Bracketology Update: Where Experts Project NC State in the 2026 NCAA Tournament Prior to the Regulars Season Finale

With one regular-season game remaining — a home matchup against Stanford tomorrow — where do the top bracketologists currently project NC State in the 2026 NCAA Tournament?

Over at Bracket Matrix, which aggregates projections from dozens of bracketologists, NC State currently has an average projected seed of 9.28 in the NCAA Tournament.

That average is based on 89 total bracket projections.

Updated Projections from Top Bracketologists

(Rankings in parentheses reflect their overall accuracy ranking over the past five years among the top 186 bracketologists tracked by Bracket Matrix.)

Sluder Bracketology (6th): #9 seed

Bracksketblogs (10th): #9 seed

Bauertology (11th): #10 seed

T3 Bracketology (14th): #9 seed

D Ratings (15th): #8 seed

1-3-1 Sports (16th): #10 seed

Kevin Pulsifer (18th): #10 seed