2026 Bracketology

[Zack80]

OSU does get JHU at home this coming weekend and their lacrosse stadium is a nice homefield advantage. Rutgers at Maryland is another Big one this weekend.

Penn State is looking pretty good, but one does wonder how the selection committee will count the 2 bad losses to #25 Navy and #34 Villanova. If PSU loses their final regular season game at Rutgers, it would seem throw them on the bubble.

 

[JeremyCuse]

I've been concerned whether we'd make the ACCT (still am a bit) but then I realized for that to happen at least Duke has to win 2 ACC games. If we don't win another ACC game and Duke wins one we own the tie-breaker with them. And if we make the ACCT, whether we win a game may not matter as much as an additional boost to our RPI.

Duke losing yesterday while not great for our win vs them is huge for the acc tournament. Duke has to win out and SU lose out to miss the tourney.

 

[FloridaCuse]

RPI as of tonight -- per LacrosseReference:

1. UNC (SOS 2)
2. Princeton (SOS 6)
3. Notre Dame (SOS 12)
4. Syracuse (SOS 1)
5. Johns Hopkins (SOS 3)
6. Richmond (SOS 18)
7. Harvard
8. Virginia (SOS 5)
9. Penn St.
10. Rutgers (pending their Sunday game vs. Michigan)
11. Army
12. Towson
13. Duke (SOS 28)
14. Georgetown
15. Maryland
16. Cornell
17. Ohio St.
18. Penn
19. BU
20. Yale
21. St. Joseph's
30. Denver
33. Colgate
44. Air Force

Rutgers down to 16
Maryland up to 11 (SOS 6)

 

[Powellfan]

Would be a very favorable draw. Lots of work for the Orange to do, of course.

 

[Zack80]

It's nice seeing Maryland in the bubble in group. Although I think the distance between them and many of the teams in the bubble out group is rather small. For any of these teams winning more games is key.

I think his chart is a little deceptive in one regard, that being listing High Point as the A-10 champion and throwing Richmond into the at-large group. High Point is currently 4-0 in the A-10 while Richmond it 3-0, but I would expect Richmond to win that league. This would add one more bubble-in team, perhaps Cornell.

 

[upperdeck]

Cornell plays High point next week I think as well. So between that and Duke its big for them staying on the bubble.

 

[Powellfan]

 

[DMVCuseLax]

Hope Duke wins this weekend.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

Newark, Del.

(1) North Carolina vs. ATLANTIC SUN/Utah-NEC/Robert Morris winner
(8) Virginia vs. Penn State

Hempstead, N.Y.

(5) BIG TEN/Johns Hopkins vs. Cornell
(4) Notre Dame vs. BIG EAST/Georgetown

Hempstead, N.Y.

(3) Syracuse vs. PATRIOT/Loyola
(6) IVY/Harvard vs. CAA/Towson

Newark, Del.

(7) ATLANTIC 10/Richmond vs. Maryland
(2) Princeton vs. AMERICA EAST/UAlbany-METRO ATLANTIC/Siena winner

Last three included: Penn State, Cornell, Maryland
First three on the outside: Ohio State, Army, Rutgers

Moving in: Loyola, Maryland, Siena, Utah
Moving out: Boston University, Duke, Jacksonville, Sacred Heart

Conference call: Atlantic Coast (4), Big Ten (3), Ivy (3)

FIRST-ROUND MILEAGES​

*Per Google Maps

126: Maryland to Richmond
191: Albany to Princeton
192: Siena to Princeton
290: Penn State to Virginia
305: Cornell to Johns Hopkins
328: Loyola to Syracuse
397: Towson to Harvard
478: Robert Morris to North Carolina
605: Georgetown to Notre Dame
2,113: Utah to North Carolina