Bracket 7 - Top 25 Defense and Top 40 Offense - Florida beats Duke (FF Houston and Auburn)

The "25/40 Balanced Bracket" that will be posted here is the one that has picked the national champ every year this century.

So far to win a national championship a team has always needed to have a Top 25 Defense AND a Top 40 Offense. 

This year there are three teams that qualify, and when you weight the two (Defense rank x 2 plus offense rank) to put the teams in order, the top four teams based on 25/40 are the four No. 1 seeds.

In addition to the 13 that qualify, three others - Marquette, Alabama and Gonzaga - would qualify if they had a good tournament run because they all have Top 40 Offense and they have the next three best defenses outside of the Top 25. Here the rankings.

South Upper	25/40	Rank	Qualify 40/25	Off Rank	Def Rank
Auburn	4	4	Auburn	1	12
Alabama St.	0
Louisville	1	10	Louisville	26	22
Creighton	0	25	Creighton	35	40
Michigan	2	11	Michigan	37	17
UC San Diego	0	29	UC San Diego	59	31
Texas A&M	1	17	Texas A&M	43	7
Yale	0
South Lower
Mississippi	1	13	Mississippi	31	25
North Carolina	0	31	North Carolina	22	54
Lipscomb	0
Iowa St.	3	6	Iowa St.	20	10
New Mexico	0	39	New Mexico	79	19
Marquette	1	14	Marquette	32	26
Michigan St.	3	7	Michigan St.	28	5
Bryant	0
West Upper
Florida	6	3	Florida	3	9
Norfolk St.	0
Connecticut	1
Oklahoma	0
Memphis	0	38	Memphis	71	42
Colorado St.	1	30	Colorado St.	44	49
Maryland	2	8	Maryland	30	6
Grand Canyon	0
West Lower
Missouri	0
Drake	1	40	Drake	76	46
Texas Tech	3	23	Texas Tech	6	37
Unc Wilmington	0
Kansas	1	21	Kansas	48	11
Arkansas	0	35	Arkansas	73	20
St. John's	2
Omaha	0
East Upper
Duke	5	1	Duke	2	4
Mount St. Mary's	0
Mississippi St.	0	28	Mississippi St.	23	48
Baylor	1	36	Baylor	16	58
Oregon	2	19	Oregon	41	29
Liberty	0
Arizona	1	22	Arizona	13	34
Akron	0
East Lower
BYU	0
VCU	1	18	VCU	45	21
Wisconsin	2	20	Wisconsin	11	32
Montana	0
Saint Mary's	1	26	Saint Mary's	56	9
Vanderbilt	0
Alabama	3	15	Alabama	4	27
Robert Morris	0
Midwest Upper
Houston	4	2	Houston	10	2
SIU Edwardsville	0
Gonzaga	1	16	Gonzaga	9	28
Georgia	0	24	Georgia	52	27
Clemson	2	9	Clemson	24	15
Mcneese St.	0
Purdue	1	37	Purdue	7	62
High Point	0
Midwest Lower
Illinois	1	27	Illinois	15	41
Texas	0	34	Texas	38	57
Xavier	0	33	Xavier	53	44
Kentucky	2	32	Kentucky	8	57
Troy St.	0
UCLA	1	12	UCLA	36	18
Utah St.	0
Tennessee	3	5	Tennessee	18	3
Wofford	0

 

Rank	Qualify 40/25	Off Rank	Def Rank	Qualified
1	Duke	2	4	Yes
2	Houston	10	2	Yes
3	Florida	3	9	Yes
4	Auburn	1	12	Yes
5	Tennessee	18	3	Yes
6	Iowa St.	20	10	Yes
7	Michigan St.	28	5	Yes
8	Maryland	30	6	Yes
9	Clemson	24	15	Yes
10	Louisville	26	22	Yes
11	Michigan	37	17	Yes
12	UCLA	36	18	Yes
13	Mississippi	31	25	Yes
	Closest Misses	Off Rank	Def Rank	Missed by:
14	Marquette	32	26	1
15	Alabama	4	27	2
16	Gonzaga	9	28	3
17	Texas A&M	43	7	3
18	VCU	45	21	5
19	Oregon	41	29	5
20	Wisconsin	11	32	7
21	Kansas	48	11	8
22	Arizona	13	34	9
23	Texas Tech	6	37	12
24	Georgia	52	27	14
25	Creighton	35	40	15
26	Saint Mary's	56	9	16
27	Illinois	15	41	16
28	Mississippi St.	23	48	23
29	UC San Diego	59	31	25
30	Colorado St.	44	49	28
31	North Carolina	22	54	29
32	Kentucky	8	57	32
33	Xavier	53	44	32
34	Texas	38	57	32
35	Arkansas	73	20	33
36	Baylor	16	58	33
37	Purdue	7	62	37
38	Memphis	71	42	48
39	New Mexico	79	19	54
40	Drake	76	46	57