With 29 days before Selection Sunday, the NCAA Selection Committee revealed its midseason top 16 teams for the upcoming March Madness field. And Auburn slotted in as a No. 4 seed.

The Tigers are the No. 13 overall team.

The selection put Auburn in the west region with No. 1 seed Arizona, No. 2 seed Kansas and No. 3 seed Duke.

Purdue, UConn, Houston and Arizona are the No. 1 seeds in that order.

The full top 16 is the following:

1. Purdue
2. UConn
3. Houston
4. Arizona
5. North Carolina
6. Tennessee
7. Marquette
8. Kansas
9. Alabama
10. Baylor
11. Iowa State
12. Duke
13. Auburn
14. San Diego State
15. Illinois
16. Wisconsin

Auburn is 20-5 overall this season and 9-3 in the SEC. It is set to host No. 22 Kentucky at 5 p.m. Saturday inside Neville Arena.

The Tigers slot in as the third SEC team behind Tennessee and Alabama. Auburn will play Tennessee on Feb. 28 and split two games this season against Alabama. Auburn also lost to Baylor in the season-opening game.

Auburn is 2-4 in Quad 1 games and 18-1 against Quads 2, 3 and 4.

The quadrants are defined as the following based on a team’s NET rankings.

• Quadrant 1: Home 1-30, Neutral 1-50, Away 1-75
• Quadrant 2: Home 31-75, Neutral 51-100, Away 76-135
• Quadrant 3: Home 76-160, Neutral 101-200, Away 135-240
• Quadrant 4: Home 161-353, Neutral 201-353, Away 241-353

Auburn is ranked No. 6 in the NET and No. 4 in KenPom. Auburn is the only team in the KenPom rankings with a top 10 offensive and defensive efficiency rating.

Auburn has made the tournament four times since 2018, and is as close to a lock to make the 2024 field as any team could be in February. Auburn was a No. 4 seed in 2018, a No. 5 seed when it went to the Final Four in 2019, a No. 2 seed in 2022 and a No. 9 seed last year.

Selection Sunday is now about a month away, with the bracket reveal to come on the evening of March 17.

Matt Cohen covers Auburn sports for AL.com. You can follow him on X at @Matt_Cohen_ or email him at [email protected]