Men’s Champ Week is the final sprint to March Madness, and CourtFrame will track every step of it in 2026.
Across Division I, all 31 men’s college basketball conferences will stage postseason tournaments that determine their automatic bids to the NCAA tournament. As brackets take shape and games tip off, we’ll keep an updated hub of each conference tournament’s bracket and schedule, along with the teams that secure their league’s auto-bid.
What we’re tracking
All 31 conference tournaments: A complete, conference-by-conference look at the postseason path to a league championship.
Brackets and schedules: Updated tournament layouts and game slates as they become available and advance through each round.
Automatic bids: The winners who punch their tickets to the NCAA tournament, one league at a time.
Why it matters
Conference tournaments are the most direct route to the NCAA field: win the tournament, claim the automatic bid. With single-elimination pressure and championship stakes, Champ Week reshapes the national picture quickly as titles are decided and the March Madness field fills in.
Check back throughout Champ Week 2026 for updated brackets, schedules and a running list of automatic qualifiers as each conference crowns its champion.