Fill a mock bracket today
The real field is set on Selection Sunday, March 14, 2027. Until then, practice here: this mock runs on the projected field — if the season ended today. Five answers fill all 75 picks. Tap any team to change a pick. Print the poster when it looks right.
Field projected Nov 8, 2026.
Projected field: CBS Sports preseason bracketology, released Oct. 30, 2026. The 2027 tournament has 76 teams and a 12-game opening round. Rankings: the Preseason AP Top 25 (The Associated Press, Oct. 19, 2026), still the latest poll today. A projection is a picture of today, not a promise about March — seeds will move all season. See the rankings and trends behind this field →
Five answers start your mock
Favorites or chaos — how many upsets feel fun?
When two teams feel tied, what should break the tie?
Is there one team you want to see win it all?
Boost the little guys? (Double-digit seeds get a small lift in every game.)
Ride one conference? (Its teams get the same small lift.)
Every pick is a preference pick — your answers, not odds. No betting advice, no win chances. Change any pick after the fill.
Your mock bracket
Opening round — 12 games settle the last spots
Final Four and the title game
Mock run 1 on this device. Runs are practice — run it back as many times as you like. Each finished run can end in a poster.
Your mock bracket, as a poster
How a mock run works
1. You answer. Five short answers: upsets, tiebreakers, your team, your boosts.
2. It fills. All 75 picks — the 12 opening-round games, then all 63 games to one champion. Every pick gets a one-line reason that names the answer that drove it.
3. You fix it. Tap the other team in any game to flip that pick. Later rounds move only where they have to, and the page tells you what moved.
4. You keep it. The poster prints your full mock: champion, Final Four, every pick. Then run it again — test runs are the point.
Where this field came from
The field is CBS Sports' preseason bracketology (Oct. 30, 2026), the freshest full projection we could open, cross-checked against ESPN's bracketology (Oct. 27, 2026): both draw a 76-team field with Florida, Duke, Illinois and Arizona on the 1 line. These are other people's projections, printed here with their names and dates — never as our own rankings. The rankings view of the same picture lives on the rankings page, with the trend arrows that start when the next poll lands.
When the real field is set on March 14, 2027, the real picker opens on the home page. The mock stays up all season, re-based as the projections move.
Is this the real 2027 bracket?
No. This is a mock bracket. It runs on a projected field — if the season ended today — built from CBS Sports' preseason bracketology (Oct. 30, 2026) and stamped Nov. 8, 2026. The real field is set on Selection Sunday, March 14, 2027.
Why does the mock have 76 teams?
The tournament grows from 68 teams to 76 in 2027. Twelve opening-round games settle the last 12 spots in the 64-team bracket, so a full mock has 75 picks: 12 opening-round games plus the 63 games of the main bracket.
Does the mock bracket count for anything?
No. It is practice. There are no pools, entries, or prizes here. Fill as many mock runs as you like, print the poster, and be sharp when the real picker opens on March 14, 2027.