The 2026 BakaBois Toilet Bowl is not a normal consolation bracket. It is a reverse-elimination tournament built to determine which team can fail most decisively when the stakes are highest.

The format covers the league’s bottom ten teams: the eight teams finishing 8th through 11th, plus both teams finishing 12th.

Round 1 begins with the teams finishing 8th through 11th. They are ranked by regular-season record, with points for breaking a tie. The matchups are Seed 1 vs. Seed 8, Seed 2 vs. Seed 7, Seed 3 vs. Seed 6, and Seed 4 vs. Seed 5.

The important part: the losers advance.

Both 12th-place teams receive Round 1 byes and enter in Round 2. They are ranked against each other by record, with points for breaking a tie. The better 12th-place team becomes Seed 5, while the worse 12th-place team becomes Seed 6.

The four Round 1 losers are also reseeded for Round 2 using record and then points for. Round 2 matchups are Seed 1 vs. Seed 6, Seed 2 vs. Seed 5, and Seed 3 vs. Seed 4.

The three Round 2 losers then meet in the Toilet Bowl final. There is no traditional advancement left at that point: the three teams play in one final, and the lowest score wins the Toilet Bowl championship.

The format creates two very different paths to the final. A team finishing 8th through 11th must lose twice. A team finishing 12th gets a bye and needs only one loss. So yes, finishing dead last is technically an advantage—but only if you can survive the indignity of proving you deserve it.

In short: lose Round 1, keep going; lose Round 2, reach the final; score the fewest points there, and become immortal for all the wrong reasons.