The brackets are out after 68 teams heard their names called on Selection Sunday in both the men’s and women’s NCAA Tournaments. The action for the men tips on Tuesday and Wednesday with the First Four. That leads into a full first-round start for the men on Thursday and the women on Friday.
If you’re looking for where to run your 2026 March Madness pool, CBS has March Madness 2026 office pool options for both brackets. With the action so close, now is the time to set up your 2026 Men’s March Madness pools and 2026 Women’s March Madness pools.
If you’re looking for a NCAA Tournament bracket game home, CBS Sports is the perfect place. You can play Bracket Games free on the CBS Sports App in pools with your friends and join free Men’s and Women’s Bracket Challenges to potentially win big prizes.* Get started right here.
How to create a 2026 NCAA Tournament pool with friends and family
Run your own free 2026 March Madness pool on CBSSports.com and the CBS Sports app and invite all of your friends, family, and co-workers to play against you during this year’s tournament.
To start a bracket pool for Men’s March Madness, go to the Create Men’s Bracket Pool page, name your group and choose if you want a locked pool where you control the invites or an open pool that everybody can share. After that, just confirm your rules and then you can copy and share your personal pool link with friends or have CBS Sports send them emails.
For a Women’s March Madness pool, you can follow the exact same process but start at the Create Women’s Bracket Pool page in order to start your pool for the Women’s NCAA Tournament.
How to play 2026 March Madness Brackets for prizes
There are CBS Sports NCAA Bracket Challenges for the men’s and women’s tournaments and a trip to each 2027 Final Four on the line in both challenges. It’s easy to compete for those epic trips.
For the Men’s Challenge, simply click this link, click the
How to run your 2026 March Madness pool: Play for prizes, plus create an NCAA Tournament game
