January 16th 2026 Bracket

 Seed Power Team

1 1 * Arizona

1 2 Michigan

1 3 * UConn

1 4 * Duke

2 5 Nebraska

2 6 * Purdue

2 7 Iowa State

2 8 Houston

3 9 * Vanderbilt

3 10 * Gonzaga

3 11 BYU

3 12 Michigan St

4 13 Illinois

4 14 Virginia

4 15 Kansas

4 16 Texas Tech

5 17 Florida

5 18 Alabama

5 19 Clemson

5 20 Arkansas

6 21 North Carolina

6 22 Tennessee

6 23 Villanova

6 24 Louisville

7 25 SMU

7 26 UCF

7 27 St. John's

7 28 Seton Hall

8 29 * Utah St

8 30 Miami

8 31 St. Mary's

8 32 Wisconsin

9 33 USC

9 34 * Saint Louis

9 35 Iowa

9 36 Georgia

10 37 Auburn

10 38 Texas A&M

10 39 Virginia Tech

10 40 NC State

11 41 Kentucky

11a 42 Baylor

11b 43 Texas

11c 44 Stanford

11d 45 Missouri

11 46 * Miami-OH

12 47 * McNeese St

12 48 * Murray St

12 49 * South Florida

12 50 * Liberty

13 51 * Hofstra

13 52 * Utah Valley

13 53 * Hawai'i

13 54 * High Point

14 55 * St. Thomas

14 56 * Troy

14 57 * Wright St

14 58 * East Tenn St

15 59 * Austin Peay

15 60 * Portland St

15 61 * UT Martin

15 62 * Long Island

16 63 * Navy

16 64 * Dartmouth

16a 65 * St. Peter's

16a 66 * Vermont

16a 67 * Prairie View A&M

16a 68 * UM Eastern Shore

Last Four In (First team listed is last team in): Missouri, Stanford, Texas, Baylor

First Four Out: New Mexico, Indiana, Creighton, Oklahoma St.

Next Four Out: TCU, UCLA, Ohio St., San Diego St.

First Bracket 2026 **Update January 13th 2026**

 Seed Power Team

1 1 Arizona*

1 2 Iowa St.

1 3 Michigan

1 4 UConn*

2 5 Duke*

2 6 Vanderbilt*

2 7 Nebraska

2 8 Purdue*

3 9 Gonzaga*

3 10 Houston

3 11 BYU

3 12 Michigan St.

4 13 Illinois

4 14 North Carolina

4 15 Texas Tech

4 16 Virginia

5 17 Alabama

5 18 Clemson

5 19 Arkansas

5 20 Kansas

6 21 Louisville

6 22 Florida

6 23 Villanova

6 24 Tennessee

7 25 Seton Hall

7 26 UCF

7 27 SMU

7 28 St. John's (NY)

8 29 Utah St.*

8 30 Miami (FL)

8 31 Southern California

8 32 Georgia

9 33 Saint Mary's (CA)

9 34 Auburn

9 35 Saint Louis*

9 36 Iowa

10 37 Virginia Tech

10 38 Oklahoma St.

10 39 Texas A&M

10 40 NC State

11 41 Wisconsin

11a 42 Indiana

11b 43 Kentucky

11c 44 Missouri

11d 45 Creighton

11 46 Miami (OH)*

12 47 McNeese*

12 48 Murray St.*

12 49 Liberty*

12 50 Hofstra*

13 51 Utah Valley*

13 52 High Point*

13 53 St. Thomas*

13 54 Quinnipiac*

14 55 ETSU*

14 56 UC Irvine*

14 57 Troy*

14 58 Temple*

15 59 Wright State*

15 60 Portland State*

15 61 Austin Peay*

15 62 UT Martin*

16 63 Long Island*

16 64 Colgate*

16a 65 Dartmouth*

16a 66 Vermont*

16a 67 Prairie View A&M*

16a 68 UMES*

Last Four In (First team listed is last team in): Creighton, Missouri, Kentucky, Indiana
First Four Out: New Mexico, Stanford, TCU, Ohio St.

Next Four Out: Baylor, California, Texas, LS

*** Final Bracket March 16th 2025***

Seed Power Team

1 1 Duke

1 2 Auburn

1 3 Houston

1 4 Florida

2 5 Tennessee

2 6 Alabama

2 7 Michigan St.

2 8 St. John's (NY)

3 9 Texas Tech

3 10 Wisconsin

3 11 Kentucky

3 12 Texas A&M

4 13 Iowa St.

