NCAA College Basketball Machine Learning Bracketology

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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 (2026-03-13 03:51:57):

	Seed	Team	Pod		Pod	Team	Seed
Chicago	1	Michigan	Buffalo		Greenville	Duke	1	Washington DC
		16		Long Island					ORLehigh / UMBC	16
		8		Clemson					Ohio State	8
		9		Miami (OH)					Georgia	9
		5	Texas Tech	San Diego		Portland	North Carolina		5
		12	High Point						Yale	12
		4	Kansas						St. John's	4
		13	Utah Valley						North Dakota State	13
		6	Miami	Philadelphia		Buffalo	Louisville		6
		11	OROklahoma State / Virginia Commonwealth						Akron	11
		3	Virginia						Michigan State	3
		14	Troy						Wright State	14
		7	Wisconsin	Philadelphia		Tampa	Villanova		7
		10	Central Florida						Santa Clara	10
		2	Connecticut						Florida	2
		15	Queens						Furman	15
Houston	1	Houston	Oklahoma City		San Diego	Arizona	1	San Jose
		16		ORSouthern / Howard					Idaho	16
		8		TCU					UCLA	8
		9		Iowa					Utah State	9
		5	Vanderbilt	Tampa		Greenville	Arkansas		5
		12	McNeese						Tulsa	12
		4	Alabama						Purdue	4
		13	Hofstra						Northern Iowa	13
		6	Tennessee	St. Louis		Oklahoma City	BYU		6
		11	ORNew Mexico / San Diego State						Texas A&M	11
		3	Illinois						Nebraska	3
		14	Sam Houston State						Hawaii	14
		7	Saint Mary's	St. Louis		Portland	Kentucky		7
		10	Saint Louis						North Carolina State	10
		2	Iowa State						Gonzaga	2
		15	Tennessee State						Siena	15
Washington DC	1	Duke	Greenville
	16	ORLehigh / UMBC
	8	Ohio State
	9	Georgia
	5	North Carolina	Portland
	12	Yale
	4	St. John's
	13	North Dakota State
	6	Louisville	Buffalo
	11	Akron
	3	Michigan State
	14	Wright State
	7	Villanova	Tampa
	10	Santa Clara
	2	Florida
	15	Furman
San Jose	1	Arizona	San Diego
	16	Idaho
	8	UCLA
	9	Utah State
	5	Arkansas	Greenville
	12	Tulsa
	4	Purdue
	13	Northern Iowa
	6	BYU	Oklahoma City
	11	Texas A&M
	3	Nebraska
	14	Hawaii
	7	Kentucky	Portland
	10	North Carolina State
	2	Gonzaga
	15	Siena

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