🏀 The 2025-26 men’s college basketball season

What the record holds for this season: the champion, the tournament bracket, the AP poll week by week, the conference tables, and the Elo ratings with the biggest upsets.

Source: Citizen of Nowhere college basketball database · 31 conferences · 68-team tournament

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2000s

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1980s

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1970s

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2026season

← 2025 2027 →

2025-26 national champion

The NCAA tournament winner.

National champion

Michigan

37-31 seedFinal AP #3

Title gameMichigan 69, Connecticut 63 (Apr 6)

Final FourMichiganConnecticutArizonaIllinois

The 2026 NCAA tournament

68 teams. Winners in bold, seeds before each team.

68-team field · 4 regions

First Four

16Howard86

16MD-Baltimore County83

Midwest · Mar 17

11North Carolina State66

11Texas68

West · Mar 17

16Lehigh55

16Prairie View67

South · Mar 18

11Miami (OH)89

11SMU79

Midwest · Mar 18

First Round

1Arizona92

16LIU-Brooklyn58

8Villanova76

9Utah State86

4Arkansas97

13Hawaii78

5Wisconsin82

12High Point83

2Purdue104

15Queens71

7Miami (FL)80

10Missouri66

3Gonzaga73

14Kennesaw State64

6BYU71

11Texas79

Second Round

1Arizona78

9Utah State66

4Arkansas94

12High Point88

2Purdue79

7Miami (FL)69

3Gonzaga68

11Texas74

Regional Semifinals

1Arizona109

4Arkansas88

2Purdue79

11Texas77

Regional Finals

1Arizona79

2Purdue64

West region

First Round

1Arizona92

16LIU-Brooklyn58

8Villanova76

9Utah State86

4Arkansas97

13Hawaii78

5Wisconsin82

12High Point83

2Purdue104

15Queens71

7Miami (FL)80

10Missouri66

3Gonzaga73

14Kennesaw State64

6BYU71

11Texas79

Second Round

1Arizona78

9Utah State66

4Arkansas94

12High Point88

2Purdue79

7Miami (FL)69

3Gonzaga68

11Texas74

Regional Semifinals

1Arizona109

4Arkansas88

2Purdue79

11Texas77

Regional Finals

1Arizona79

2Purdue64

Midwest region

First Round

1Michigan101

16Howard80

8Georgia77

9Saint Louis102

4Alabama90

13Hofstra70

5Texas Tech91

12Akron71

2Iowa State108

15Tennessee State74

7Kentucky89

10Santa Clara84

3Virginia82

14Wright State73

6Tennessee78

11Miami (OH)56

Second Round

1Michigan95

9Saint Louis72

4Alabama90

5Texas Tech65

2Iowa State82

7Kentucky63

3Virginia72

6Tennessee79

Regional Semifinals

1Michigan90

4Alabama77

2Iowa State62

6Tennessee76

Regional Finals

1Michigan95

6Tennessee62

East region

First Round

1Duke71

16Siena65

8Ohio State64

9TCU66

4Kansas68

13California Baptist60

5St. John's79

12Northern Iowa53

2Connecticut82

15Furman71

7UCLA75

10Central Florida71

3Michigan State92

14North Dakota State67

6Louisville83

11South Florida79

Second Round

1Duke81

9TCU58

4Kansas65

5St. John's67

2Connecticut73

7UCLA57

3Michigan State77

6Louisville69

Regional Semifinals

1Duke80

5St. John's75

2Connecticut67

3Michigan State63

Regional Finals

1Duke72

2Connecticut73

South region

First Round

2Houston78

15Idaho47

7St. Mary's50

10Texas A&M63

3Illinois105

14Pennsylvania70

6North Carolina78

11Virginia Commonwealth82

4Nebraska76

13Troy47

5Vanderbilt78

12McNeese State68

1Florida114

16Prairie View55

8Clemson61

9Iowa67

Second Round

2Houston88

10Texas A&M57

3Illinois76

11Virginia Commonwealth55

4Nebraska74

5Vanderbilt72

1Florida72

9Iowa73

Regional Semifinals

2Houston55

3Illinois65

4Nebraska71

9Iowa77

Regional Finals

3Illinois71

9Iowa59

Final Four and the title game

Final Four

1Arizona73

1Michigan91

West vs Midwest · Apr 4

2Connecticut71

3Illinois62

East vs South · Apr 4

Championship game: Michigan

1Michigan69

2Connecticut63

Midwest vs East · Apr 6

Conference tournaments

The champion and the other finalist of each of the 31 conference tournaments held in 2025-26.

