The wait is over. The NCAA selection committee has revealed the 68-team field for the 2026 NCAA tournament, and you now have your bracket to fill out.
Whether you printed it off to scribble on during the Selection Show or waited until every matchup was set before committing ink to paper, you’ve got until Thursday’s tipoff to make your picks. The completed bracket is available now with all seeds and matchups populated.
Where to Find the 2026 NCAA Tournament Printable Bracket
The official printable bracket is available below. Now that the 68 teams are locked in, grab the full bracket with seeds and matchups already populated.
Most bracket pools don’t lock picks until Tuesday or Wednesday, so there’s no rush. Grab the completed version and sleep on your Sweet 16 picks before finalizing.
You can also head over to PFSN’s College Basketball Bracket Predictor to simulate the entire tournament using our expert rankings and odds.
Duke, Michigan, Arizona and Florida claimed the No. 1 seeds, with Duke earning the No. 1 overall seed after beating Michigan head-to-head earlier this season. Three teams, Duke, Michigan and Arizona, were projected as No. 1 seeds in all 135 brackets aggregated by BracketMatrix.com heading into Selection Sunday, making them as close to locks as you could find.
The fourth No. 1 seed was the real storyline. Florida surged onto the top line after closing the regular season on an 11-game winning streak, while UConn slipped following a late-season loss to Marquette. The reigning national champion Gators own 11 Quadrant 1 victories, fourth-most in the country.
Full 2026 NCAA Tournament Schedule and Locations
The First Four tips off Tuesday, March 17 and Wednesday, March 18 at UD Arena in Dayton, Ohio. Eight teams will compete for four spots in the main bracket: four of the lowest-seeded automatic qualifiers and four of the last at-large teams selected.
The Round of 64 begins Thursday, March 19, and the Round of 32 starts Saturday, March 21. Games will be spread across eight cities: Buffalo, Greenville, Oklahoma City, Portland, Tampa, Philadelphia, San Diego and St. Louis.
The regional semifinals and finals will take place across four locations. Houston hosts the South, San Jose the West, Chicago the Midwest and Washington, D.C. the East.
The Final Four returns to Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis on Saturday, April 4, with the national championship game set for Monday, April 6 at 8:30 p.m. ET on TBS. Indianapolis has hosted the Final Four eight times, most recently in 2021 when Baylor defeated Gonzaga for the title.
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One story to watch: Miami (Ohio) completed a perfect 31-0 regular season before losing to UMass in the MAC Tournament quarterfinals. The RedHawks were the first team to finish a regular season undefeated since Gonzaga in 2021. Despite the loss, most bracketologists expected Miami (Ohio) to still make the field, though their seeding could slip without a quality win to validate the unbeaten run.
Conference tournament championship games wrapped up Sunday, with the Atlantic 10 title game between Dayton and VCU carrying significant bubble implications. A Dayton win could send three teams from the A10 to the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2018.
