D3 Playoffs

[FCGrizzliesGrad]

Is red becoming the new purple?

• Just the 2nd time in the last 29 playoffs there will be no purple in the Stagg Bowl (2023 also all red)
• No purple teams made the semifinals for the 2nd time in the last 33 playoffs (also 2023)
• In the last three playoffs there have been 6 red teams in the semifinals and two each year while there has been just 1 purple (Mount Union 2024)

[Teamski]

So disappointed that you could only watch the playoffs on ESPN+.  What a sell out.... Just my 2 cents.

-Ski

[monsoon]

Congrats to UW-River Falls.

[Ryan Coleman]

Hey everyone! Just a reminder that d3photo will be running a bracket challenge for the 2026 playoffs. We are also working on an iOS app for it this year.

Moreover we are going to do a weekly pick'em as well in the playoffs, with a confidence pool, and the total scores from the playoffs will be included in an end-of-season post on the website.

If you haven't used d3challenge.com in the last few years you should head over and check it out -- it's changed quite a bit since you last stopped by and a lot this fall alone.

Next year you can do pick'ems by conference -- testing this now for basketball -- and you may even be able to do challenges amongst your peers if you wish. This is on the road map.

Thanks!