NCAA College Basketball Machine Learning Bracketology (Live)

First time here? Click here to understand the methodology used by the AMSTS Machine Learning Bracketology.

During the season (from December onwards), view the live rankings, which update every 15 minutes while a game is going on, by clicking here, which are used as inputs to the bracketology selection process.

Historic rankings are available here.

This bracket reflects the new 76-team format: 12 Opening Round games (24 teams) feed into the 64-team bracket. The lowest 12 at-large teams play for the last at-large seed lines, and the lowest 12 automatic qualifiers play for the No. 15 and No. 16 seeds. Opening Round games are marked OR in the bracket and listed in full below it.

Please note: this bracket projection is completely created by a computer, and sometimes it does computer things! Recreating the nuance that a selection committee has is not an easy task, and you may find it walking away from where the human bracketologists are coalescing. Like most algorithms, it should get better as the season progresses, so if you don't like how it looks in December, be patient!

NCAA Machine Learning Bracketology as of (2026-06-13 00:33:32):

	Seed	Team	Pod		Pod	Team	Seed
Chicago	1	Michigan	Buffalo		San Diego	Arizona	1	San Jose
		16		ORPrairie View A&M / Lehigh					ORIdaho / Howard	16
		8		Iowa					UCLA	8
		9		Clemson					Saint Mary's	9
		5	Tennessee	Tampa		Oklahoma City	Vanderbilt		5
		12	Akron						South Florida	12
		4	Virginia						Nebraska	4
		13	High Point						McNeese	13
		6	North Carolina	Philadelphia		Portland	BYU		6
		11	ORMiami (OH) / Santa Clara						ORSan Diego State / North Carolina State	11
		3	St. John's						Gonzaga	3
		14	Hofstra						California Baptist	14
		7	Kentucky	St. Louis		St. Louis	Villanova		7
		10	Virginia Commonwealth						Texas	10
		2	Iowa State						Purdue	2
		15	ORPenn / Kennesaw State						Wright State	15
Houston	1	Connecticut	Philadelphia		Greenville	Duke	1	Washington DC
		16		ORUMBC / Long Island					ORQueens / Tennessee State	16
		8		TCU					Saint Louis	8
		9		Georgia					Ohio State	9
		5	Kansas	San Diego		Portland	Texas Tech		5
		12	ORMissouri / Seton Hall						ORStanford / Oklahoma State	12
		4	Alabama						Arkansas	4
		13	Northern Iowa						ORUSC / Arizona State	13
		6	Wisconsin	Buffalo		Greenville	Louisville		6
		11	ORWest Virginia / New Mexico						Central Florida	11
		3	Michigan State						Illinois	3
		14	North Dakota State						Hawaii	14
		7	Utah State	Oklahoma City		Tampa	Miami		7
		10	Texas A&M						Auburn	10
		2	Houston						Florida	2
		15	Troy						ORSiena / Furman	15
San Jose	1	Arizona	San Diego
	16	ORIdaho / Howard
	8	UCLA
	9	Saint Mary's
	5	Vanderbilt	Oklahoma City
	12	South Florida
	4	Nebraska
	13	McNeese
	6	BYU	Portland
	11	ORSan Diego State / North Carolina State
	3	Gonzaga
	14	California Baptist
	7	Villanova	St. Louis
	10	Texas
	2	Purdue
	15	Wright State
Washington DC	1	Duke	Greenville
	16	ORQueens / Tennessee State
	8	Saint Louis
	9	Ohio State
	5	Texas Tech	Portland
	12	ORStanford / Oklahoma State
	4	Arkansas
	13	ORUSC / Arizona State
	6	Louisville	Greenville
	11	Central Florida
	3	Illinois
	14	Hawaii
	7	Miami	Tampa
	10	Auburn
	2	Florida
	15	ORSiena / Furman

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