Will Kentucky Make the 2026 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament?

Kentucky's Otega Oweh (00) pulls in a wild pass during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Mississippi State in Lexington, Ky., Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026.
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After a shaky start to the 2025-26 college basketball season, Mark Pope’s Kentucky team appears to be comfortably in the NCAA Tournament field this season.

Kentucky Tournament Resume

  • Kentucky KenPom: 48
  • Kentucky NET Ranking: 52
  • Kentucky Strength of Record: 45
  • Kentucky KPI: 40
  • Kentucky BPI: 54
  • Kentucky Quadrant 1 Record: 3-5

Kentucky March Madness: Last Season

Kentucky made the NCAA Tournament for a fourth consecutive year in 2025. The Wildcats advanced to their first Sweet 16 since 2019. 

Kentucky Final Four Odds

Kentucky is a midrange candidate to make the 2026 Final Four. It would be the Wildcats’ first time in the Final Four since the apex of the John Calipari era, when Kentucky won one championship and made four Final Four runs from 2011-15.

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Chase Kiddy is a writer for BetMGM and co-host of The Lion's Edge, an NFL and college football podcast available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and everywhere else. He has also written for a number of print and online outlets, including the Richmond Times-Dispatch, Washington Post, Daily News-Record, and HERO Sports. His first novel, Cave Paintings, is in development.

Chase Kiddy is a writer for BetMGM and co-host of The Lion's Edge, an NFL and college football podcast available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and everywhere else. He has also written for a number of print and online outlets, including the Richmond Times-Dispatch, Washington Post, Daily News-Record, and HERO Sports. His first novel, Cave Paintings, is in development.