Men’s Bracketology 1/31/2026

I moved Michigan up to my #1 overall seed after their huge wins over Nebraska and Michigan State this week. The win over Michigan State knocked the Spartans down to the 3 line, Iowa State took their spot as a 2.

I’ll be back on Monday with a huge update, almost every bubble team is in action this weekend.

1: Michigan, Arizona, Duke, Connecticut

2: Nebraska, Houston, Illinois, Iowa State

3: Gonzaga, Michigan State, Purdue, Vanderbilt

4: BYU, Texas Tech, Kansas, Florida

5: Virginia, Alabama, Arkansas, Tennessee

6: St. John’s, Auburn, Clemson, North Carolina

7: Louisville, Iowa, Saint Louis, Villanova

8: UCF, Utah State, SMU, St. Mary’s

9: Georgia, Texas A&M, NC State, Kentucky

10: Miami (FL), UCLA, New Mexico, Wisconsin

11: Ohio State, (Indiana/USC), (San Diego State/Santa Clara), Miami (OH)

12: Belmont, Tulsa, Liberty, Yale

13: McNeese, High Point. Hawai’i, Utah Valley

14: Oakland, Troy, UNC Wilmington, East Tennessee State

15: North Dakota State, Portland State, Lipscomb, Siena

16: Navy, UT-Martin, (LIU/Bethune-Cookman), (Vermont/Howard)

First Four Out: Texas, Virginia Tech, Seton Hall, George Mason

Next Four Out: TCU, VCU, California, Nevada

Also Considered: Missouri, Oklahoma State, West Virginia, Washington, Butler, LSU, Akron, Grand Canyon, Creighton, Baylor, Stanford

Moving In: Navy, Siena

Moving Out: Colgate, Marist

Bids by Conference:

Big 10: 11

SEC: 9

ACC: 8

Big 12: 7

Big East: 3

Mountain West: 3

West Coast: 3