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