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. Bellevue Hospital (88-62)
2. Ames (74-76)
3. Machu Picchu (73-77)
4. Jor El (71-79)

Semifinals - Jor El vs. Bellevue Hospital; Machu Picchu vs. Ames

Finals - TBD vs. TBD

Season series:

2026 Gore Cup Winner -

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