Second-Place Showdown

In honor of the 43rd President of the United States (heh, heh, heh), The Al Gore Cup is a forum for teams that finished second and most likely feel that they're more deserving than all of the other first-place teams to be in the championship bracket.

Teams are seeded 1-4 based on regular season records and play a best-of-seven semifinal round followed by another seven game series to crown the winner.

The winner receives a bonus of 1 million Benchwarmer Bucks.  The runner-up gets 500,000.

The 2026 Entrants (in order of seeding):

1. Aksarben (90-60)
2. What a Load (87-63)
3. San Luis Obispo (76-74)
4. South Hills (65-85)

Semifinals - South Hills vs. Aksarben; San Luis Obispo vs. What a Load

Finals - TBD vs. TBD

Season series:

2026 Gore Cup Winner -

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