Overview

• Dan Gavitt announced that both men’s and women’s tournaments will remain at 68 teams for the 2026 season.
• Committees that reviewed 72- and 76-team proposals will continue evaluating those models for the 2027 championships.
• President Charlie Baker’s meetings with CBS, Warner Bros. Discovery and ESPN prompted in-depth economic assessments of expansion.
• Tight postconference windows and the need to finish before The Masters emerged as prime logistical obstacles.
• A Rob Dauster X poll showed that 93.5% of nearly 12,000 respondents oppose adding more teams.