Tom Coughlin
5x NCAA Champ/2x Super Bowl Champ
All it took was upset mania in the NESCAC. It looks like Aurora might hang on but Adrian will still be on the outside looking in?
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2026 Bracketology: The Road to the Aud
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Pioneer247
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By .025 it looks like Adrian is out, the epitome of brutality
Tom Coughlin
5x NCAA Champ/2x Super Bowl Champ
I think they were the first team out last year too.
PrezdeJohnson09
Proud supporter of Osmirwich hockey
Potentially the NESCAC final depending on who wins could slightly alter things?
Pioneer247
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Maybe Hamilton moving up or down depending on the result (more likely to move down than up) but that's about it in my opinion
Tom Coughlin
5x NCAA Champ/2x Super Bowl Champ
I thought USCHO pulled their numbers from the NCAA? I wonder what the discrepancy is
I wonder if it's the adjustmentsI thought USCHO pulled their numbers from the NCAA? I wonder what the discrepancy is
*Team's NPI has been adjusted to remove negative effect from defeating weak opponent.
#Team's NPI has been adjusted to remove positive effects from losing to strong opponent.
SNC may see Stout in Round 1
Pioneer247
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Slight updates to the NPI overnight put Salve and Aurora ahead of St. Norbert, which changes the West outlook.
CNE: Endicott (2)
Little East: Norwich (14)
MAC: Neumann (27)
MASCAC: Anna Maria (20)
MIAC: Saint Johns (17)
NCHA: St. Norbert (8)
NESCAC: Middlebury (16)
SUNYAC: Hobart (1)
UCHC: Utica (4)
WIAC: UW-Stout (5)
At-Large:
Hamilton (3)
Salve Regina (6)
Aurora (7)
UNE (9)
First Four Out:
Adrian (10)
Bowdoin (11)
Geneseo (12)
Babson (13)
Round 1:
Neumann @ Hamilton
Anna Maria @ Utica
St. Norbert @ UW-Stout
Middlebury @ Salve Regina
Saint Johns @ Aurora
Norwich @ UNE
Quarterfinals:
Norwich/UNE @ Hobart
Saint Johns/Aurora @ Endicott
Middlebury/Salve Regina @ Neumann/Hamilton
St. Norbert/UW-Stout @ Anna Maria/Utica
CNE: Endicott (2)
Little East: Norwich (14)
MAC: Neumann (27)
MASCAC: Anna Maria (20)
MIAC: Saint Johns (17)
NCHA: St. Norbert (8)
NESCAC: Middlebury (16)
SUNYAC: Hobart (1)
UCHC: Utica (4)
WIAC: UW-Stout (5)
At-Large:
Hamilton (3)
Salve Regina (6)
Aurora (7)
UNE (9)
First Four Out:
Adrian (10)
Bowdoin (11)
Geneseo (12)
Babson (13)
Round 1:
Neumann @ Hamilton
Anna Maria @ Utica
St. Norbert @ UW-Stout
Middlebury @ Salve Regina
Saint Johns @ Aurora
Norwich @ UNE
Quarterfinals:
Norwich/UNE @ Hobart
Saint Johns/Aurora @ Endicott
Middlebury/Salve Regina @ Neumann/Hamilton
St. Norbert/UW-Stout @ Anna Maria/Utica
Tom Coughlin
5x NCAA Champ/2x Super Bowl Champ
Hoping for bracket integrity in round 1
Tom Coughlin
5x NCAA Champ/2x Super Bowl Champ
I almost wonder if USCHO had St Norbert as the road team last night initially or something like that. Oh well 
Pioneer247
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Stout is, if everything goes the way we think it will go, the biggest loser in all of this.
Congrats, you get the #5 seed, here's the #8 seed in Round 1 and then a potential trip to NY for the quarters. Brutal draw
Congrats, you get the #5 seed, here's the #8 seed in Round 1 and then a potential trip to NY for the quarters. Brutal draw
Wouldn't bracket integrity have SNC at Aurora for round 1? I am under the impression that they try to avoid same conference members playing in Round 1? Even though it has happened throughout the years...Hoping for bracket integrity in round 1
I'm not crazy about this. The Middlebury/Salve + Neumann/Hamilton pod looks weak at first glance (Hamilton has lost 3 of their last 4 - and their sole win was in OT) and Hobart seems to have too tough of a draw.
D3 Hockey has it slightly different.
Aurora/Stout vs Utica/AM
Norbert/Saint Johns vs Hamilton/Neumann
Because they are using the old, inaccurate USCHO data, which is now fixed. The NCAA link above is the one that needs to be paid attention to.
Congratulations for finally catching on what has been going on in the west for the last 25 years. Huzzah to you!
So I noticed they removed the West pool restrictions and are just taking the AQs and 4 AT-Largers regardless of region. This means theoretically that there could have been exactly 5 West Teams in the bracket, which would force a quadrant to exist that isn't 100% West or East. This would imply that they're now willing to allow East/West travel in R2. Does this mean they are changing they way they do things entirely, and will now give fairer seeding in opening rounds. Have they commented on this? Please correct me if I said something wrong above.
Pioneer247
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The NPI updated since they put that out