The first edition of the NCAA men's tournament bracketology for 2026 has four conferences dominating the berths and lots of competition for top seeds.

Stanford is looking like a tournament team , with one outlet even listing them as a favorite in the first round

The Hoosiers pulled within four in the second half before the game got away from them. Here's what we learned:

According to DeCourcy's projections, Texas A&M, Auburn, Oklahoma State and New Mexico are the last four teams in the tournament, while Indiana, Virginia Tech, UCLA and Ohio State are the first four out.

This week brought a significant shakeup to the No. 1 seeds in CBS Sports Bracketology as our model reacted to Iowa State and Vanderbilt losing for the first time. Both the Cyclones and Commodores have been displaced on the top line after taking lopsided road losses against unranked conference foes.

While the Sun Devils are currently considered a bubble team to some, the 46th overall placement in the NCAA NET rankings give hope for a strong finish - going along with the "wide-open" perception of the Big 12.

LOS ANGELES — Jazzy Davidson started Thursday’s game against Maryland as if she was shot out of a cannon. A woman possessed, eager to end USC’s three-game losing streak and get the Trojans back to .500 in Big Ten play.

As a result, the Badgers have cracked the field of 68 as a No. 10 seed in the latest CBS Sports Bracketology simulation. Wisconsin is still just 1-5 in Quad 1, but the Badgers are 10-0 in all other games, and their lone Quad 1 victory isn't of the garden variety.

It’s a down year for Mountain West basketball, and that will probably be most evident by the lack of tournament teams come March. Currently, about half of the fans think there will only be two teams capturing bids this year. A third or so are holding out for three bids, but that seems like a long shot.

With 10 SEC teams in his latest projections, Bracketology's Lunardi joins SEC Now to break down the conference's NCAA tourney outlook.