4 14 Maryland

4 15 Michigan

4 16 Arizona

5 17 Purdue

5 18 Oregon

5 19 Louisville

5 20 Clemson

6 21 BYU

6 22 Illinois

6 23 UCLA

6 24 Memphis

7 25 Ole Miss

7 26 Marquette

7 27 Missouri

7 28 Kansas

8 29 Saint Mary's (CA)

8 30 Gonzaga

8 31 Creighton

8 32 UConn

9 33 Mississippi St.

9 34 New Mexico

9 35 Oklahoma

9 36 Georgia

10 37 Utah St.

10 38 Baylor

10 39 West Virginia

10 40 Arkansas

11 41 Drake

11a 42 Vanderbilt

11b 43 San Diego St.

11 44 Colorado St.

11 45 VCU

12a 46 North Carolina

12b 47 Xavier

12 48 UC San Diego

12 49 McNeese

12 50 Liberty

13 51 Yale

13 52 High Point

13 53 Akron

13 54 Grand Canyon

14 55 Lipscomb

14 56 UNCW

14 57 Troy

14 58 Montana

15 59 Robert Morris

15 60 Wofford

15 61 Bryant

15 62 Omaha

16 63 Norfolk St.

16 64 SIUE

16a 65 American

16b 66 Mt. St. Marys

16c 67 Alabama St.

16d 68 St. Francis

Last Four In: Xavier, UNC, San Diego St., Vanderbilt

First Four Out: Indiana, Boise St., Texas, Wake Forest

Next Four Out: Ohio St., UC Irvine, Dayton, SMU 

*** March 16th 2025 Bracketology 10am ET***

Seed Power Team

1 1 Duke*

1 2 Auburn

1 3 Houston*

1 4 Florida*

2 5 Tennessee

2 6 Alabama

2 7 Michigan St.

2 8 St. John's (NY)*

3 9 Texas Tech

3 10 Wisconsin*

3 11 Kentucky

3 12 Texas A&M

4 13 Iowa St.

4 14 Maryland

4 15 Michigan

4 16 Arizona

5 17 Purdue

5 18 Oregon

5 19 Louisville

5 20 Clemson

6 21 BYU

6 22 Illinois

6 23 UCLA

6 24 Memphis*

7 25 Ole Miss

7 26 Marquette

7 27 Missouri

7 28 Kansas

8 29 Saint Mary's (CA)

8 30 Gonzaga*

8 31 Creighton

8 32 UConn

9 33 Mississippi St.

9 34 New Mexico

9 35 Oklahoma

9 36 Georgia

10 37 Utah St.

10 38 Baylor

10 39 West Virginia

10 40 Arkansas

11 41 Drake*

11a 42 Vanderbilt

11b 43 San Diego St.

11 44 Colorado St.*

11 45 VCU*

12a 46 North Carolina

12b 47 Xavier

12 48 UC San Diego*

12 49 McNeese*

12 50 Liberty*

13 51 Yale*

13 52 High Point*

13 53 Akron*

13 54 Grand Canyon*

14 55 Lipscomb*

14 56 UNCW*

14 57 Troy*

14 58 Montana*

15 59 Robert Morris*

15 60 Wofford*

15 61 Bryant*

15 62 Omaha*

16 63 Norfolk St.*

16 64 SIUE*

16a 65 American*

16b 66 Mt. St. Marys*

16c 67 Alabama St.*

16d 68 St. Francis*

Last Four In: Xavier, UNC, SDSU, Vanderbilt

First Four Out: Indiana, Boise St., Texas, Wake Forest

Next Four Out: Ohio St., UC Irvine, Dayton, SMU

*** March 15th Bracketology ***

 Seed Power Team

1 1 Duke*

1 2 Auburn*

1 3 Houston*

1 4 Florida

2 5 Alabama

2 6 Tennessee

2 7 Michigan St.*

2 8 St. John's (NY)*

3 9 Texas Tech

3 10 Kentucky

3 11 Wisconsin

3 12 Texas A&M

4 13 Iowa St.

4 16 Maryland

4 14 Purdue

4 15 Oregon

5 17 Clemson

5 18 Michigan

5 19 Arizona

5 21 Louisville

6 20 UCLA

6 22 BYU

6 23 Illinois

6 24 Ole Miss

7 25 Memphis*

7 26 Marquette

7 27 Missouri

7 28 Kansas

8 29 Saint Mary's (CA)

8 30 Gonzaga*

8 33 Creighton

8 31 UConn

9 32 Mississippi St.

9 34 New Mexico

9 35 Utah St.

9 36 Baylor

10 37 Oklahoma

10 38 Georgia

10 39 West Virginia

10 40 Arkansas

11a 41 Vanderbilt

11 42 Drake*

11b 43 North Carolina

11c 44 San Diego St.

