Tracking Every Automatic Bid for March Madness Bracket from 2026 Conference Tournament Winners

The race for the 31 automatic bids in the 2026 NCAA men's basketball tournament is on.

After 15 conference tournaments started last week, 16 more will tip off between Monday and Selection Sunday to determine the rest of the automatic bid winners.

The rest of the NCAA Tournament entrants will then be determined through 37 at-large slots announced during Sunday's bracket reveal.

March Madness starts with the First Four on March 17, when eight teams will begin fighting for a ticket to the opening round.

The tournament starts in earnest with the Round of 64 on March 19, followed by the Round of 32 on March 21. Everything leads up to the national championship game on Monday, April 6 in Indianapolis.

Here's a look at which programs have received automatic bids heading into Selection Sunday. Full conference tournament schedules can be found at NCAA.com.

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2026 NCAA men's basketball tournament: Automatic bids or date of conference championship game

• America East: UMBC
• American: South Florida
• Atlantic 10: VCU
• ACC: Duke
• ASUN: Queens (NC)
• Big 12: Arizona
• Big East: St. John's
• Big Sky: Idaho
• Big South: High Point
• Big Ten: Michigan
• Big West: Hawai'i
• CAA: Hofstra
• Conference USA: Kennesaw State
• Horizon League: Wright State
• Ivy League: Penn
• MAAC: Siena
• MAC: Akron
• MEAC: Howard
• Missouri Valley: UNI
• Mountain West: Utah State
• Northeast: LIU
• Ohio Valley: Tennessee State
• Patriot League: Lehigh
• SEC: Arkansas
• SoCon: Furman
• Southland: McNeese
• SWAC: Prairie View A&M
• Summit League: North Dakota State
• Sun Belt: Troy
• West Coast: Gonzaga
• WAC: California Baptist

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The full NCAA Tournament men's basketball bracket will be revealed on CBS starting at 6 p.m. ET Sunday.