Conference	Champion	Runner-up	Final
America East	MD-Baltimore County 74-59, Mar 14	Vermont	74-59, Mar 14
American Athletic	South Florida 70-55, Mar 15	Wichita State	70-55, Mar 15
Atlantic 10	Virginia Commonwealth 70-62, Mar 15	Dayton	70-62, Mar 15
Atlantic Coast	Duke 74-70, Mar 14	Virginia	74-70, Mar 14
Atlantic Sun	Queens 98-93, Mar 8	Central Arkansas	98-93, Mar 8
Big 12	Arizona 79-74, Mar 14	Houston	79-74, Mar 14
Big East	St. John's 72-52, Mar 14	Connecticut	72-52, Mar 14
Big Sky	Idaho 77-66, Mar 11	Montana	77-66, Mar 11
Big South	High Point 91-76, Mar 8	Winthrop	91-76, Mar 8
Big Ten	Purdue 80-72, Mar 15	Michigan	80-72, Mar 15
Big West	Hawaii 71-64, Mar 14	UC Irvine	71-64, Mar 14
Coastal	Hofstra 75-69, Mar 10	Monmouth	75-69, Mar 10
Conference USA	Kennesaw State 71-60, Mar 14	Louisiana Tech	71-60, Mar 14
Horizon	Wright State 66-63, Mar 10	Detroit	66-63, Mar 10
Ivy	Pennsylvania 88-84, Mar 15	Yale	88-84, Mar 15
Metro Atlantic	Siena 64-54, Mar 10	Merrimack	64-54, Mar 10
Mid-American	Akron 79-76, Mar 14	Toledo	79-76, Mar 14
Mid-Eastern	Howard 70-63, Mar 14	North Carolina Central	70-63, Mar 14
Missouri Valley	Northern Iowa 84-69, Mar 8	Illinois-Chicago	84-69, Mar 8
Mountain West	Utah State 73-62, Mar 14	San Diego State	73-62, Mar 14
Northeast	LIU-Brooklyn 79-70, Mar 10	Mercyhurst	79-70, Mar 10
Ohio Valley	Tennessee State 93-67, Mar 8	Morehead State	93-67, Mar 8
Patriot	Lehigh 74-60, Mar 11	Boston University	74-60, Mar 11
Southeastern	Arkansas 86-75, Mar 15	Vanderbilt	86-75, Mar 15
Southern	Furman 76-61, Mar 9	East Tennessee State	76-61, Mar 9
Southland	McNeese State 76-59, Mar 11	Stephen F. Austin	76-59, Mar 11
Southwestern Athletic	Prairie View 72-66, Mar 14	Southern	72-66, Mar 14
Summit	North Dakota State 70-62, Mar 8	North Dakota	70-62, Mar 8
Sun Belt	Troy 77-61, Mar 9	Georgia Southern	77-61, Mar 9
West Coast	Gonzaga 79-68, Mar 10	Santa Clara	79-68, Mar 10
Western Athletic	California Baptist 63-61, Mar 14	Utah Valley	63-61, Mar 14

The 2025-26 AP poll, week by week

Each team's rank in every poll. Tap a rank to read it.

