NCAA College Basketball Live Machine Learning Bracketology

First time here? Click here to understand the methodology used by the AMSTS Machine Learning Bracketology.

During the season (from December onwards), view the live rankings, which update every 15 minutes while a game is going on, by clicking here, which are used as inputs to the bracketology selection process.

Historic rankings are available here.

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 (2026-01-10 23:20:23):

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