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 (2026-02-25 03:51:29):

	Seed	Team	Pod		Pod	Team	Seed
Chicago	1	Michigan	Buffalo		Greenville	Duke	1	Washington DC
		16		Vermont/Long Island					Tennessee-Martin	16
		8		Saint Louis					Kentucky	8
		9		Iowa					North Carolina State	9
		5	St. John’s	Philadelphia		San Diego	Vanderbilt		5
		12	Yale						Tulsa	12
		4	Virginia						Texas Tech	4
		13	Liberty						UNC-Wilmington	13
		6	Tennessee	Tampa		Greenville	Miami (OH)		6
		11	Ohio State/California						New Mexico	11
		3	Florida						Illinois	3
		14	East Tennessee State						Austin Peay	14
		7	Villanova	St. Louis		Philadelphia	Wisconsin		7
		10	Santa Clara						Clemson	10
		2	Iowa State						Connecticut	2
		15	Marshall						Merrimack	15
Houston	1	Gonzaga	Portland		San Diego	Arizona	1	San Jose
		16		Portland State					Bethune-Cookman/Howard	16
		8		SMU					Saint Mary’s	8
		9		Georgia					Central Florida	9
		5	Arkansas	Tampa		Portland	BYU		5
		12	Belmont						McNeese	12
		4	Kansas						Alabama	4
		13	High Point						Utah Valley	13
		6	Louisville	Oklahoma City		Buffalo	North Carolina		6
		11	UCLA						USC/Missouri	11
		3	Nebraska						Michigan State	3
		14	Hawaii						North Dakota State	14
		7	Miami	St. Louis		Oklahoma City	Utah State		7
		10	Texas A&M						TCU	10
		2	Purdue						Houston	2
		15	Wright State						Navy	15
Washington DC	1	Duke	Greenville
	16	Tennessee-Martin
	8	Kentucky
	9	North Carolina State
	5	Vanderbilt	San Diego
	12	Tulsa
	4	Texas Tech
	13	UNC-Wilmington
	6	Miami (OH)	Greenville
	11	New Mexico
	3	Illinois
	14	Austin Peay
	7	Wisconsin	Philadelphia
	10	Clemson
	2	Connecticut
	15	Merrimack
San Jose	1	Arizona	San Diego
	16	Bethune-Cookman/Howard
	8	Saint Mary’s
	9	Central Florida
	5	BYU	Portland
	12	McNeese
	4	Alabama
	13	Utah Valley
	6	North Carolina	Buffalo
	11	USC/Missouri
	3	Michigan State
	14	North Dakota State
	7	Utah State	Oklahoma City
	10	TCU
	2	Houston
	15	Navy