Team	Oct13	Nov10	17	24	Dec1	8	15	22	29	Jan5	12	19	26	Feb2	9	16	23	Mar2	9	16
Duke	6	4	5	4	4	3	3	6	6	6	6	5	4	4	4	3	1	1	1	1
Arizona	13	5	4	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	4	2	2	2	2
Michigan	7	6	7	7	3	2	2	2	2	2	4	3	3	2	2	1	3	3	3	3
Florida	3	10	10	10	15	18	23	22	22		19	16	19	17	14	12	7	5	4	4
Houston	2	1	2	3	8	7	8	8	8	7	7	6	10	8	3	2	5	7	5	5
Iowa State	16	16	16	15	10	4	4	3	3	3	2	9	8	7	5	6	4	6	7	6
Connecticut	4	3	3	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	3	2	2	3	6	5	6	4	6	7
Purdue	1	2	1	1	1	6	6	5	5	5	5	4	12	12	13	7	8	15	18	8
Virginia						24	24	21	21	23	16	14	17	18	15	14	11	13	10	9
St. John's	5	13	14	14	23	22	22						25	22	17	17	15	18	13	10
Michigan State	22	17	17	11	7	9	9	9	9	12	12	10	7	10	10	15	13	8	8	11
Gonzaga	21	19	13	12	11	8	7	7	7	8	9	8	6	6	12	11	9	12	12	12
Illinois	17	14	8	13	14	13	18	20	20	16	13	11	9	5	8	10	10	11	9	13
Arkansas	14	21	21	22	25	17	14	18	18	15	17	20	15	21	21	20	20	20	17	14
Nebraska						23	15	13	13	10	8	7	5	9	7	9	12	9	11	15
Vanderbilt				24	17	15	13	11	11	11	10	15	18	15	19	19	25	24	22	16
Kansas	19	25	24		21	19	17	17	17	22		19	14	11	9	8	14	14	14	17
Alabama	15	8	11	8	12	12	16	14	14	13	18	17	23			25	17	16	15	18
Wisconsin	24	24	23													24			23	19
Texas Tech	10	11	15	20	19	16	19	15	15	14	15	12	11	13	16	13	16	10	16	20
North Carolina	25	18	18	16	16	14	12	12	12	17	14	22	16	14	11	16	18	17	19	21
St. Mary's																		21	21	22
Louisville	11	12	6	6	6	11	11	16	16	20	20	23	20	24	24	21	24		24	23
Tennessee	18	20	20	17	13	20	20	19	19	21	24			25			22	23	25	24
Miami (FL)																		22		25
Miami (OH)												25	24	23	23	22	21	19	20
Saint Louis												24	21	19	18	18	23	25
BYU	8	7	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	9	11	13	13	16	22	23	19
Clemson											22	18	22	20	20
Kentucky	9	9	12	19	18										25
Georgia							25	23	23	18	21	21
Utah State											23
Seton Hall											25
Iowa								25	25	19
SMU										24
Central Florida										25
USC					24			24	24
Auburn	20	22	22	21	20	21	21
UCLA	12	15	19	18		25
Indiana				25	22
North Carolina State			25	23
Creighton	23	23

Tap a rank to read it.

2026 final AP Top 25

The last Associated Press ranking of the season, with each team's record.

2026 final AP Top 25AP

1Duke35-3
2Arizona36-3
3Michigan37-3
4Florida27-8
5Houston30-7
6Iowa State29-8
7Connecticut34-6
8Purdue30-9
9Virginia30-6
10St. John's30-7
11Michigan State27-8
12Gonzaga31-4
13Illinois28-9

14Arkansas28-9
15Nebraska28-7
16Vanderbilt27-9
17Kansas24-11
18Alabama25-10
19Wisconsin24-11
20Texas Tech23-11
21North Carolina24-9
22St. Mary's27-6
23Louisville24-11
24Tennessee25-12
25Miami (FL)26-9

2026 standings by conference

Overall and conference record. A star marks the regular-season champion, a trophy the conference-tournament champion.

2026 standings by conference31 conferences

America East9 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
MD-Baltimore County	24-9	14-2	★ 🏆 16 seed
Vermont	22-12	12-4
NJIT	16-17	10-6
MA-Lowell	15-18	9-7
Albany	11-21	7-9
Maine	8-24	6-10
New Hampshire	9-21	5-11
Bryant	9-22	5-11
Binghamton	8-23	4-12

American Athletic13 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
South Florida	25-9	15-3	★ 🏆 11 seed
Tulsa	30-8	13-5
Wichita State	24-12	13-5
UAB	20-12	11-7
North Texas	19-14	9-9
Florida Atlantic	18-15	9-9
Charlotte	17-17	9-9
Tulane	18-15	8-10
Temple	16-16	8-10
Memphis	13-19	8-10
Rice	13-18	7-11
East Carolina	11-20	6-12
TX-San Antonio	5-25	1-17

