Final Four reseed: Power rankings of the teams left in March Madness

After two thrilling weeks of high-stakes games, a group of 68 teams that entered mid-March with dreams of a national championship has been whittled down to four. And with that, college basketball ’s preeminent event is about to get underway. The Final Four of the 2026 NCAA Tournament will tip off on Saturday, April 4, with Arizona , Michigan , UConn and Illinois heading to Indianapolis hoping to cut down the nets inside Lucas Oil Stadium after securing a national title.

FINAL FOUR PREDICTIONS: Who will advance to 2026 national championship? Making the Final Four is an accomplishment in and of itself in college basketball, a step in a journey that doubles as a destination after teams successfully navigate all of the challenges that the first four full rounds of March Madness have to offer. This year, the Final Four is giving fans across the country a pair of teams, Michigan and Arizona, that were two of the three best teams for much of the season and two others, Illinois and UConn, that spent most of the season ranked in the top 15.

There’s some history at stake, too. Will Arizona win and break a nearly 30-year title-less spell for schools west of Texas? Can Michigan or Illinois become the Big Ten’s first national champion since 2000?

Or is UConn poised for its third title in the past four years, cementing its status as a modern-day dynasty? Those questions will be answered soon enough, but for now, how do those four squads stack up against one another? Final Four power rankings 1.