Welcome to the 2025-2026 HOOPS HD NCAA Tournament Survival Board.  This is the list of teams that mathematically have a chance to make the NCAA tournament and thus (in theory) win the national championship.  It will be updated regularly as teams get eliminated.

St. Thomas (Summit League), Lindenwood (OVC), Queens (ASun), Southern Indiana (OVC), Stonehill (NEC) and East Texas A&M (Southland) have completed their transitional period and will be eligible for the NCAA Tournament in 2025-26. Le Moyne (NEC) is a third year transitional team that will be eligible for the NCAA Tournament beginning in 2026-27. Mercyhurst (NEC) and West Georgia (ASun) are second year transitional teams that will be eligible for the NCAA Tournament beginning in 2027-28. New Haven (NEC) is new to Division I and is a first year transitional team that will be eligible for the NCAA Tournament beginning in 2028-29.

Note: Coppin State is ineligible for the NCAA Tournament as the result of an APR postseason ban.

LAST UPDATE: March 16, 2026, 8:30 AM Eastern

68 TEAMS REMAIN!!!

LEGEND:

Locks: This team is considered a lock for at least an at-large bid.  This means that either the team has clinched an automatic bid or, even if the teams loses every game left on its schedule, it will still make the field through an at-large bid.  Automatic Bid winners are listed in bold and all caps.

Under Consideration: This team, despite not winning an automatic bid yet, is at least under consideration (on the bubble) for an at-large bid.  This means that if the team wins every game remaining on its schedule until the conference tournament final, it may get consideration for an at-large bid.

Auto-Bid Only: This team can only make the tournament via an automatic bid.

Eliminated: This team cannot make the NCAA Tournament or has been eliminated during same.  This includes teams that are ineligible for postseason play as well as those that have been eliminated from contention for their conference’s automatic bid and will not be able to earn an at-large bid.

TEAMS:

ACC (8): Locks — Clemson, DUKE, Louisville, Miami, North Carolina, North Carolina State, Smu, Virginia; Under Consideration — None; Auto Bid Only — None; Eliminated — Boston College, California, Florida Statem Georgia Tech, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, Stanford, Syracuse, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest

AMERICA EAST (1): Locks — UMBC; Under Consideration — None; Auto Bid Only — None; Eliminated — Albany, Binghamton, Bryant, Maine, New Hampshire, NJIT, UMass-Lowell, Vermont

AMERICAN (1): Locks — SOUTH FLORIDA; Under Consideration — None; Auto Bid Only — None; Eliminated — Charlotte, East Carolina, Florida Atlantic, Memphis, North Texas, Rice, Temple, Tulane, Tulsa, UAB, UTSA, Wichita State

ASUN (1): Locks — QUEENS; Under Consideration — None; Auto Bid Only — None; Eliminated — Austin Peay, Bellarmine, Central Arkansas, Eastern Kentucky, Florida Gulf Coast, Jacksonville, Lipscomb, North Alabama, North Florida, Stetson, West Georgia

ATLANTIC TEN (2): Locks — Saint Louis, VCU; Under Consideration — None; Auto Bid Only — None; Eliminated — Davidson, Dayton, Duquesne, Fordham, George Mason, George Washington, La Salle, Loyola-Chicago, Rhode Island, Richmond, St. Bonaventure, St. Joseph’s

BIG TWELVE (8): Locks — ARIZONA, Byu, Central Florida, Houston, Iowa State, Kansas, Tcu, Texas Tech; Under Consideration — None; Auto Bid Only — None; Eliminated — Arizona State, Baylor, Cincinnati, Colorado, Kansas State, Oklahoma State, Utah, West Virginia

BIG EAST (4): Locks — Connecticut, SAINT JOHN’S, Villanova; Under Consideration — None; Auto Bid Only — None; Eliminated — Butler, Creighton, DePaul, Georgetown, Marquette, Providence, Seton Hall, Xavier

BIG SKY (1): Locks — IDAHO; Under Consideration — None; Auto Bid Only — None; Eliminated — Eastern Washington, Idaho State, Montana, Montana State, Northern Arizona, Northern Colorado, Portland State, Sacramento State, Weber State

BIG SOUTH (1): Locks — HIGH POINT; Under Consideration — None; Auto Bid Only — None; Eliminated — Charleston Southern, Gardner-Webb, Longwood, Presbyterian, Radford, UNC-Asheville, USC-Upstate, Winthrop

BIG TEN (9): Locks — Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State, PURDUE, Ucla, Wisconsin; Under Consideration — None; Auto Bid Only — None; Eliminated — Indiana, Maryland, Minnesota, Northwestern, Oregon, Penn State, Rutgers, USC, Washington

BIG WEST (1): Locks — HAWAI’I; Under Consideration — None; Auto Bid Only — None; Eliminated — Cal Poly, Cal State-Bakersfield, Cal State-Fullerton, Cal State-Northridge, Long Beach State, UC-Davis, UC-Irvine, UC-Riverside, UC-San Diego, UC-Santa Barbara

COASTAL (1): Locks — HOFSTRA; Under Consideration — None; Auto Bid Only — None; Eliminated — Campbell, Charleston, Drexel, Elon, Hampton, Monmouth, North Carolina A&T, Northeastern, Stony Brook, Towson, UNC-Wilmington, William & Mary