Atlantic 1014 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Saint Louis	29-6	15-3	★ 9 seed
Virginia Commonwealth	28-8	15-3	★ 🏆 11 seed
St. Joseph's	24-12	13-5
Dayton	25-12	12-6
George Mason	23-10	11-7
Davidson	20-14	10-8
Duquesne	18-15	9-9
George Washington	19-16	8-10
Fordham	17-15	8-10
Rhode Island	16-16	7-11
Richmond	15-17	5-13
La Salle	9-23	5-13
St. Bonaventure	17-17	4-14
Loyola-Chicago	9-24	4-14

Atlantic Coast18 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Duke	35-3	17-1	★ 🏆 1 seed AP 1
Virginia	30-6	15-3	3 seed AP 9
Miami (FL)	26-9	13-5	7 seed AP 25
North Carolina	24-9	12-6	6 seed AP 21
Clemson	24-11	12-6	8 seed
Louisville	24-11	11-7	6 seed AP 23
North Carolina State	20-14	10-8	11 seed
Florida State	18-15	10-8
California	22-12	9-9
Stanford	20-13	9-9
Virginia Tech	19-13	8-10
SMU	20-14	8-10	11 seed
Wake Forest	18-17	7-11
Syracuse	15-17	6-12
Pittsburgh	13-20	5-13
Notre Dame	13-18	4-14
Boston College	11-20	4-14
Georgia Tech	11-20	2-16

Atlantic Sun12 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Austin Peay	22-9	15-3	★
Central Arkansas	22-12	15-3
Queens	21-14	13-5	🏆 15 seed
Lipscomb	19-13	12-6
Florida Gulf Coast	16-18	8-10
West Georgia	15-17	8-10
Bellarmine	13-19	7-11
Jacksonville	12-20	7-11
Stetson	12-21	7-11
Eastern Kentucky	11-21	7-11
North Florida	7-25	5-13
North Alabama	9-21	4-14

Big 1216 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Arizona	36-3	16-2	★ 🏆 1 seed AP 2
Houston	30-7	14-4	2 seed AP 5
Iowa State	29-8	12-6	2 seed AP 6
Kansas	24-11	12-6	4 seed AP 17
Texas Tech	23-11	12-6	5 seed AP 20
TCU	23-12	11-7	9 seed
BYU	23-12	9-9	6 seed
Central Florida	21-12	9-9	10 seed
West Virginia	21-14	9-9
Cincinnati	18-15	9-9
Arizona State	17-16	7-11
Colorado	17-16	7-11
Oklahoma State	20-15	6-12
Baylor	17-17	6-12
Kansas State	12-20	3-15
Utah	10-22	2-16

Big East11 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
St. John's	30-7	18-2	★ 🏆 5 seed AP 10
Connecticut	34-6	17-3	2 seed AP 7
Villanova	24-9	15-5	8 seed
Seton Hall	21-12	10-10
Creighton	16-18	9-11
DePaul	16-16	8-12
Butler	16-16	7-13
Providence	15-18	7-13
Marquette	12-20	7-13
Georgetown	16-18	6-14
Xavier	15-18	6-14

Big Sky10 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Portland State	20-11	13-5	★
Montana State	18-14	12-6
Eastern Washington	14-19	11-7
Northern Colorado	20-12	10-8
Montana	18-16	10-8
Weber State	16-16	10-8
Idaho	21-15	9-9	🏆 15 seed
Sacramento State	10-21	6-12
Idaho State	13-20	5-13
Northern Arizona	10-22	4-14

Big South9 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
High Point	31-5	15-1	★ 🏆 12 seed
Winthrop	23-11	13-3
Radford	16-16	9-7
Longwood	16-16	8-8
NC-Asheville	15-17	8-8
Presbyterian	15-18	7-9
Charleston Southern	15-17	6-10
SC-Upstate	13-19	5-11
Gardner-Webb	4-29	1-15

