The MLS Cup Playoffs begin Wednesday with the Wild Card Round, which features two teams limping into the postseason and two upstart squads ready to oust them and advance to the first round of competition.

MLS Cup will be held on Dec. 6 – the day after the 2026 World Cup draw in Washington, D.C. – at the home of the finalist with the better regular-season record. Here’s the road to getting there (Round One schedule will be played between Oct. 24 and Nov. 9; full fixture list below):

San Diego FC topped the Western Conference with 63 points after a Decision Day win over the Portland Timbers, which pushed them past Vancovuer Whitecaps FC for the top spot. They will hold home advantage in the playoffs until MLS Cup final, should they advance to that point.

Alabama replaces Miami as a top-four seed in the College Football Playoff based on The Associated Press Top 25 released Sunday and Georgia Tech, Vanderbilt and BYU are on the mock bracket for the first time. Ohio State, Indiana, Texas A&M and Alabama would be the top four seeds as the Nos. 1-4 teams in the AP poll.

Chase Briscoe became the second Joe Gibbs Racing driver to advance to the championship four portion of the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs on Sunday.

The 2025 Arizona high school football playoffs begin on Friday, October 24 with four games in Round 1 of the Class 1A bracket. High School On SI has brackets for every classification and division in the Arizona high school playoffs. The championship games will begin on November 25, 2025.

On Saturday, October 18, WIAA released its finalized brackets for the 2025 football playoffs, with a multitude of northeast Wisconsin teams looking to bust some brackets. FULL DIVISION 1 BRACKET Waunakee,

No Northern Utah football teams were able to claim a No. 1 playoff seed but two came close and several will enjoy favorable matchups early after the UHSAA released playoff brackets for all seven football classifications Saturday morning.