2025 Big Ten Men's Lacrosse Tournament Seeding Scenarios
Big Ten Tournament Central
Rutgers men's lacrosse enters the final weekend of the 2025 men's lacrosse season with a 2-2 conference record. Pending the results of the final weekend, RU can finish as high as tied for second place in the standings, but will be seeded either No. 3, No. 4 or No. 5 for the Big Ten Tournament. In the Quarterfinals, the 3 seed hosts the 6 seed, and the 4 seed hosts the 5 seed. Rutgers cannot get a bye and will play a Quarterfinal game. Despite multiple scenarios where RU can tie for 2nd, RU loses all the tiebreakers involved and cannot earn the No. 2 seed, and as such will be playing a Quarterfinal game on the weekend of April 26.
Pending the results of the Rutgers-Penn State, Maryland-Johns Hopkins and Michigan-Ohio State games, there are 8 different combinations of seeding scenarios. For Rutgers, it boils down to:
PSU/RU MD/JHU MI/OSU 1 2 3 4 5 6
1. PSU MD MI MI (.800) MD (.600) OSU (.600) PSU (.600) RU (.400) JHU (.000)
2. PSU MD OSU OSU (.800) MD (.600) PSU (.600) MI (.600) RU (.400) JHU (.000)
3. PSU JHU MI MI (.800) OSU (.600) PSU (.600) RU (.400) MD (.400) JHU (.200)
4. PSU JHU OSU OSU (.800) PSU (.600) MI (.600) RU (.400) MD (.400) JHU (.200)
5. RU MD MI MI (.800) MD (.600) RU (.600) OSU (.600) PSU (.400) JHU (.000)
6. RU MD OSU OSU (.800) MI (.600) RU (.600) MD (.600) PSU (.400) JHU (.000)
7. RU JHU MI MI (.800) OSU (.600) RU (.600) MD (.400) PSU (.400) JHU (.200)
8. RU JHU OSU OSU (.800) MI (.600) RU (.600) MD (.400) PSU (.400) JHU (.200)
Rutgers men's lacrosse enters the final weekend of the 2025 men's lacrosse season with a 2-2 conference record. Pending the results of the final weekend, RU can finish as high as tied for second place in the standings, but will be seeded either No. 3, No. 4 or No. 5 for the Big Ten Tournament. In the Quarterfinals, the 3 seed hosts the 6 seed, and the 4 seed hosts the 5 seed. Rutgers cannot get a bye and will play a Quarterfinal game. Despite multiple scenarios where RU can tie for 2nd, RU loses all the tiebreakers involved and cannot earn the No. 2 seed, and as such will be playing a Quarterfinal game on the weekend of April 26.
Pending the results of the Rutgers-Penn State, Maryland-Johns Hopkins and Michigan-Ohio State games, there are 8 different combinations of seeding scenarios. For Rutgers, it boils down to:
- If Rutgers wins Friday vs. Penn State, the Scarlet Knights will host a quarterfinal game. RU will be the 3 Seed and Host Johns Hopkins.
- If Rutgers loses Friday vs. Penn State AND Johns Hopkins beats Maryland, the Scarlet Knights will host a quarterfinal game. RU will be the 4 seed and host Maryland.
- If Rutgers loses Friday vs. Penn State AND Maryland beats Johns Hopkins, Rutgers is on the road for the Quarterfinals. RU would be the 5 seed and travel to face either Penn State (if Michigan beats Ohio State) or Michigan (if Ohio State beats Michigan
PSU/RU MD/JHU MI/OSU 1 2 3 4 5 6
1. PSU MD MI MI (.800) MD (.600) OSU (.600) PSU (.600) RU (.400) JHU (.000)
2. PSU MD OSU OSU (.800) MD (.600) PSU (.600) MI (.600) RU (.400) JHU (.000)
3. PSU JHU MI MI (.800) OSU (.600) PSU (.600) RU (.400) MD (.400) JHU (.200)
4. PSU JHU OSU OSU (.800) PSU (.600) MI (.600) RU (.400) MD (.400) JHU (.200)
5. RU MD MI MI (.800) MD (.600) RU (.600) OSU (.600) PSU (.400) JHU (.000)
6. RU MD OSU OSU (.800) MI (.600) RU (.600) MD (.600) PSU (.400) JHU (.000)
7. RU JHU MI MI (.800) OSU (.600) RU (.600) MD (.400) PSU (.400) JHU (.200)
8. RU JHU OSU OSU (.800) MI (.600) RU (.600) MD (.400) PSU (.400) JHU (.200)