Big Ten18 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Michigan	37-3	19-1	★ 1 seed AP 3
Nebraska	28-7	15-5	4 seed AP 15
Michigan State	27-8	15-5	3 seed AP 11
Illinois	28-9	15-5	3 seed AP 13
Wisconsin	24-11	14-6	5 seed AP 19
Purdue	30-9	13-7	🏆 2 seed AP 8
UCLA	24-12	13-7	7 seed
Ohio State	21-13	12-8	8 seed
Iowa	24-13	10-10	9 seed
Indiana	18-14	9-11
Minnesota	15-18	8-12
USC	18-14	7-13
Washington	16-17	7-13
Rutgers	14-20	6-14
Northwestern	15-19	5-15
Oregon	12-20	5-15
Maryland	12-21	4-16
Penn State	12-20	3-17

Big West11 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
UC Irvine	23-12	15-5	★
Hawaii	24-9	14-6	🏆 13 seed
UC San Diego	23-11	12-8
CSU-Northridge	20-14	12-8
CSU-Fullerton	18-16	12-8
UC Davis	19-14	11-9
UC Santa Barbara	18-14	11-9
Cal Poly-SLO	14-19	10-10
Long Beach State	10-22	6-14
UC Riverside	10-22	5-15
CSU-Bakersfield	8-24	2-18

Coastal13 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
NC-Wilmington	27-7	15-3	★
College of Charleston	21-11	14-4
Hofstra	24-11	12-6	🏆 13 seed
Monmouth	19-15	11-7
William & Mary	20-12	10-8
Drexel	17-16	10-8
Towson	19-15	9-9
Stony Brook	17-15	9-9
Campbell	16-18	8-10
Hampton	13-19	7-11
Elon	14-18	6-12
North Carolina A&T	11-19	4-14
Northeastern	7-24	2-16

Conference USA12 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Liberty	26-8	17-3	★
Sam Houston State	22-12	13-7
Louisiana Tech	20-14	11-9
Western Kentucky	18-14	11-9
Middle Tennessee State	17-15	11-9
Kennesaw State	21-14	10-10	🏆 14 seed
Jacksonville State	15-17	10-10
New Mexico State	16-16	8-12
Missouri State	16-18	8-12
Florida International	15-17	8-12
UTEP	11-20	7-13
Delaware	10-21	6-14

Horizon11 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Wright State	23-12	15-5	★ 🏆 14 seed
Robert Morris	22-11	13-7
Wisconsin-Green Bay	18-15	12-8
Detroit	17-15	12-8
Oakland	16-16	12-8
Purdue-Fort Wayne	17-15	11-9
Northern Kentucky	20-14	10-10
Youngstown State	15-17	8-12
Wisconsin-Milwaukee	12-20	8-12
Cleveland State	11-22	6-14
IUPUI	7-25	3-17

Ivy8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Yale	24-7	11-3	★
Harvard	17-12	10-4
Pennsylvania	18-12	9-5	🏆 14 seed
Cornell	15-13	8-6
Columbia	16-12	5-9
Dartmouth	11-16	5-9
Princeton	9-20	5-9
Brown	9-18	3-11

Metro Atlantic13 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Merrimack	23-11	17-3	★
St. Peter's	17-12	14-6
Siena	23-12	13-7	🏆 16 seed
Marist	19-12	12-8
Quinnipiac	19-13	12-8
Fairfield	21-13	11-9
Mount St. Mary's	15-17	11-9
Iona	18-14	10-10
Sacred Heart	14-19	9-11
Manhattan	12-20	8-12
Canisius	10-21	5-15
Niagara	8-22	5-15
Rider	4-25	3-17

Mid-American13 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Miami (OH)	32-2	18-0	★ 11 seed
Akron	29-6	17-1	🏆 12 seed
Kent State	24-10	14-4
Toledo	19-15	11-7
Bowling Green	18-14	9-9
Ohio	15-17	9-9
Buffalo	17-15	7-11
Massachusetts	17-16	7-11
Ball State	12-19	7-11
Central Michigan	10-21	6-12
Eastern Michigan	10-21	4-14
Western Michigan	10-21	4-14
Northern Illinois	9-21	4-14

