2026 Bracketology

[upperdeck]

not sure how Cornell is 800 and harvard is 4000. Even this week if Cornell loses to Harvard they become the 4 seed and have to play Princeton and might not even get in

 

[FloridaCuse]

i believe because when you pull it up in a place where you can't bet with princeton (or any other nj) included, the odds change.

same goes for any state.

Oh, ok. That makes sense. Thanks.

 

[Zack80]

The top 6 here in Md are
ND +330, Princeton +400, Syracuse +550, UNC +550, Cornell +1000, Richmond +1000.

 

[Hoo's That]

From our board - Mark Hart's (of fieldystick) latest bracket.

 

[JeremyCuse]

From our board - Mark Hart's (of fieldystick) latest bracket.

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Seems pretty reasonable especially going on if the season ended today. I suspect Cuse is looking at Army assuming they win the Patriot no matter how or where we finish unless Syracuse somehow won out and grabbed a top 2 seed. I could see PSU as the other team if Army doesn't win the Patriot and SU stays in that 4/5 seed range. Either game would be a brutal 1st round matchup.

 

[Hoo's That]

Seems pretty reasonable especially going on if the season ended today. I suspect Cuse is looking at Army assuming they win the Patriot no matter how or where we finish unless Syracuse somehow won out and grabbed a top 2 seed. I could see PSU as the other team if Army doesn't win the Patriot and SU stays in that 4/5 seed range. Either game would be a brutal 1st round matchup.

And, as usual, it will be the last game Sunday night.

 

[cuselaxss26]

Unless cuse wins out or wins till acc chip more then likely getting a tough team first round or team we rather not. This team is gonna have to really turn it on n step up and not play down to any team n play their best. Gosh hate to see army specially in first round. But don’t see or know who would knock them out of patriot league. Yes Bu beat them but arnt isn’t a team that normally lets same team beat them twice.

 

[FloridaCuse]

And, as usual, it will be the last game Sunday night.

Last year it was Sunday 5pm I believe, not the last game.

 

[JeremyCuse]

And, as usual, it will be the last game Sunday night.

Last year Cuse had the 5pm game, so there's a chance it could be a repeat of that. To be honest if it wasn't for graduation I would be thrilled to get off the Sun night bandwagon. It's become more of a hindrance than a help.

 

[FloridaCuse]

From our board - Mark Hart's (of fieldystick) latest bracket.

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Posting Mark's commentary that accompanied his Bracket.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

Last year Cuse had the 5pm game, so there's a chance it could be a repeat of that. To be honest if it wasn't for graduation I would be thrilled to get off the Sun night bandwagon. It's become more of a hindrance than a help.

Depends what time the WLAX game is at the Soccer Stadium.

Last year we played at Yale, so it didn't matter.

If we're hosting at 3 PM, they'll hold off the Men until 7:30 pm.

Ideally they give the Women an 11 AM or Noon start.

 

[MD Cuse Fan]

Last year Cuse had the 5pm game, so there's a chance it could be a repeat of that. To be honest if it wasn't for graduation I would be thrilled to get off the Sun night bandwagon. It's become more of a hindrance than a help.

I agree personally I hate having to wait around until Sunday night for the game. Would love to have the first game either day.

 

[Zack80]

I pretty much agree with Hart concerning Maryland and the Big Ten. Maryland definitely needs to beat Rutgers at 6pm on Saturday in Byrd or they are out. After that Maryland needs to beat PSU in the semifinals in Pisscataway. This would put Maryland ahead of PSU.

PSU getting a win over Maryland puts them in.

Rutgers needs to win the Big Ten tmt. If they can upset Maryland, they would get the homefield for the semifinals/final.

Looking at the other bracket:
If OSU gets by Michigan, they get Hopkins, who they beat earlier in the season in the semifinals. If OSU wins against Hopkins, they are looking pretty good.

Michigan needs to win the Big Ten tmt for the AQ, something they did a couple years ago. Michigan has been playing better the last few weeks - only losing to OSU by 1 this past weekend and beating PSU and Rutgers the previous 2 weekends.

https://bigten.org/mlax/article/59878/

 

[nyclax]

md is going to crush pathetic rutgers. the real question is the md-psu game...winner is in, loser heads to the bubble...i wouldnt wanna be the loser of that game...that will be bubble city

 

[cuselaxss26]

honestly either way bracket falls wasn’t gonna be easy road or easy path. As stated many times unless top 1-3 seeds your first round game will be tough. Only way cuse can even reach top 3 i guess would have to win out. Even if they somehow beat ND this week n lose to unc, Nd in semis of acc still don’t think they reach top 3 seeds. Prob have to win out or as said beat Nd this week n win semis of acc. Think if they can beat ND this week n reach acc chip they possibly could reach 3rd seed. But prob also depend on what those other teams did also.

Gosh i hope someone takes out army.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[nyclax]

honestly either way bracket falls wasn’t gonna be easy road or easy path. As stated many times unless top 1-3 seeds your first round game will be tough. Only way cuse can even reach top 3 i guess would have to win out. Even if they somehow beat ND this week n lose to unc, Nd in semis of acc still don’t think they reach top 3 seeds. Prob have to win out or as said beat Nd this week n win semis of acc. Think if they can beat ND this week n reach acc chip they possibly could reach 3rd seed. But prob also depend on what those other teams did also.

Gosh i hope someone takes out army.

i realize army has been a bad matchup for cuse lately but the orange match up well with this years army team. its a game where mullen should control faceoffs and while their d is good they dont have a total shutdown defender like aj piliate anymore, so joey should get his points and not be a ghost...plus their secondary defenders may not be able to handle leo, thomson, bear, and the rest...i would rather play army than penn state or god forbid a john tillman team...

yale would be an intriguing matchup too. suddenly they look legit

 

[cuselaxss26]

Army scares me cause not only talent but well coached n their physical. But what really always scares me of them is the discipline they have. As we do not always have that. Mean they are in the army so makes sense. But yea there few teams i def would not like but there isn’t a good path either way. As said this team will have to be on point n level up asap if they wanna make a run.

 

[JeremyCuse]

i realize army has been a bad matchup for cuse lately but the orange match up well with this years army team. its a game where mullen should control faceoffs and while their d is good they dont have a total shutdown defender like aj piliate anymore, so joey should get his points and not be a ghost...plus their secondary defenders may not be able to handle leo, thomson, bear, and the rest...i would rather play army than penn state or god forbid a john tillman team...

yale would be an intriguing matchup too. suddenly they look legit

I do think Syracuse matches up better this year then they have with Army since probably their last win which was I think 2020. I think the hesitation from some fans is that Army has historically given SU trouble even when SU was clearly the more talented team. Now in most of those games SU came out on top but they ended being either very close or OT wins.

I do think Army would be a better matchup then say Penn State who you have no idea what team your gonna get.

Playing a Tillman lead team is never something you wanna sign up for but I do gotta say this current Maryland team looks broken offensively. I keep waiting for them to turn it on and they technically still can but they have lost multiple games this year they haven't lost under Tillman in a long time. Even last week vs Hop, to only score 8 goals in a close to a must win game is an enormous red flag. With their O issue and Schaller out for the year I'd like Cuse chances (I am sure this will come back to haunt me).