Men’s Bracketology 2/11/2026

Tuesday night gave us two huge bubble winners: Wisconsin and TCU. Wisconsin went on the road to Illinois and picked up their second massive road win of the season (the first was at Michigan a month ago). Wisconsin was looking solid even without this win, but they’re now looking very good for a bid.

TCU knocked off Iowa State at home and moves from “also considered” to my 3rd team out. This is the first big win for a team on the wrong side of the bubble in weeks- teams like Seton Hall, Oklahoma State, Virginia Tech and Baylor have been routinely striking out in these marquee opportunities. TCU was the first team to take one.

1: Arizona, Michigan, Duke, Connecticut

2: Houston, Purdue, Illinois, Kansas

3: Iowa State, Nebraska, Michigan State, Florida

4: Gonzaga, Vanderbilt, Alabama, Virginia

5: Arkansas, Texas Tech, Louisville, St. John’s

6: North Carolina, BYU, Tennessee, Iowa

7: Clemson, Saint Louis, Utah State, Kentucky

8: Villanova, NC State, Texas A&M, Wisconsin

9: St. Mary’s, UCF, Indiana, USC

10: Auburn, Georgia, SMU, Miami (FL)

11: Santa Clara, (UCLA/San Diego State), (Ohio State/Texas), Miami (OH)

12: Tulsa, Belmont, Liberty, McNeese

13: Yale, Utah Valley, Hawai’i, High Point

14: UNC Wilmington, St. Thomas, East Tennessee State, Troy

15: Portland State, Wright State, Austin Peay, Navy

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

First Four Out: New Mexico, Missouri, TCU, VCU

Next Four Out: Seton Hall, California, Virginia Tech, Oklahoma State

Also Considered: Baylor, Nevada, Washington, West Virginia, Boise State, LSU, George Mason, Stanford

Moving In: None

Moving Out: None

Bids by Conference:

Big 10: 11

SEC: 10

ACC: 8

Big 12: 7

Big East: 3

West Coast: 3

Mountain West: 2