Bracketology 2026 - NCAA Tournament Predictions

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Bracket Predictions UpdatedMar 15, 3:58pm

First Four

Midwest

11

Missouri
11

Miami (Ohio)

West

11

Texas
11

SMU

Midwest

16

Lehigh
16

Prairie View

South

16

LIU
16

Howard

First Round

East

1

Duke
16

Furman

8

Villanova
9

Iowa

5

Wisconsin
12

Akron

4

Kansas
13

Hofstra

6

Tennessee
11

VCU

3

Michigan St.
14

Penn

7

Kentucky
10

UCF

2

UConn
15

Kennesaw St.

Midwest

1

Michigan
16

8

Georgia
9

NC State

5

St. John's
12

N. Iowa

4

Nebraska
13

N. Dakota St.

6

Louisville
11

3

Vanderbilt
14

Wright St.

7

Saint Mary's
10

Saint Louis

2

Iowa St.
15

Tenn. State

South

1

Florida
16

8

UCLA
9

TCU

5

Texas Tech
12

McNeese

4

Gonzaga
13

Hawaii

6

N. Carolina
11

South Florida

3

Illinois
14

Troy

7

Miami
10

Texas A&M

2

Houston
15

Siena

West

1

Arizona
16

UMBC

8

Ohio St.
9

Clemson

5

Arkansas
12

High Point

4

Alabama
13

Cal Baptist

6

BYU
11

3

Virginia
14

Idaho

7

Utah St.
10

Santa Clara

2

Purdue
15

Queens

Last 4 In

Team		Net
	Missouri(20-13)	58
	Miami (Ohio)(32-2)	64
	Texas(21-14)	42
	SMU(20-14)	37

First 4 Out

Team		Net
	Oklahoma(19-15)	48
	Auburn(19-16)	38
	San Diego St.(22-11)	47
	California(22-12)	67

