(HOOPS) WINTER IS COMING, MINN. -- We're now more than a month into the 2017-18 college basketball season, so it's time to update the Road to Selection Sunday NCAA Tournament "Field of 68" projection. This projection, unlike those coming in January, February, and beyond, pays some (but not a lot of) attention to current Ken Pomeroy (KenPom) and RPI rankings. That will not be the case in February and March, when these numbers will more reflect teams' relative strength.
The automatic qualifier from each conference are teams with the best KenPom ranking or, in the case of the ACC (Boston College) and Big Ten (Michigan State), the ones with the best conference record through games played Dec.