March Madness: Automatic bid tracker, conference tournament schedules

The NCAA Tournament continues to grow closer as teams conclude regular season play and turn their attention toward the postseason. From mid-majors which will only secure one big into March Madness to the loaded high-majors playing for seeding an bragging rights, there are 31 automatic bids handed out to conference champions.

With the spread-out nature of the college basketball postseason, fans can keep track of when each ticket will be punched here. The first name will be locked into the NCAA Tournament field during the OVC Championship final on March 7 at 9 pm ET on ESPN2. The final name will come out of the Big Ten Tournament, starting at 3:30 pm ET on March 15, aired by CBS.

Read the most recent version of On3’s 2026 Bracketology here.

Here is a breakdown of the teams which have locked themselves into March Madness, and when the rest will look to book their ticket to go dancing. This story will be updated as results finish.

Automatic bids to NCAA Tournament

(Date for championship game listed prior to result)

NEC – LIU
OVC – Tennessee State
MVC – Northern Iowa
Big South – High Point
ASUN – Queens
Summit – North Dakota State
Sun Belt – Troy
SoCon – Furman
CAA – Hofstra
Horizon – Wright State
MAAC – Siena
WCC – Gonzaga
Southland – McNeese
Patriot – Lehigh
Big Sky – Idaho
AEC – UMBC
MEAC – Howard
MWC – Utah State
Big 12 – Arizona
Big East – St. John’s
SWAC – Prairie View
MAC – Akron
CUSA – Kennesaw State
ACC – Duke
Big West – Hawaii
WAC – Cal Baptist
Ivy – Penn
SEC – Arkansas
A10 – VCU
American – South Florida
Big Ten – Purdue

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