The top 64 dog breeds of 2022

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While the sports world shifts its collective attention to the NCAA basketball tournaments, we’ve decided to look the other way, where a four-legged madness awaited—a tail-wagging lineup of 100 dog breeds that could make our field of 64.

This is March Fluffness.

Make no mistake (and NCAA Selection Committee, we feel you): looking over the list of most popular dog breeds and narrowing that down to 64 was monumentally difficult. Several pups were on the bubble. And decisions had to be made. Will those decisions put us in the proverbial doghouse? Yes.

But every dog has its day, and with that in mind, these were our picks for the top 64 breeds.

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64. Pug

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63. Jack Russell terrier

(USA TODAY Network)

62. Standard poodle

(AP Photo/John Minchillo)

61. Keeshonden

(Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)

60. Rottweiler

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59. Norwegian elkhound

(AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

58. German wirehaired pointer

(AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

57. Standard schnauzer

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56. Coton de Tulear

(AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

55. Lhasa apso

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54. Chihuahua

(USA TODAY Network)

53. Irish setter

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52. Shiba Inu

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51. Tibetan terrier

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50. Welsh Corgi

(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

49. Scottish terrier

(AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

48. Bullmastiff

(AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

47. Saint Bernard

(AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

46. Chow Chow

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45. Old English sheepdog

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44. Miniature American shepherd

(USA TODAY Network)

43. Dalmatian

(Adam Hunger-USA TODAY Sports)

42. Cocker spaniel

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41. Boston terrier

(USA TODAY Network)

40. Shih Tzu

(USA TODAY Network)

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39. Collie

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38. Greater Swiss mountain dog

(AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

37. Bloodhound

(AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

36. Doberman pinscher

(AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

35. Pekingese

(AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

34. Leonberger

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33. Bouvier des Flandres

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32. English cocker spaniel

(USA TODAY Network)

31. Lagotti Romagnoli

(AP Photo)

30. Akita

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29. Vizsla

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28. German shorthaired pointer

(AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

27. Beagle

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26. English setter

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25. Great Pyrenees

(Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images)

24. Havanese

(AP Photo/John Minchillo)

23. Anatolian shepherd dog

(AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

22. Nova Scotia duck tolling retriever

(AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

21. Great Dane

(USA TODAY Network)

20. Great Pyrenees

(Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images)

19. Brittany spaniel

(AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

18. Boxer

(Adam Hunger-USA TODAY Sports)

17. Miniature schnauzer

(Alex Milan Tracy/Sipa USA)

16. German shepherd

(AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, File)

15. Shar pei

14. Siberian husky

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13. Dogue de Bordeaux

(AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

12. Australian shepherd

(Mohssen Assanimoghaddam/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images)

11. Alaskan Malamute

10. Dachshund

(USA TODAY Network)

9. Yorkshire terrier

(Photo by Gary Gershoff/Getty Images for AKC)

8. Basset hound

(AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

7. Border collie

(Patrick Pleul/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images)

6. French bulldog

(AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

5. Labrador retriever

(AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

4. Golden retriever

(AP Photo/John Minchillo)

3. Cavalier King Charles Spaniel

(USA TODAY Network)

2. Bulldog

(Adam Hunger-USA TODAY Sports)

1. Bernese mountain dog

(AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

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