Mid-Eastern8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Howard	24-11	11-3	★ 🏆 16 seed
Morgan State	14-16	10-4
Norfolk State	15-17	8-6
North Carolina Central	14-18	8-6
South Carolina State	10-22	7-7
MD-Eastern Shore	9-23	5-9
Coppin State	7-24	5-9
Delaware State	8-23	2-12

Missouri Valley11 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Belmont	26-6	16-4	★
Bradley	21-13	13-7
Illinois State	23-13	12-8
Murray State	20-13	12-8
Illinois-Chicago	19-16	12-8
Northern Iowa	23-13	11-9	🏆 12 seed
Valparaiso	18-15	11-9
Southern Illinois	16-16	10-10
Drake	14-20	6-14
Indiana State	11-21	4-16
Evansville	7-25	3-17

Mountain West12 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Utah State	29-7	15-5	★ 🏆 9 seed
San Diego State	22-11	14-6
New Mexico	26-11	13-7
Grand Canyon	20-12	13-7
Nevada	24-13	12-8
Boise State	20-12	12-8
Colorado State	21-13	11-9
UNLV	18-17	11-9
Wyoming	18-15	9-11
Fresno State	13-19	7-13
San Jose State	9-24	3-17
Air Force	3-29	0-20

Northeast10 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
LIU-Brooklyn	24-11	15-3	★ 🏆 16 seed
Central Connecticut State	18-12	12-6
Mercyhurst	17-17	10-8
Le Moyne	15-17	10-8
New Haven	14-17	9-9
Wagner	14-17	8-10
Stonehill	12-21	8-10
Fairleigh Dickinson	11-21	8-10
St. Francis (PA)	7-24	5-13
Chicago State	7-25	5-13

Ohio Valley11 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Tennessee State	23-10	15-5	★ 🏆 15 seed
Morehead State	20-13	15-5	★
SE Missouri State	20-13	14-6
UT-Martin	22-11	13-7
SIU-Edwardsville	19-13	12-8
Lindenwood	18-15	11-9
Arkansas-Little Rock	12-20	9-11
Tennessee Tech	13-18	8-12
Eastern Illinois	13-20	8-12
Southern Indiana	7-23	4-16
Western Illinois	5-26	1-19

Patriot10 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Navy	26-8	17-1	★
Colgate	18-15	11-7
Lehigh	18-17	11-7	🏆 16 seed
Boston University	17-17	10-8
American	16-16	9-9
Loyola (MD)	12-20	8-10
Lafayette	11-21	8-10
Bucknell	10-23	6-12
Army	11-21	5-13
Holy Cross	11-22	5-13

Southeastern16 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Florida	27-8	16-2	★ 1 seed AP 4
Arkansas	28-9	13-5	🏆 4 seed AP 14
Alabama	25-10	13-5	4 seed AP 18
Vanderbilt	27-9	11-7	5 seed AP 16
Tennessee	25-12	11-7	6 seed AP 24
Texas A&M	22-12	11-7	10 seed
Georgia	22-11	10-8	8 seed
Kentucky	22-14	10-8	7 seed
Missouri	20-13	10-8	10 seed
Texas	21-15	9-9	11 seed
Auburn	22-16	7-11
Oklahoma	21-16	7-11
Mississippi State	13-19	5-13
Mississippi	15-20	4-14
South Carolina	13-19	4-14
LSU	15-17	3-15

Southern10 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
East Tennessee State	23-11	13-5	★
Mercer	19-13	11-7
Wofford	19-13	11-7
Samford	18-14	11-7
Furman	22-13	10-8	🏆 15 seed
Western Carolina	15-16	10-8
NC-Greensboro	15-19	9-9
UT-Chattanooga	13-19	7-11
Citadel	11-22	7-11
VMI	6-26	1-17

Southland12 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Stephen F. Austin	28-6	20-2	★
McNeese State	28-6	19-3	🏆 12 seed
Texas-Rio Grande Valley	19-14	14-8
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi	18-15	13-9
New Orleans	15-18	12-10
Nicholls State	14-19	12-10
Houston Christian	12-20	8-14
Northwestern State	10-22	8-14
Incarnate Word	12-19	7-15
Lamar	12-19	7-15
East Texas A&M	11-21	6-16
SE Louisiana	9-22	6-16

