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ESPN updates Bracketology for March Madness following upset-filled weekend

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The March Madness logo on display during a game against Florida and Oral Roberts in 2020. (Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)

The month of January ended with a slew of upsets, none bigger than Oklahoma knocking off No. 2 Alabama in the SEC/Big 12 Challenge. Now, with a little more than a month until conference tournaments start, ESPN’s Joe Lunardi has shaken up his updated Bracketology.

Even despite the lopsided loss, the Crimson Tide remain a No. 1 seed in Lunardi’s projections while the Sooners played their way into the Last Four In. The rest of the No. 1 seeds remained the same, as well, but some teams managed to get over the hump from last week’s Bracketology.

Bracketology: Last four in/First four out

Last Four Byes: Boise State, MarylandMemphisWest Virginia

Last Four In: Pitt, Penn State, Kentucky, Oklahoma

First Four Out: Texas A&M, NevadaOklahoma State, Wisconsin

Next Four Out: Arizona State, Ohio State, Seton Hall, Utah State

Bracketology: South Region (Louisville)

No. 1 Purdue vs. No. 16 Southeast Louisiana/Fairleigh Dickinson

No. 8 Auburn vs. No. 9 USC

No. 5 Duke vs. No. 12 Oral Roberts

No. 4 Xavier vs. No. 13 Saint Louis

No. 6 Saint Mary’s vs. No. 11 Pitt/Penn State

No. 3 Kansas State vs. No. 14 Southern Illinois

No. 7 Miami vs. No. 10 New Mexico

No. 2 UCLA vs. No. 15 Vermont

East Region (New York)

No. 1 Tennessee vs. No. 16 Maryland Eastern Shore

No. 8 Clemson vs. No. 9 Florida Atlantic

No. 5 UConn vs. No. 12 Kent State

No. 4 Iowa State vs. No. 13 Louisiana

No. 6 Providence vs. No. 11 Kentucky/Oklahoma

No. 3 Virginia vs. No. 14 Furman

No. 7 Missouri vs. No. 10 Maryland

No. 2 Texas vs. No. 15 Eastern Washington

Midwest Region (Kansas City)

No. 1 Alabama vs. No. 16 Southern/UT Martin

No. 8 North Carolina vs. No. 9 Northwestern

No. 5 Indiana vs. No. 12 Charleston

No. 4 Baylor vs. No. 13 UC Santa Barbara

No. 6 San Diego State vs. No. 11 West Virginia

No. 3 Gonzaga vs. No. 14 Colgate

No. 7 Creighton vs. No. 10 Arkansas

No. 2 Kansas vs. No. 15 Siena

West Region (Las Vegas)

No. 1 Houston vs. No. 16 Wisconsin-Milwaukee

No. 8 NC State vs. No. 9 Iowa

No. 5 Illinois vs. No. 12 Liberty

No. 4 TCU vs. No. 13 Utah Valley

No. 6 Rutgers vs. No. 11 Memphis

No. 3 Marquette vs. No 14 Princeton

No. 7 Michigan State vs. No. 10 Boise State

No. 2 Arizona vs. No. 15 UNC Asheville