NCAA College Basketball Machine Learning Bracketology

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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 (2026-01-06 03:50:18):

	Seed	Team	Pod		Pod	Team	Seed
Chicago	1	Michigan	Buffalo		San Diego	Arizona	1	San Jose
		16		Long Island					Howard/Grambling	16
		8		Virginia					USC	8
		9		Clemson					Oklahoma State	9
		5	SMU	Oklahoma City		Tampa	Georgia		5
		12	McNeese						Murray State	12
		4	Houston						Illinois	4
		13	Utah Valley						Liberty	13
		6	Arkansas	Greenville		Philadelphia	Saint Louis		6
		11	Virginia Commonwealth/Boise State						Nevada/Auburn	11
		3	Alabama						Michigan State	3
		14	Oakland						Quinnipiac	14
		7	Louisville	Philadelphia		Portland	Utah State		7
		10	New Mexico						California	10
		2	Connecticut						Gonzaga	2
		15	Furman						Tennessee-Martin	15
Houston	1	Iowa State	St. Louis		St. Louis	Vanderbilt	1	Washington DC
		16		Northern Colorado					Vermont/American	16
		8		TCU					LSU	8
		9		Miami (OH)					Miami	9
		5	Texas Tech	San Diego		Tampa	North Carolina		5
		12	Yale						George Mason	12
		4	Central Florida						Villanova	4
		13	UC-San Diego						UNC-Wilmington	13
		6	Saint Mary’s	Portland		Greenville	Iowa		6
		11	Stanford						Tulsa	11
		3	BYU						Duke	3
		14	Troy						High Point	14
		7	Kansas	Oklahoma City		Buffalo	Seton Hall		7
		10	Oklahoma						Virginia Tech	10
		2	Nebraska						Purdue	2
		15	North Dakota State						Lipscomb	15
San Jose	1	Arizona	San Diego
	16	Howard/Grambling
	8	USC
	9	Oklahoma State
	5	Georgia	Tampa
	12	Murray State
	4	Illinois
	13	Liberty
	6	Saint Louis	Philadelphia
	11	Nevada/Auburn
	3	Michigan State
	14	Quinnipiac
	7	Utah State	Portland
	10	California
	2	Gonzaga
	15	Tennessee-Martin
Washington DC	1	Vanderbilt	St. Louis
	16	Vermont/American
	8	LSU
	9	Miami
	5	North Carolina	Tampa
	12	George Mason
	4	Villanova
	13	UNC-Wilmington
	6	Iowa	Greenville
	11	Tulsa
	3	Duke
	14	High Point
	7	Seton Hall	Buffalo
	10	Virginia Tech
	2	Purdue
	15	Lipscomb