11d 45 Xavier

11 46 Boise St.*

12 47 VCU*

12 48 UC San Diego*

12 49 McNeese*

12 50 Liberty*

13 51 Yale*

13 52 High Point*

13 53 Akron*

13 54 Lipscomb*

14 55 UNCW*

14 56 Utah Valley*

14 57 Troy*

14 58 Montana*

15 59 Robert Morris*

15 60 Wofford*

15 61 Omaha*

15 62 Bryant*

16 63 Norfolk St.*

16 64 SIUE*

16a 65 American* 

16b 66 Mt St Marys*

16c 67 Jackson St.*

16d 68 St. Francis*

Last Four In: Xavier, SDSU, UNC, Vanderbilts

First Four Out: Colorado St., Indiana, Texas, UC-Irvine

Next Four out: Wake Forest, Ohio St., Dayton, SMU

*** March 14th 2025 Bracketology ***

Seed Power Team

1 1 Duke*

1 2 Auburn*

1 3 Houston*

1 4 Florida

2 5 Alabama

2 6 Tennessee

2 7 Michigan St.*

2 8 Texas Tech

3 9 St. John's (NY)*

3 10 Kentucky

3 11 Wisconsin

3 12 Texas A&M

4 13 Iowa St.

4 14 Purdue

4 15 Oregon

4 16 Maryland

5 17 Clemson

5 18 Michigan

5 19 Arizona

5 20 UCLA

6 21 Louisville

6 22 BYU

6 23 Illinois

6 24 Ole Miss

7 25 Memphis*

7 26 Marquette

7 27 Missouri

7 28 Kansas

8 29 Saint Mary's (CA)

8 30 Gonzaga*

8 31 UConn

8 32 Mississippi St.

9 33 Creighton

9 34 New Mexico*

9 35 Utah St.

9 36 Baylor

10 37 Oklahoma

10 38 Georgia

10 39 West Virginia

10 40 Arkansas

11 41 Vanderbilt

11 42 Drake*

11a 43 North Carolina

11b 44 San Diego St.

11c 45 Xavier

11d 46 Texas

12 47 VCU*

12 48 UC San Diego*

12 49 McNeese*

12 50 Liberty*

13 51 Yale*

13 52 High Point*

13 53 Akron*

13 54 Lipscomb*

14 55 UNCW*

14 56 Utah Valley*

14 57 Troy*

14 58 Montana*

15 59 Robert Morris*

15 60 Wofford*

15 61 Omaha*

15 62 Bryant*

16 63 Norfolk St.*

16 64 Quinnipiac*

16a 65 SIUE*

16b 66 American* 

16c 67 Jackson St.*

16d 68 St. Francis*

Last Four In: Texas, Xavier, SDSU, UNC

First Four Out: Indiana, Boise St., Colorado St., Wake Forest

Next Four Out: Ohio St., Dayton, UC-Irvine, SMU

*** March 13th Bracketology ***

Seed Power Team

1 1 Duke*

1 2 Auburn*

1 3 Houston*

1 4 Florida

2 5 Alabama

2 6 Tennessee

2 7 Michigan St.*

2 8 Kentucky

3 9 Texas A&M

3 10 Texas Tech

3 11 St. John's (NY)*

3 12 Iowa St.

4 13 Purdue

4 14 Wisconsin

4 15 Michigan

4 16 Oregon

5 17 Maryland

5 18 Clemson

5 19 Arizona

5 20 UCLA

6 21 Louisville

6 22 Illinois

6 23 Memphis*

6 24 Ole Miss

7 25 Kansas

7 26 Missouri

7 27 BYU

7 28 Saint Mary's (CA)

8 29 Marquette

8 30 Mississippi St.

8 31 Gonzaga*

8 32 Creighton

9 33 New Mexico*

9 34 UConn

9 35 Utah St.

9 36 Baylor

10 37 Oklahoma

10 38 Georgia

10 39 West Virginia

10 40 Vanderbilt

11 41 Arkansas

11a 42 Indiana

11 43 Drake*

11b 44 San Diego St.

11c 45 Xavier

12 46 VCU*

11d 47 North Carolina

12 48 UC San Diego*

12 49 McNeese*

12 50 Liberty*

13 51 Yale*

13 52 High Point*

13 53 Akron*

13 54 Lipscomb*

14 55 UNCW*

14 56 Utah Valley*

14 57 Troy*

14 58 Montana*

15 59 Robert Morris*

15 60 Wofford*

15 61 Omaha*

15 62 Bryant*

16 63 Norfolk St.*

16 64 Quinnipiac*

16a 65 SIUE*

16b 66 American*

16c 67 Jackson St.*

16d 68 St. Francis*

Last Four In: UNC, Xavier, SDSU, Indiana

First Four Out: Texas, Ohio St., Wake Forest, Colorado St.

Next Four Out: Boise St., Dayton, SMU, UC-Irvine