Men’s Bracketology 1/5/2026

Welcome to my first bracketology of 2026! I spent a lot of time in this update trying to figure out where to place teams with good predictive metrics and shaky resume metrics. Some of these teams have enough on the team sheet where I’m still quite confident they’ll dance (Florida, Tennessee), while others are worrying me (NC State, St. John’s). Generally, I roughly split the difference between the predictive and resume metrics on seeding these teams.

I’ll be moving my updates to twice weekly going forward, likely on Mondays and Thursdays.

Moving In: TCU, Virginia Tech

Moving Out: Butler, Oklahoma State

Bids by Conference:

Big 10: 10

ACC: 9

Big 12: 9

SEC: 9

Big East: 4

West Coast: 2