Team Bracket Index UpdatedMar 15, 3:58pm

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Seed		Team	Conf	Net*	Quad 1*	Quad 2*	Quad 3*	Quad 4*	Sos*	Next Game
1	E	Duke(34-2)	ACC	1	18-2	6-0	3-0	7-0	4	Mar 27, 7:10pm ET	vs St. John's
	M	Michigan(33-3)	Big Ten	2	18-3	5-0	6-0	4-0	2	Mar 27, 7:35pm ET	vs Alabama
	S	Florida(27-8)	SEC	4	12-7	6-1	3-0	6-0	10	No Games Scheduled
	W	Arizona(34-2)	Big 12	3	17-2	8-0	2-0	7-0	7	Mar 26, 9:45pm ET	vs Arkansas
2	E	UConn(31-5)	Big East	10	8-3	11-1	7-1	5-0	28	Mar 27, 9:45pm ET	vs Michigan St.
	M	Iowa St.(29-7)	Big 12	6	9-7	10-0	3-0	7-0	38	Mar 27, 10:10pm ET	vs Tennessee
	S	Houston(30-6)	Big 12	5	11-6	9-0	4-0	6-0	18	Mar 26, 10:05pm ET	vs Illinois
	W	Purdue(29-8)	Big Ten	9	12-8	6-0	8-0	3-0	8	Mar 26, 7:10pm ET	vs Texas
3	E	Michigan St.(27-7)	Big Ten	11	11-6	4-1	8-0	4-0	14	Mar 27, 9:45pm ET	@ UConn
	M	Vanderbilt(27-9)	SEC	13	10-8	8-1	3-0	6-0	17	No Games Scheduled
	S	Illinois(26-8)	Big Ten	8	8-8	5-0	8-0	5-0	15	Mar 26, 10:05pm ET	@ Houston
	W	Virginia(30-6)	ACC	12	8-5	9-1	6-0	7-0	39	No Games Scheduled
4	E	Kansas(24-11)	Big 12	21	9-10	8-1	4-0	3-0	1	No Games Scheduled
	M	Nebraska(28-6)	Big Ten	14	10-6	6-0	6-0	6-0	62	Mar 26, 7:30pm ET	vs Iowa
	S	Gonzaga(31-4)	West Coast	7	7-3	4-0	12-1	8-0	87	No Games Scheduled
	W	Alabama(25-9)	SEC	18	8-7	10-2	5-0	2-0	6	Mar 27, 7:35pm ET	@ Michigan
5	E	Wisconsin(24-11)	Big Ten	25	9-8	4-2	5-1	6-0	29	No Games Scheduled
	M	St. John's(30-6)	Big East	16	6-5	12-0	9-1	3-0	21	Mar 27, 7:10pm ET	@ Duke
	S	Texas Tech(23-11)	Big 12	19	7-10	6-1	7-0	3-0	3	No Games Scheduled
	W	Arkansas(28-8)	SEC	15	8-8	9-0	5-0	6-0	9	Mar 26, 9:45pm ET	@ Arizona
6	E	Tennessee(24-11)	SEC	20	7-10	7-1	3-0	7-0	24	Mar 27, 10:10pm ET	@ Iowa St.
	M	Louisville(24-11)	ACC	17	9-11	4-0	4-0	7-0	23	No Games Scheduled
	S	N. Carolina(24-9)	ACC	24	6-9	5-0	8-0	5-0	12	No Games Scheduled
	W	BYU(23-12)	Big 12	23	7-11	8-1	3-0	5-0	11	No Games Scheduled
7	E	Kentucky(22-14)	SEC	28	6-12	7-2	3-0	6-0	13	No Games Scheduled
	M	Saint Mary's(27-6)	West Coast	22	1-5	8-1	10-0	7-0	57	No Games Scheduled
	S	Miami(26-9)	ACC	32	6-7	7-2	3-0	10-0	98	No Games Scheduled
	W	Utah St.(29-7)	Mountain West	26	5-5	10-1	8-1	5-0	46	No Games Scheduled
8	E	Villanova(24-9)	Big East	35	2-7	8-1	9-1	5-0	52	No Games Scheduled
	M	Georgia(22-11)	SEC	33	6-8	6-2	1-1	9-0	75	No Games Scheduled
	S	UCLA(24-12)	Big Ten	30	5-9	6-3	6-0	7-0	43	No Games Scheduled
	W	Ohio St.(21-13)	Big Ten	29	5-12	4-1	6-0	6-0	25	No Games Scheduled
9	E	Iowa(23-12)	Big Ten	27	7-9	4-1	6-2	6-0	70	Mar 26, 7:30pm ET	@ Nebraska
	M	NC State(20-14)	ACC	36	5-9	6-4	5-0	4-1	16	No Games Scheduled
	S	TCU(23-12)	Big 12	39	7-8	7-2	2-1	7-1	68	No Games Scheduled
	W	Clemson(24-11)	ACC	34	6-7	7-4	4-0	7-0	61	No Games Scheduled
10	E	UCF(21-12)	Big 12	51	5-9	6-3	4-0	6-0	22	No Games Scheduled
	M	Saint Louis(29-6)	Atlantic 10	31	3-2	6-3	6-1	13-0	105	No Games Scheduled
	S	Texas A&M(22-12)	SEC	44	6-9	4-3	4-0	8-0	99	No Games Scheduled
	W	Santa Clara(26-9)	West Coast	40	2-7	6-1	10-0	7-1	49	No Games Scheduled
11	E	VCU(28-8)	Atlantic 10	43	3-5	5-3	9-0	11-0	56	No Games Scheduled
	M	Missouri(20-13)	SEC	58	5-8	4-5	3-0	8-0	76	No Games Scheduled
	M	Miami (Ohio)(32-2)	Mid-American	64	1-1	3-0	10-0	15-1	245	No Games Scheduled
	S	South Florida(25-9)	American	45	2-4	6-2	7-3	9-0	63	No Games Scheduled
	W	Texas(21-14)	SEC	42	9-9	1-4	3-1	7-0	65	Mar 26, 7:10pm ET	@ Purdue
	W	SMU(20-14)	ACC	37	4-9	5-5	5-0	6-0	26	No Games Scheduled
12	E	Akron(29-6)	Mid-American	54	0-3	0-2	11-1	16-0	151	No Games Scheduled
	M	N. Iowa(23-13)	Missouri Valley	72	0-3	4-5	7-5	11-0	112	No Games Scheduled
	S	McNeese(28-6)	Southland	56	0-3	2-2	8-0	16-1	197	No Games Scheduled
	W	High Point(31-5)	Big South	75	1-1	0-2	5-2	22-0	319	No Games Scheduled
13	E	Hofstra(24-11)	Coastal Athletic	88	0-2	2-2	10-4	10-3	128	No Games Scheduled
	M	N. Dakota St.(27-8)	Summit League	114	0-1	0-1	5-4	19-2	327	No Games Scheduled
	S	Hawaii(24-9)	Big West	101	0-1	0-4	8-2	14-2	261	No Games Scheduled
	W	Cal Baptist(25-9)	WAC	98	0-2	2-4	5-3	18-0	226	No Games Scheduled
14	E	Penn(18-12)	Ivy	139	0-3	1-4	6-3	10-2	120	No Games Scheduled
	M	Wright St.(23-12)	Horizon	127	0-2	0-2	5-6	16-2	215	No Games Scheduled
	S	Troy(22-12)	Sun Belt	125	1-1	2-1	4-7	13-3	159	No Games Scheduled
	W	Idaho(21-15)	Big Sky	145	0-1	0-3	9-8	9-3	313	No Games Scheduled
15	E	Kennesaw St.(21-14)	Conference USA	155	0-2	0-3	6-5	12-4	179	No Games Scheduled
	M	Tenn. State(23-10)	Ohio Valley	172	0-3	1-0	3-1	16-6	275	No Games Scheduled
	S	Siena(23-12)	MAAC	183	0-2	0-0	2-6	21-4	277	No Games Scheduled
	W	Queens(21-14)	Atlantic Sun	189	0-6	0-1	2-3	18-4	254	No Games Scheduled
16	E	Furman(22-13)	Southern	186	0-2	0-2	5-5	14-4	217	No Games Scheduled
	M	Lehigh(18-17)	Patriot	275	0-2	0-1	1-5	15-9	294	No Games Scheduled
	M	Prairie View(19-18)	SWAC	300	0-4	0-2	0-1	15-11	350	No Games Scheduled
	S	LIU(24-11)	Northeast	198	0-3	0-2	1-3	23-3	352	No Games Scheduled
	S	Howard(24-11)	MEAC	203	0-3	1-2	2-0	17-6	362	No Games Scheduled
	W	UMBC(24-9)	America East	196	0-2	0-2	0-1	22-4	359	No Games Scheduled
	-	Stanford(20-12)	ACC	61	5-6	4-2	4-4	7-0	55	Apr 02, 8:00pm ET	@ West Virginia
	-	Indiana(18-14)	Big Ten	41	3-10	3-4	5-0	7-0	59	No Games Scheduled
	-	New Mexico(25-10)	Mountain West	46	2-7	6-1	6-2	10-0	102	Mar 24, 9:00pm ET	vs Saint Joseph's
	-	Seton Hall(21-12)	Big East	53	1-6	7-4	7-2	6-0	69	No Games Scheduled

