Race for No. 1 seeds in March Madness: Who is in the hunt?

Michigan basketball coach Dusty May talks rally over unbeaten Nebraska Michigan basketball coach Dusty May talks rally over unbeaten Nebraska at Crisler Center in Ann Arbor on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026. College basketball this season is top heavy, with the top 10 of the USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll having a combined 14 losses and no one with more than three defeats. That makes for a fun race to grab the precious No. 1 seed. We all saw last season how valuable the No. 1 seed is when all four top teams in the bracket made it to the Final Four, the second time it's happened since seeding began in 1979. With how strong the top teams in the country look, that very much could happen again, making it...