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Corey's Final March Madness Bracketology For The 2026 NCAA Tournament


We have a lot of questions not yet figured out but understood. I will layout my final standings along with scenarios for the last two games.

https://fanspo.com/nba/s/college_basketball/p/jE0qbV-0xpvrDX/coreys-march-madness-bracketology-for-march-15-2026

1 Seed

  • Duke (Clinched berth)

  • Arizona (Clinched berth)

  • Michigan

  • Florida

I think Michigan has clinched a one seed no matter what, the question will come down to whether it is Florida or Houston for the last spot.

2 Seed

  • Houston

  • UConn

  • Iowa State

  • Michigan State

I think these four are locks and don't see any movements whatsoever.

3 Seed

  • Illinois

  • Gonzaga (Clinched berth)

  • St. John's (Clinched berth)

  • Alabama

Illinois is a lock at 3, Gonzaga is getting washed out due to finishing their tournament days before a lot of teams played, St. John's is getting disrespected. I think the last three spot is between Alabama, Purdue, and Virginia. I will give it to Purdue if they win today.

4 Seed

  • Purdue

  • Virginia

  • Arkansas (Clinched berth)

  • Vanderbilt

Arkansas jumps Vandy and Nebraska falls to 5. I am impressed by their success, just don't think Nebraska has shown they can make a deep run in the tournament and therefore don't want to take a risk on them getting upset.

5 Seed

  • Nebraska

  • Kansas

  • Texas Tech

  • Tennessee

Besides Nebraska joining, nothing changes.

6 Seed

  • Wisconsin

  • Louisville

  • Kentucky

  • Saint Mary's

No changes.

7 Seed

  • North Carolina

  • Miami (FL)

  • Villanova

  • BYU

No changes either.

8 Seed

  • UCLA

  • Clemson

  • Ohio State

  • Georgia

Not changing it as well.

9 Seed

  • Utah State (Clinched berth)

  • Iowa

  • Santa Clara

  • UCF

Just moving Utah State up, they could find a spot in number 8.

10 Seed

  • VCU (Clinched berth)

  • Miami (OH)

  • TCU

  • Missouri

VCU moves up and I feel like it is a toss up between VCU and UCF for that last nine spot.

11 Seed

  • Saint Louis

  • USF (if they clinch) or Akron (if Wichita State clinches)

  • Texas A&M/SMU

  • NC State/Texas

Here is the scenario for that 11 seed. South Florida has to win and they clinch the 11 seed, if they don't then Akron takes that spot and Wichita State falls to 12.

12 Seed

  • Akron (Clinched berth) or Wichita State (if they clinch)

  • High Point (Clinched berth)

  • McNeese (Clinched berth)

  • North Dakota State (Clinched berth)

Due to the Yale loss, North Dakota State moves up to 12.

13 Seed

  • Northern Iowa (Clinched berth)

  • Troy (Clinched berth)

  • Hofstra (Clinched berth)

  • Furman (Clinched berth)

It's between Furman and Kennesaw State for that last spot and I am giving it to Furman.

14 Seed

  • Kennesaw State (Clinched berth)

  • Hawaii (Clinched berth)

  • Wright State (Clinched berth)

  • Penn (Clinched berth)

Penn moves in at 14 replacing Yale.

15 Seed

  • Cal Baptist (Clinched berth)

  • UMBC (Clinched berth)

  • Siena (Clinched berth)

  • Tennessee State (Clinched berth)

No movement.

16 Seed

  • LIU (Clinched berth)

  • Queens (NC) (Clinched berth)

  • Idaho (Clinchd berth)/Howard (Clinched berth)

  • Lehigh (Clinched berth)/Prairie View A&M (Clinched berth)

No movement.

Last Four Byes

  • Miami (OH)

  • TCU

  • Missouri

  • Saint Louis

Last Four In

  • Texas A&M

  • NC State

  • Texas

  • SMU

First Four Out

  • Oklahoma

  • San Diego State

  • Indiana

  • Auburn

Next Four Out

  • New Mexico

  • Seton Hall

  • Stanford

  • Cincinnati

Let me know your thoughts down below!

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