CONFERENCE USA (1): Locks — KENNESAW STATE; Under Consideration — None; Auto Bid Only — None; Eliminated — Delaware, Florida International, Jacksonville State, Liberty, Louisiana Tech, Middle Tennessee, Missouri State, New Mexico State, Sam Houston, UTEP, Western Kentucky

HORIZON LEAGUE (1): Locks — WRIGHT STATE; Under Consideration — None; Auto Bid Only — None; Eliminated — Cleveland State, Detroit Mercy, Green Bay, IU-Indianapolis, Oakland, Milwaukee, Northern Kentucky, Purdue-Fort Wayne, Robert Morris, Youngstown State

IVY LEAGUE (1): Locks — PENN; Under Consideration — None; Auto Bid Only — None; Eliminated — Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Princeton, Yale

MEAC (1): Locks — HOWARD; Under Consideration — None; Auto Bid Only — None; Eliminated — Coppin State, Delaware State, Maryland-Eastern Shore, Morgan State, Norfolk State, North Carolina Central, South Carolina State

METRO ATLANTIC (1): Locks — SIENA; Under Consideration — None; Auto Bid Only — None; Eliminated — Canisius, Fairfield, Iona, Manhattan, Marist, Merrimack, Mount St. Mary’s, Niagara, Quinnipiac, Rider, Sacred Heart, Saint Peter’s

MID-AMERICAN (2): Locks — AKRON, Miami-Ohio; Under Consideration — None; Auto Bid Only — None; Eliminated — Ball State, Bowling Green, Buffalo, Central Michigan, Eastern Michigan, Kent State, Massachusetts, Northern Illinois, Ohio, Toledo, Western Michigan

MISSOURI VALLEY (1): Locks — NORTHERN IOWA; Under Consideration — None; Auto Bid Only –None; Eliminated — Belmont, Bradley, Drake, Evansville, Illinois-Chicago, Illinois State, Indiana State, Murray State, Southern Illinois, Valparaiso

MOUNTAIN WEST (1): Locks — UTAH STATE; Under Consideration — None; Auto Bid Only — None; Eliminated — Air Force, Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno State, Grand Canyon, Nevada, New Mexico, San Diego State, San Jose State, UNLV, Wyoming

NEC (1): Locks — LONG ISLAND; Under Consideration — None; Auto Bid Only — None; Eliminated — Central Connecticut State, Chicago State, Fairleigh Dickinson, Le Moyne, Mercyhurst, New Haven, Saint Francis, Stonehill, Wagner

OHIO VALLEY (1): Locks — TENNESSEE STATE; Under Consideration — None; Auto Bid Only — None; Eliminated — Eastern Illinois, Lindenwood, Little Rock, Morehead State, SIU-Edwardsville, Southeast Missouri State, Southern Indiana, Tennessee Tech, UT-Martin, Western Illinois

PATRIOT LEAGUE (1): Locks — LEHIGH; Under Consideration — None; Auto Bid Only — None; Eliminated — American, Army-West Point, Boston University, Bucknell, Colgate, Holy Cross, Lafayette, Loyola-Maryland, Navy

SEC (10): Locks — Alabama, ARKANSAS, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Missouri, Tennessee, Texas, Texas A&M, Vanderbilt; Under Consideration — None; Auto Bid Only — None; Eliminated — Auburn, LSU, Mississippi State, Oklahoma, Ole Miss, South Carolina

SOUTHERN (1): Locks — FURMAN; Under Consideration — None; Auto Bid Only — None; Eliminated — Chattanooga, East Tennessee State, Mercer, Samford, The Citadel, UNC-Greensboro, VMI, Western Carolina, Wofford

SOUTHLAND (1): Locks — MCNEESE; Under Consideration — None; Auto Bid Only — None; Eliminated — East Texas A&M, Houston Christian, Incarnate Word, Lamar, New Orleans, Nicholls, Northwestern State, Southeastern Louisiana, Stephen F. Austin, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, UT-Rio Grande Valley

SUMMIT LEAGUE (1): Locks — NORTH DAKOTA STATE; Under Consideration — None; Auto Bid Only — None; Eliminated — Denver, Kansas City, North Dakota, Omaha, Oral Roberts, Saint Thomas, South Dakota, South Dakota State

SUN BELT (1): Locks — TROY; Under Consideration — None; Auto Bid Only — None; Eliminated — Appalachian State, Arkansas State, Coastal Carolina, Georgia Southern, Georgia State, James Madison, Louisiana, Louisiana-Monroe, Marshall, Old Dominion, South Alabama, Southern Miss, Texas State

SWAC (1): Locks — PRAIRIE VIEW A&M; Under Consideration — None; Auto Bid Only — None; Eliminated — Alabama A&M, Alabama State, Alcorn State, Arkansas-Pine Bluff, Bethune-Cookman, Florida A&M, Grambling, Jackson State, Mississippi Valley State, Southern, Texas Southern

WAC (1): Locks — CALIFORNIA BAPTIST; Under Consideration — None; Auto Bid Only — None; Eliminated — Abilene Christian, Southern Utah, Tarleton, UT-Arlington, Utah Tech, Utah Valley

WEST COAST (3): Locks — GONZAGA, Saint Mary’s, Santa Clara; Under Consideration — None; Auto Bid Only — None; Eliminated — Loyola-Marymount, Oregon State, Pacific, Portland, Pepperdine, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, Washington State