Final 2026 Men’s College Basketball Bracketology

Written By Grant Hansell

Updated to include all games outside of the American and B10, which have no seedline contingencies.

  1. Duke, Michigan, Arizona, Florida

  2. Houston, Iowa State, UConn, Purdue

  3. Gonzaga, Michigan State, Illinois, Vanderbilt

  4. Virginia, Nebraska, Arkansas, Alabama

  5. St. John’s, Kansas, Texas Tech, Wisconsin

  6. North Carolina, Tennessee, Louisville, BYU

  7. Miami (FL), Utah State, Clemson, Kentucky

  8. Saint Mary’s, Villanova, UCLA, Ohio State

  9. Saint Louis, Georgia, TCU, Iowa

  10. NC State, UCF, Texas A&M, Miami (OH)

  11. Missouri, VCU, Santa Clara, SMU, Texas, McNeese State

  12. South Florida/Wichita State, Akron, Northern Iowa, High Point

  13. California Baptist, Hofstra, North Dakota State, Hawai’i

  14. Pennsylvania, Troy, Wright State, Kennesaw State

  15. Idaho, Tennessee State, Furman, Queens

  16. Siena, Howard, Long Island, UMBC, Lehigh, Prairie View A&M

Last Four In: Missouri, Santa Clara, SMU, Texas

First Four Out: Auburn, Oklahoma, San Diego State, Indiana

Next Four Out: Virginia Tech, Seton Hall, New Mexico, California

Third Four Out: Cincinnati, Oklahoma St., Stanford, West Virginia

Grant Hansell
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