March 5th 2026 Bracketology **Updated 1pm ET**

 Seed Power Team

1 1 * Duke

1 2 * Arizona

1 3 * Michigan

1 4 * UConn

2 5 * Florida

2 6 Houston

2 7 Michigan St

2 8 Illinois

3 9 Purdue

3 10 Iowa State

3 11 Nebraska

3 12 * Gonzaga

4 13 Texas Tech

4 14 Virginia

4 15 Alabama

4 16 Kansas

5 17 North Carolina

5 18 Vanderbilt

5 19 Arkansas

5 20 Tennessee

6 21 St. John's

6 22 Louisville

6 23 Wisconsin

6 24 St. Mary's

7 25 Villanova

7 26 Kentucky

7 27 Miami

7 28 BYU

8 29 Clemson

8 30 Georgia

8 31 UCLA

8 32 * Saint Louis

9 33 * Utah St

9 34 Iowa

9 35 NC State

9 36 Texas A&M

10 37 Texas

10 38 UCF

10 39 Missouri

10 40 * Miami-OH

11 41 TCU

11 42 Ohio State

11a 43 SMU

11b 44 Indiana

11c 45 Santa Clara

11d 46 Auburn

12 47 * South Florida

12 48 * Belmont

12 49 * Yale

12 50 * Stephen F. Austin

13 51 * High Point

13 52 * Liberty

13 53 * UNCW

13 54 * Cal Baptist

14 55 * Hawai'i

14 56 * North Dakota St

14 57 * Navy

14 58 * Troy

15 59 *Austin Peay

15 60 * Portland St

15 61 * Wright St

15 62 * East Tenn St

16 63 * Merrimack

16 64 * UMBC

16a 65 * Howard

16a 66 * Tennessee St

16a 67 * Long Island

16a 68 * Bethune Cookman

Last Four In: Auburn, Santa Clara, Indiana, SMU

First Four Out: VCU, Va Tech, New Mexico, Cincy

Next Four Out: California, SDSU, Oklahoma St., Seton Hall

Notes:

Indiana moves back into the field after picking up a Q2 win last night pounding Minnesota and New Mexico falls out after losing at home to Colorado St.

USC is all but done now after getting blown out at Washington.