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Bracket Watch: What Would It Take to Unseat This Year's Likely No. 1 Seeds?

The current incarnation of the SI.com Bracket Watch Committee has been on the job since the 2013–14 season, and it cannot remember a year in which the No. 1 seeds were seemingly so entrenched with just more than five weeks until Selection Sunday. Sure, it’s possible that one or more of Duke, Tennessee, Virginia and Gonzaga will falter over the next month, opening the door for another team to slide up to the top line. It could happen as soon as this weekend, in fact, if Duke secures a season sweep of Virginia with a win in Charlottesville. Still, these four-teams have unimpeachable résumés to date, and recent slipups by Michigan, Michigan State and Kansas have put a bit of distance between the No.