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Printable brackets for the 2026 FIFA World Cup knockout stage are available as Canada vs. South Africa opens the Round of 32, with the tournament continuing through the Round of 16 (July 4–7), quarterfinals (July 9–11), semifinals (July 14–15), a third-place game (July 18 in Miami Gardens), and the final (July 19 in East Rutherford, NJ).
USMNT clinched top spot in Group D with wins over Paraguay and Australia and will enter the knockout stage as group winner. In the Round of 32 they’ll face the third-placed team from Groups B, E, F, I or J, with potential opponents including Canada, Switzerland, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Qatar and others. The key variable is the Bosnia-Herzegovina vs. Qatar match, which projections say could determine the U.S.’s opponent in the next round (though Egypt vs. Czechia is a possible Round of 16 scenario if the bracket remains unchanged). The Round of 32 game is scheduled for July 1 at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California.
Sunday’s NCAA Division I baseball regionals produced drama and bracket-shaping results, including No. 4 Saint Mary’s walking off No. 1 UCLA 6-5 to force a regional final, West Virginia’s 10-5 win over Wake Forest, Jacksonville State’s 7-6 upset of Virginia, and Troy sweeping Miami 9-6 before beating Florida 16-11. East Carolina beat VCU 10-0 but was eliminated by North Carolina (9-3), while USC defeated Texas State 15-4; Ole Miss topped Nebraska 6-3 and Arizona State defeated Nebraska 11-8, moving several teams toward Monday’s play and the path to super regionals.
Sports Illustrated’s Pat Forde, Kevin Sweeney and Bryan Fischer update their 2026 NCAA men’s basketball brackets ahead of the Sweet 16, largely sticking with their original Final Four while re-evaluating a few key clashes: Sweeney flips Illinois over Houston in the South to reach the Final Four, with Arkansas–Arizona and Duke–Michigan shaping the later rounds; Fischer keeps Duke and Arizona advancing and treats Illinois–Houston as a potential Final Four showdown; Forde maintains his original Final Four but notes possible upsets like St. John’s over Duke and marquee Sweet 16 matchups (Arizona–Arkansas, Houston–Illinois) plus Iowa State’s status with Joshua Jefferson back. The consensus core teams are Duke, Michigan, and either Illinois or Arizona, with multiple viable Final Four configurations.
As the women’s NCAA Tournament heads into the Sweet 16, only one perfect bracket remains in major tracking pools after a day of upsets trimmed the field from 235 to seven and then to one; by contrast, the men’s perfect bracket run ended over the weekend with notable upsets like Tennessee over Virginia and Iowa over Florida. ESPN and the NCAA together track hundreds of millions of entries (ESPN ~26.5 million; NCAA ~36 million), underscoring just how unlikely a flawless 63-0 run is—roughly 1 in 9.2 quintillion for random guesses or about 1 in 120 billion with semi-educated guesses.
Live updates from the 2026 NCAA women's tournament second round show close finishes and strong performances as Louisville edges Alabama 69-68, TCU outlasts Washington 62-59 in OT, Texas steamrolls Oregon 100-58 with Madison Booker dropping 40, and other results including Duke over Baylor, LSU over Texas Tech, Minnesota over Ole Miss, Michigan over NC State, North Carolina over Maryland, Illinois over Colorado, and Oklahoma State over Princeton, all while bracket trackers report hundreds of perfect brackets still alive as the Sweet 16 approaches.
Tennessee defeated Virginia in the NCAA tournament’s second round, ending the era of perfect brackets, while St. John’s followed with a second‑round upset over Kansas, underscoring how quickly the field is being reshaped.
After Day 3 of March Madness, perfect brackets are already slipping into single digits as Texas upset Gonzaga and Nebraska defeated Vanderbilt, signaling a chaotic start to the NCAA tournament with more top‑seed action and notable second‑round showdowns ahead.
A comprehensive live recap of the 2026 NCAA Division I wrestling championships, detailing bracket-by-bracket results from 125 to 285 pounds, including semifinals, blood rounds, consolation matches, and final matchups. The coverage confirms several champions: Levi Haines captures his second title at 174 pounds, Landon Robideau becomes Oklahoma State’s freshman national champion at 157, and Aden Valencia wins Stanford’s first-ever freshman national title at 149. Finalists were set across multiple weights (e.g., 141, 184, 197, 285), with full schedules and updates on All-Americans and Elite 90 award news interwoven throughout the article.
After the NCAA tournament's first round, the number of perfect brackets has fallen to the hundreds, illustrating how quickly upsets derail flawless predictions.
Day 1 of the 2026 NCAA Wrestling Championships in Cleveland delivered star turns, upsets, and a developing team race, with Penn State leading the team standings at 129.5 points, followed by Oklahoma State (101.0), Nebraska (80.0), Iowa (70.5) and Ohio State (69.5). Key individuals such as Luke Lilledahl, Jax Forrest, Jesse Mendez, Shayne Van Ness, PJ Duke, Mitchell Mesenbrink, Levi Haines, Rocco Welsh, Josh Barr and Yonger Bastida moved into the quarterfinals/semifinals as the field tightens. Friday brings the quarterfinals and semifinals, with finals and medal rounds to follow on Saturday. The event is broadcast on ESPN networks and ESPN+, with FloWrestling coverage and a recent Trackwrestling merge enhancing live brackets and alerts via FloSports app.
Day 1 of the 2026 men’s NCAA tournament produced several upsets and a sharp bracket collapse, shrinking perfect brackets from about 36 million to roughly 14,000 after 16 games, with key results like TCU over Ohio State, High Point over Wisconsin, VCU over North Carolina in OT, and Saint Louis over Georgia driving the losses as the day progressed.
A running compilation of every upset by seed at the 2026 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships in Cleveland, highlighting numerous lower-seeded wrestlers defeating higher seeds across rounds and weights, reshaping the bracket with majors, decisions, and falls.
No. 12 High Point stunned No. 5 Wisconsin in the NCAA Tournament, sparking a day of double‑digit-seed upsets and toppling millions of perfect brackets in ESPN’s challenge, as VCU, Texas and Texas A&M also won and the odds of finishing with a flawless bracket plummeted.
CBS Sports’ Zachary Pereles presents 63 game-by-game picks for the 2026 NCAA Tournament, each with a brief reason why that team could win, covering the bracket from the First Round through the national championship and reflecting his experience and bracket-reasoning approach.