A solid first round and a top-notch second round propelled JimH to the win in the 2026 Litter Box Cats Playoff Predictions Contest.
Jim finished the contest with a total of 74 points (29-28-8-9), winning the second leg, and beat out young prognosticating phenom Chuck Magic by six points.
Panthers Underground turned in a noteworthy performance, finishing third with 67 points. Naples Cats amassed 65 points to finish fourth, while JakeCPanther and regular season champ Ivo003, who were the only other contestants to hit the 60-point plateau, tied for fifth place with 60 points.
- First Round winner: Najski
- Second Round winner: JimH (by tiebreaker over Ivo003)
- Third Round winner: fga1957
- Fourth Round winner: JakeCPanther (by tiebreaker over Chuck Magic)
Final Overall Standings
JimH – 74
Chuck Magic – 68
Panthers Underground – 67
NaplesCat – 65
JakeCPanther – 60
Ivo003 – 60
fga1957 – 58
Merlin94 – 57
Jagrmeister68 – 57
Polydactly Cats – 56
Eruley – 55
Bill Kozloff – 54
ThackAttack – 53
SWFL Transplant – 53 (played rounds 1-3)
Todd – 50
Adam8290 – 50
NDPanther – 50
Clint Tankersley – 49
dontpbg – 48
Zim – 47
CatScratchFever – 45
Pete101st – 44 (played rounds 1-3)
AussiePantherFan – 43
Uncle Don – 39 (played 1st and 2nd round only)
Calvey – 38
Najski – 35 (played 1st round only)
ItsReigningCats – 35
SymmGod – 35 (played rounds 1-3)
KingPanther – 31 (played rounds 1-3)
sabrecat – 28 (played 1st and 3rd round only)
Coach McGuirk- 20 (played 1st round only)
truenorth – 19 (played 1st round only)
Pusnuk – 19 (played 1st round only)
MeoowRaawr – 12 (played 3rd round only)
flpanthers308 -10 (played 4th round only)
pdomil – 9 (played 4th round only)
Thanks to the 36 LBCers who took the time to participate and a big congratulations to JimH for taking this year’s crown!