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Men's College Basketball Tournament 2026

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The 2026 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament. Rank all 64 teams and compete for the top of the leaderboard!

Entry Deadline
March 19, 2026
Deadline passed
Entry Fee
$20
Total Entries
18
Teams
64

Prize Pool & Payouts

$560
16 entries × $20 + bonus
View payout breakdown
Total EntriesPositions PaidDistribution
2 – 1031st: 60% / 2nd: 25% / 3rd: 15%
11 – 2541st: 50% / 2nd: 25% / 3rd: 15% / 4th: 10%
26 – 5051st: 40% / 2nd: 25% / 3rd: 15% / 4th: 12% / 5th: 8%
51 – 100101st: 35% / 2nd: 20% / 3rd: 12% / 4th–10th: graduated
101 – 250201st: 30% / 2nd: 15% / 3rd: 10% / 4th–20th: graduated
251+Top 10%1st: 25% / 2nd: 12% / 3rd: 8% / remaining: graduated
Full contest rules

Earn Badges

After the entry deadline, every paid entry is analyzed and badges are awarded automatically. Wear them on the leaderboard.

📋Chalk TalkEntry most correlated with seed order — played it safe
👸Glass SlipperMost Cinderellas — ranked the most 10+ seeds in the top half
🐺Lone WolfEntry most different from every other entry in the field

Scoring Multipliers

RoundMultiplier
Round of 641x
Round of 322x
Sweet 163x
Elite 85x
Final Four8x
Championship10x

Teams

East16 teams

1Duke Blue Devils
2UConn Huskies
3Michigan State Spartans
4Kansas Jayhawks
5St. John's Red Storm
6Louisville Cardinals
7UCLA Bruins
8Ohio State Buckeyes
9TCU Horned Frogs
10UCF Knights
11South Florida Bulls
12Northern Iowa Panthers
13California Baptist Lancers
14North Dakota State Bison
15Furman Paladins
16Siena Saints

Midwest16 teams

1Michigan Wolverines
2Iowa State Cyclones
3Virginia Cavaliers
4Alabama Crimson Tide
5Texas Tech Red Raiders
6Tennessee Volunteers
7Kentucky Wildcats
8Georgia Bulldogs
9Saint Louis Billikens
10Santa Clara Broncos
11Miami (OH) RedHawks
12Akron Zips
13Hofstra Pride
14Wright State Raiders
15Tennessee State Tigers
16Howard Bison

South16 teams

1Florida Gators
2Houston Cougars
3Illinois Fighting Illini
4Nebraska Cornhuskers
5Vanderbilt Commodores
6North Carolina Tar Heels
7Saint Mary's Gaels
8Clemson Tigers
9Iowa Hawkeyes
10Texas A&M Aggies
11VCU Rams
12McNeese Cowboys
13Troy Trojans
14Pennsylvania Quakers
15Idaho Vandals
16Prairie View A&M Panthers

West16 teams

1Arizona Wildcats
2Purdue Boilermakers
3Gonzaga Bulldogs
4Arkansas Razorbacks
5Wisconsin Badgers
6BYU Cougars
7Miami Hurricanes
8Villanova Wildcats
9Utah State Aggies
10Missouri Tigers
11Texas Longhorns
12High Point Panthers
13Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors
14Kennesaw State Owls
15Queens University Royals
16Long Island University Sharks