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Andy Katz’s first bracket predictions for the 2026-27 men’s basketball season

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Last updated: 2026/05/08 at 2:27 PM
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March Madness will look a little different in 2027, with the NCAA tournament expanding to 76 teams. With the expansion, Andy Katz has shared his first bracket predictions for 2027 and his top 44 teams.

👉 EXPANSION: How the 76-team tournament will work

Take a look at Andy Katz’s first bracket prediction for 2026-27 below:

Seed East South Midwest West
1 Duke Florida Michigan Illinois
16 Merrimack/Southern Central Connecticut/Howard Montana State/Vermont Tennessee State/North Dakota
         
8 Iowa Ohio State Texas A&M Saint Louis
9 Auburn North Carolina Providence Baylor
         
5 Purdue Southern Cal. Nebraska Iowa State
12 West Virginia/Villanova Utah State/UCF South Florida Santa Clara
         
4 Alabama Houston Kansas Louisville
13 Harvard Illinois State Miami (OH) Liberty
         
6 Miami (Fla.) St. John’s Gonzaga Indiana
11 Arizona State/Oklahoma Clemson/TCU Kentucky/Maryland New Mexico
         
3 Michigan State Vanderbilt Virginia Texas
14 High Point Charleston UC Irvine McNeese
         
7  UCLA BYU VCU Missouri
10 Xavier Ole Miss Marquette/Texas Tech Wisconsin
         
2 Arkansas UConn Tennessee Arizona
15 Mercer/Central Arkansas Navy Marshall Green Bay/Queens

Andy Katz’s field of 76

Here is Katz’s full seed list in order, from one through 76.

  Team (seed) AQ Conference
1 Duke (1)  (AQ ACC)
2 Florida (1) (AQ SEC)
3 Michigan (1) (AQ Big Ten)
4 Illinois (1)  
5 Tennessee (2)  
6 UConn (2) (AQ Big East)
7 Arizona (2) (AQ Big 12)
8 Arkansas (2)  
9 Texas (3)  
10 Michigan State (3)  
11 Vanderbilt (3)  
12 Virginia (3)  
13 Kansas (4)  
14 Houston (4)  
15 Louisville (4)  
16 Alabama (4)  
17 Nebraska (5)  
18 Iowa State (5)  
19 Purdue (5)  
20 USC (5)  
21 Gonzaga (6) (AQ Pac-12)
22 St. John’s (6)  
23 Miami, Fla. (6)  
24 Indiana (6)  
25 Missouri (7)  
26 VCU (7) (AQ A10)
27 UCLA (7)  
28 BYU (7)  
29 Saint Louis (8)  
30 Ohio State (8)  
31 Iowa (8)  
32 Texas A&M (8)  
33 North Carolina (9)  
34 Providence (9)  
35 Baylor (9)  
36 Auburn (9)  
37 Wisconsin (10)  
38 Xavier (10)  
39 Ole Miss (10)  
40 Marquette (10)  
41 Texas Tech (10)  
42 Kentucky (11)  
43 Maryland (11)  
44 New Mexico (11) (AQ MWC)
45 Arizona State (11)  
46 Oklahoma (11)  
47 Clemson (11)  
48 TCU (11)  
49 West Virginia (12)  
50 Villanova (12)  
51 Utah State (12)  
52 UCF (12)  
53 South Florida (12) (AQ American)
54 Santa Clara (12) (AQ WCC)
55 Miami, Ohio (13) (AQ MAC)
56 Illinois State (13) (AQ MVC)
57 Harvard (13) (AQ Ivy)
58 Liberty (13) (AQ CUSA)
59 McNeese (14) (AQ Southland)
60 Charleston (14) (AQ CAA)
61 UC Irvine (14) (AQ Big West)
62 High Point (14) (AQ Big South)
63 Marshall (15) (AQ Sun Belt)
64 Navy (15) (AQ Patriot)
65 Mercer (15) (AQ Southern)
66 Central Arkansas (15) (AQ UAC)
67 Green Bay (15) (AQ Horizon)
68 Queens (15) (AQ ASun)
69 Tennessee State (16) (AQ OVC)
70 North Dakota (16) (AQ Summit)
71 Montana State (16) (AQ Big Sky)
72 Vermont (16) (AQ America East)
73 Central Connecticut (16) (AQ NEC)
74 Howard (16) (AQ MEAC)
75 Merrimack (16) (AQ MAAC)
76 Southern (16) (AQ SWAC)

Andy Katz is an NCAA.com correspondent. Katz worked at ESPN for 18 years as a college basketball reporter, host and anchor. He’s covered every Final Four since 1992, and the sport since 1986 as a freshman at Wisconsin. He is a former president of the United States Basketball Writers Association. Katz can also be seen covering college basketball on Big Ten Network during the regular season. Follow him on Twitter at @theandykatz.

The views on this page do not necessarily reflect the views of the NCAA or its member institutions.

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