We are rapidly approaching the playoffs for the 2025-26 Super League and there’s some things we know and some things we do. I thought I’d knock out a quick list of know’s and don’t know’s to help you prepare for the final month of the season.

Three are In

Sporting Jax looks almost unstoppable (last weekend’s loss aside) at the top of the table. The team has 3 of the 4 top scoring players in the league and is just cruising through their opening season in the league. No one expected this sort of dominance and yet here we are. Top of the league by four points and leading the league in scoring, JAX proved they were ready from day one and are in the playoffs in year one.

Lexington added a bunch of thoroughbreds to their stable over the offseason and the horses are runnin’! Just four points back of Sporting, Lexington looks hungry, organized, and dangerous as hell. While no team in the League has a “veteran” roster, this team features some of the top names from last season and looks poised to add more acholades to the list by the end of the season. Currently, they own a home playoff match, which would look amazing at Lexington SC Stadium.

Last year, Carolina Ascent made a reputation for itself with hard-nose defense and rock-solid goalkeeping. Not much has changed since then. Carolina has conceded the second-least goals in the league and has the second-most clean sheets to show for it. The team has the least goals scored of the current playoff clubs, but the combination of Meagan McClelland and Sydney Martinez in goal is getting it done and powering this team to the playoffs for a second-straight season.

But with just five points between the top three, the question of how they finish is still up in the air. Jax has two matches against the teams on the list, plus Brooklyn and DC, both of whom are vying for the last playoff spot (more on that later). Lexington has JAX, Brooklyn, and Spokane, plus a gimmie match with bottom-of-the-barrel Tampa Bay. Carolina has JAX, Ft. Lauderdale, and Tampa and is in the best form of the top three, but with just three matches to play, will need to get results to make up ground on the top two.

I think Lexington is going to squeeze into that top spot before the end of the season, but we shall see. The winner of that head-to-head with JAX will be the decider.

And Then There was One

So where does that leave the final playoff spot. For most of the season Dallas Trinity has been in this chair, but due to the team in maroon choking away points, there’s two teams with a real shot at the final spot. DC has been resilient and is now currently in the playoff spot, leading Dallas by goal differential. Spokane Zephyr is just behind them by three points.

DC Power swung into playoff contention last week. (Image courtesy of DC Power

Looking at the remaining schedule, DC probably has the toughest, with all three matches against playoff contending teams. Dallas has four matches to play, with one against DC and the rest against the bottom three in the standings. I think Dallas will find a way to sneak into the playoffs, but barely.