The 2026 men’s NCAA Tournament (March Madness) is already underway, and the field has been narrowed from 68 teams down to the current survivors. As of March 22, 2026, the tournament is past the First Four and first‑round games, with several second‑round contests completed and the Elite Eight / regional‑final matchups being set.

Because the exact list of “still in” teams changes by the hour as games are played, the most accurate, up‑to‑date roster of remaining teams is best pulled directly from the official live‑bracket or major sports hubs. Below is a lightly summarized snapshot of the current status rather than a static list that could quickly become outdated.

How to get the live list

  • Official bracket (NCAA): The NCAA’s live‑bracket page shows every team still alive, broken out by region (East, West, South, Midwest) and matchup.
  • News hubs: AP’s “March Madness” hub and ESPN’s tournament coverage both refresh in real time with winners/losers and which teams remain in the draw.

What “still in” looks like now

Broadly, the field is now in the Sweet 16–Elite Eight phase , meaning:

  • Only 16 teams remain in the men’s tournament (four per region).
  • Each of those programs has won two games (or three, if they started in the First Four), and they are now playing for a spot in the Final Four.

Example style of the remaining teams (context)

Coverage of the 2026 field notes that this year’s bracket includes:

  • Traditional power‑conference favorites such as Texas , TCU , Texas Tech , Texas A &M, and SMU representing a strong Lone‑Star contingent.
  • Multiple mid‑majors that won their automatic qualifiers and have advanced deep; earlier reports list teams like Gonzaga (WCC) , Northern Iowa (Missouri Valley) , and Lehigh (Patriot League) as tournament teams, some of which have already been eliminated and some still alive depending on this weekend’s results.

Quick table of how to see “still in”

Since a static list of names can be wrong minutes later, here is how to stay current:

Source| What it shows
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NCAA bracket page 7| Live bracket with every remaining team, seed, and round status.
AP March Madness hub 2| Story‑style updates plus scores and which teams advanced.
ESPN / Yahoo bracket trackers 38| Updated projections plus real‑time “who’s in” tallies.

If you tell me which region (East, West, South, Midwest) or which game you’re watching, I can walk you through exactly which teams are still alive in that part of the bracket as of today.