USL Championship · 2026
8th by playoff odds25 clubs

Sacramento

5th · 8-6-5 · 30 pts
Playoffs95%
Magic number
The fewest of this club's own wins that alone would clinch a playoff place, no matter what every other result does.
9

Win the next 9 games and a playoff place is mathematically theirs, whatever every other result does.

Chances

The races beyond a playoff place, and where they finish.

Conference6%
Championship6%

5th in the table · 8th by playoff odds.

Western Conference finish
1st8th · playoff line12th

Most likely 3rd. The top 8 in the conference make the playoffs.

Schedule

The next game, what follows it, and what already happened.

Upcoming

Full schedule11 to play

Season so far

Playoff odds after every published update. Dots mark the games with the biggest published swing; each opens its game record.

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Paths

Every way the regular season can end, measured over 20,000 simulated seasons. The finishes are a complete split of it, so the bar is one whole; open a finish for what has to happen.

Reaches the postseason - stronger green is a better finishMisses it

Host a conference quarterfinal59%

Sacramento 46+ points

Conference Quarterfinals
1SacramentoHome8Colorado Springs

Alongside it: 2 New Mexico v 7 Orange County · 3 Lexington v 6 El Paso · 4 Tulsa v 5 San Antonio

How the table finishedthe middle season
The Western Conference table in the season closest to the middle of this route, out of 11,803. One season, not an average; the rule marks the last club that reached the bracket.
SeedClubPts
1Sacramento50
2New Mexico49
3Lexington48
4Tulsa47
5San Antonio45
6El Paso44
7Orange County44
8Colorado Springs44
-Las Vegas43
-Phoenix36
Reach the quarterfinals on the road36%

Sacramento 40+ points

Conference Quarterfinals
2New MexicoHome7Sacramento

Alongside it: 1 Orange County v 8 Las Vegas · 3 Colorado Springs v 6 El Paso · 4 Tulsa v 5 San Antonio

  1. 39% of this route

  2. 33% of this route

  3. 27% of this route

How the table finishedthe middle season
The Western Conference table in the season closest to the middle of this route, out of 2,856. One season, not an average; the rule marks the last club that reached the bracket.
SeedClubPts
1Orange County54
2New Mexico51
3Colorado Springs49
4Tulsa48
5San Antonio48
6El Paso44
7Sacramento43
8Las Vegas41
-Lexington40
-Phoenix35
Miss the postseason5%