH

No. 1
534-134
Champions (26 times)

No. 2
373-155
Champions (five times)

No. 3
294-156
Champions (four times)

No. 4
250-158
Champion (two times)

No. 5
183-160
Runner-up (four times)

No. 6
168-159
Champions (once)

No. 7
141-159*
Champions (once)

No. 8
113-159
Champions (once)

No. 9
98-160
Final Four (two times)

No. 10
97-159*
Final Four (once)

No. 11
105-160
Final Four (five times)

No. 12
81-160
Elite Eight (two times)

No. 13
39-160
Sweet 16 (six times)

No. 14
25-160
Sweet 16 (two times)

No. 15
16-160
Sweet 16 (once)

No. 16
2-160
Second round (two times)

The all time seed-vs-seed records in the first round:

Seed vs. Seed.
W-L
Pct.

1 vs. 16
158-2
.988

2 vs. 15
149-11
.931

3 vs. 14
137-23
.856

4 vs. 13
127-33
.794

5 vs. 12
103-57
.644

6 vs. 11
98-62
.613

7 vs. 10*
97-62
.610

8 vs. 9
77-83
.481

*The 2021 first round match-up between No. 7 Oregon and No. 10 VCU was considered a no contest due to COVID-19 protocols.