CRE March Madness Qualification - The Lender Draft | Official CRE, Growth Cap & ABL Rankings

🏀 CRE March Madness 2026 Qualification

Top 32 by Points Advance | Updated Weekly

Qualification Period: Jan 1 – Mar 6, 2026 (8 weeks)
Current Week: 8 of 9
Cutline: 3 deals (53 points among those tied)
Bubble Watch: 10 lenders with 43 points
Status: 1 Week Remaining

🎯 Tournament Qualifiers (1-32)

RANK	LENDER	DEALS	POINTS	TREND	PREV_RANK	MOVEMENT
1	Wells Fargo	29	612	→	1
2	JP Morgan Chase	23	471	→	2
3	Goldman Sachs	18	366	→	3
4	Bank of America	17	329	→	4
5	Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG)	15	315	→	5
6	Morgan Stanley	13	260	↑1	7
7	Citigroup	13	250	↑1	8
8	Deutsche Bank	12	244	↓2	6
9	Societe Generale	12	222	→	9
10	ING Bank	10	197	↑3	13
11	Bank of Montreal (BMO)	10	193	↑1	12
12	Nuveen	12	185	↑4	16
13	Apollo Global Management	7	178	↓3	10
14	Barclays	11	175	↓3	11
15	Affinius Capital	9	166	↑5	20	⬆️ UP 5
16	PGIM	9	165	↓2	14
17	Blackstone	6	165	↓2	15
18	Dwight Capital	11	163	↓1	17
19	BBVA	10	159	↑3	22
20	Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce	7	153	↓2	18
21	Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC)	8	147	↓2	19
22	Ares Management	6	141	↓1	21
23	PCCP	9	130	↑4	27
24	Peachtree Group	10	124	↓1	23
25	MonticelloAM	9	121	↑3	28
26	Santander Bank	8	120	↓2	24
27	Madison Realty Capital	7	120	↓2	25
28	Bank OZK	6	117	→		🆕 NEW ENTRY
29	National Australia Bank	7	112	↓3	26
30	Natixis	5	107	↓1	29
31	Royal Bank of Canada	6	106	↓1	30
32	Credit Agricole	7	102	↓1	31

⚠️ Bubble Watch (33-40)

LENDER	DEALS	POINTS
PNC Bank	6	98
Truist Bank	6	95
BNP Paribas	6	88
National Bank of Canada	5	87
Barings	4	86
HSBC	6	85
European Investment Bank	4	85
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development	6	84
NatWest Group	4	82
Greystone	5	77

Last Updated: Sunday, March 1, 2026 | Week 8 Data
Next Update: Friday, March 6, 2026

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