See Seeds 5 - 16

Net ranking: NCAA Evaluation Tool (NET) is one of the tools used by the NCAA Selection Committee to evaluate teams
Quad 1: Home games against teams ranked 1-30, neutral games vs. top-50 teams, road games against top-75 teams
Quad 2: Home games against teams ranked 31-75, neutral games vs. 51-100, road games vs. 76-135
Quad 3: Home games against teams ranked 76-160, neutral games vs. 101-200, road games vs. 136-240
Quad 4: Home games against teams ranked 161-353, neutral games vs. 201-353, road games vs. 241-353
Sos: Strength of schedule
Nc sos: Non conference strength of schedule

On The Bubble

Team	Conf	Net*	Quad 1*	Quad 2*	Quad 3*	Quad 4*	Sos*	Next Game
Auburn(19-16)	SEC	38	4-13	3-2	5-1	7-0	5	Mar 25, 9:00pm ET	vs Nevada
California(22-12)	ACC	67	4-6	2-4	7-2	8-0	91	No Games Scheduled
Indiana(18-14)	Big Ten	41	3-10	3-4	5-0	7-0	59	No Games Scheduled
New Mexico(25-10)	Mountain West	46	2-7	6-1	6-2	10-0	102	Mar 24, 9:00pm ET	vs Saint Joseph's
Oklahoma(19-15)	SEC	48	4-10	6-5	2-0	7-0	93	Apr 01, 8:00pm ET	@ Colorado
San Diego St.(22-11)	Mountain West	47	3-8	6-2	6-1	6-0	32	No Games Scheduled
Seton Hall(21-12)	Big East	53	1-6	7-4	7-2	6-0	69	No Games Scheduled
Stanford(20-12)	ACC	61	5-6	4-2	4-4	7-0	55	Apr 02, 8:00pm ET	@ West Virginia

Net ranking: NCAA Evaluation Tool (NET) is one of the tools used by the NCAA Selection Committee to evaluate teams
Quad 1: Home games against teams ranked 1-30, neutral games vs. top-50 teams, road games against top-75 teams
Quad 2: Home games against teams ranked 31-75, neutral games vs. 51-100, road games vs. 76-135
Quad 3: Home games against teams ranked 76-160, neutral games vs. 101-200, road games vs. 136-240
Quad 4: Home games against teams ranked 161-353, neutral games vs. 201-353, road games vs. 241-353
Sos: Strength of schedule
Nc sos: Non conference strength of schedule

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