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2025 Projected Men's NCAA Tournament Bracket
Projected 2026 Men's NCAA Tournament Bracket
Last updated
Fri Oct 31 2025, 5:14 AM
Midwest
South
1
16
Purdue
*
Norfolk St
/
Long Island
St. Louis
Mar 20,22
Chicago
Mar 27,29
Houston
Mar 26,28
Oklahoma City
Mar 19,21
*
Houston
Queens
/
Milwaukee
1
16
8
9
San Diego St
Baylor
Marquette
Missouri
8
9
4
13
Arkansas
*
UNC Wilmington
Tampa
Mar 20,22
Buffalo
Mar 19,21
Tennessee
Bradley
4
13
5
12
*
Gonzaga
*
Akron
Illinois
*
Yale
5
12
2
15
*
Duke
Chattanooga
Greenville
Mar 19,21
Buffalo
Mar 19,21
*
Michigan
Navy
2
15
7
10
Texas
Cincinnati
NC State
Mississippi St
7
10
3
14
Texas Tech
St. Thomas
Oklahoma City
Mar 19,21
Greenville
Mar 19,21
Louisville
James Madison
3
14
6
11
North Carolina
Kansas St
/
USC
Finals
Indianapolis
Apr 4,6
Kansas
*
Memphis
6
11
1
16
*
St. John's
Bethune Cookman
Philadelphia
Mar 20,22
San Jose
Mar 26,28
Washington, DC
Mar 27,29
Tampa
Mar 20,22
*
Florida
Quinnipiac
1
16
8
9
Ohio State
St. Mary's
Miami-FL
Iowa
8
9
4
13
Arizona
UC Irvine
San Diego
Mar 20,22
Portland
Mar 19,21
Iowa State
*
High Point
4
13
5
12
Alabama
*
Liberty
Auburn
*
McNeese St
5
12
2
15
Kentucky
*
Montana
St. Louis
Mar 20,22
Philadelphia
Mar 20,22
UConn
Vermont
2
15
7
10
Wisconsin
Mississippi
Oregon
Virginia
7
10
3
14
BYU
Little Rock
Portland
Mar 19,21
San Diego
Mar 20,22
UCLA
Abilene Christian
3
14
6
11
Michigan St
*
VCU
Creighton
SMU
/
Vanderbilt
6
11
West
East
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