Southwestern Athletic12 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Bethune-Cookman	17-15	14-4	★
Southern	17-17	11-7
Florida A&M	15-16	11-7
Alabama A&M	18-15	10-8
Arkansas-Pine Bluff	13-19	10-8
Texas Southern	12-18	10-8
Jackson State	12-21	10-8
Prairie View	19-18	9-9	🏆 16 seed
Grambling	14-19	7-11
Alabama State	10-22	7-11
Alcorn State	9-23	7-11
Mississippi Valley State	3-30	2-16

Summit9 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
North Dakota State	27-8	14-2	★ 🏆 14 seed
St. Thomas	24-10	12-4
North Dakota	18-17	10-6
South Dakota	16-16	8-8
NE-Omaha	16-17	8-8
Denver	15-17	8-8
South Dakota State	14-18	7-9
Oral Roberts	10-23	4-12
UMKC	4-27	1-15

Sun Belt14 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Troy	22-12	12-6	★ 🏆 13 seed
South Alabama	21-12	11-7
Arkansas State	20-12	11-7
Appalachian State	19-13	11-7
Coastal Carolina	19-13	11-7
Marshall	19-13	11-7
Texas State	19-13	11-7
James Madison	18-15	9-9
Southern Mississippi	19-16	9-9
Georgia Southern	21-16	8-10
Old Dominion	12-21	7-11
LA-Lafayette	11-22	7-11
Georgia State	10-22	7-11
LA-Monroe	4-28	1-17

West Coast12 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Gonzaga	31-4	16-2	★ 🏆 3 seed AP 12
St. Mary's	27-6	16-2	★ 7 seed AP 22
Santa Clara	26-9	15-3	10 seed
Oregon State	17-16	9-9
Seattle	21-14	8-10
Pacific	18-15	8-10
San Francisco	17-16	8-10
Washington State	12-20	7-11
Loyola Marymount	15-17	6-12
Portland	15-19	6-12
San Diego	12-21	5-13
Pepperdine	9-23	4-14

Western Athletic7 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Utah Valley	25-9	14-4	★
California Baptist	25-9	13-5	🏆 13 seed
Utah Tech	19-15	11-7
Texas-Arlington	18-14	9-9
Southern Utah	10-22	6-12
Tarleton State	14-18	5-13
Abilene Christian	14-19	5-13

2026 Elo and upsets

The ten highest-rated teams when the season ended, and the results the ratings gave the winner the least chance of.

2026 Elo and upsetsElo

Elo, top 10

1Michigan2229
2Duke2157
3Arizona2153
4Florida2041
5St. John's2029
6Connecticut2019
7Purdue2011
8Illinois2005
9Houston2002
10Arkansas1986

Biggest upsets

Denver 83, Colorado State 81
Nov 21 · regular season · 2.4% win chance
San Diego 82, UC San Diego 80
Dec 19 · regular season · 2.9% win chance
New Orleans 78, TCU 74
Nov 3 · regular season · 3.9% win chance
IUPUI 103, Oakland 85
Jan 21 · regular season · 4.5% win chance
Creighton 91, Connecticut 84
Feb 18 · regular season · 5.0% win chance
Arkansas-Pine Bluff 63, Illinois-Chicago 62
Dec 3 · regular season · 5.5% win chance
Portland 87, Gonzaga 80
Feb 4 · regular season · 6.0% win chance
New Orleans 85, Tulane 63
Nov 14 · regular season · 6.1% win chance
Mississippi Valley State 70, Arkansas-Pine Bluff 69
Feb 28 · regular season · 6.1% win chance
CSU-Fullerton 88, UC San Diego 71
Jan 8 · regular season · 6.2% win chance

Where these numbers come from

Enough to disbelieve this page on purpose rather than by accident.

Champions, brackets, polls and standings are read from the Citizen of Nowhere college basketball database, one season at a time. A section appears only where the database holds its data: the NCAA tournament began in 1939 (earlier champions are retroactive selections), the AP poll in 1949, and game-by-game results, and so the Elo ratings and upsets, in 1950.

Elo ratings and upsets come from the site’s own men’s college basketball Elo, built from every game since 1950. An upset’s win chance is the winner’s pre-game probability from those ratings.