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2025–26 National League (ice hockey) season
2025–26 National League season, Switzerland's top ice hockey league: 14 teams, 52-round regular season from 9 September 2025 to 9 March 2026; Fribourg-Gottéron won its first Swiss title, beating HC Davos 3:2 in overtime in game 7.
2025–26 National League 1
2025–26 National League 1 (National One), England's third-tier rugby union league: 14 clubs, 26 rounds, first play-off season. Rotherham Titans won with 111 points; Blackheath took the promotion play-off; Leicester Lions finished bottom.
2025–26 NBA G League season
2025–26 NBA G League season, the league's 25th, ran Nov 7, 2025 to April 2026 with 31 teams, a 14-game Tip-Off Tournament plus 36-game regular season, first 16-team playoffs, first multi-year CBA, and Salt Lake City Stars winning the Winter Showcase.
2025–26 NBA season
The 2025–26 NBA season is the 80th regular season of the National Basketball Association, running from October 21, 2025 to April 12, 2026, followed by the playoffs.
2025–26 NBL season
2025–26 NBL season (Hungry Jack's NBL26), the Australian National Basketball League's 48th season, tipped off September 18, 2025; ten teams, 33 games each, new Ignite Cup, Illawarra Hawks defending champions, Bryce Cotton to Adelaide.
2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
2025-26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season: Purdue preseason AP No. 1; Duke overall top seed; Michigan (37-3) beat UConn in Indianapolis for its first title in 37 years; new coach's challenge and continuous motion rules; last 68-team field before 76-team expansion.
2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season
2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season, also called women's college basketball 2025-26; UConn entered as defending champion and AP preseason No. 1; new coach's challenge rule, WAB selection metric, 68-team NCAA tournament, UCLA–South Carolina title game drew 9.9 million viewers.
2025–26 NCAA football bowl games
The 2025-26 NCAA football bowl season: 45-game slate of 36 non-CFP bowls plus the 12-team College Football Playoff, won by Indiana over Miami 27-21 in the January 19, 2026 championship at Hard Rock Stadium.
2025–26 New Orleans Pelicans season
2025-26 New Orleans Pelicans season: NBA season ending 26-56, 11th in the West. Willie Green fired November 2025, James Borrego interim, Jamahl Mosley hired May 2026 under Joe Dumars after offseason trades for Jordan Poole and draft picks Fears and Queen.
2025–26 New York Knicks season
2025-26 New York Knicks season: 53-29, third in the East; won the franchise's first NBA title since 1973, beating San Antonio in five Finals games after a 16-3, +283 playoff run and the NBA Cup, under new coach Mike Brown.
2025–26 NFL playoffs
2025–26 NFL playoffs, the 2025 NFL season postseason ending in Super Bowl LX: Seattle Seahawks beat New England Patriots 29-13 on Feb 8, 2026 at Levi's Stadium for their second title; 26 playoff interceptions, 124.9M Super Bowl viewers.
2025–26 NHL season
2025-26 NHL season, National Hockey League's 109th season: 1,312-game regular season Oct 7, 2025 to Apr 16, 2026, 82 games per team, with a Feb 6-24 Olympic break for Milano Cortina 2026, three outdoor games, Stockholm Global Series, and centennials for the Blackhawks, Red Wings, and Rangers.
2025–26 NHL transactions
The 2025–26 NHL transactions cover trades and signings by the 32 NHL clubs for the 2025–26 season, including 85 total trades before the March 6, 2026 deadline.
2025–26 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team
2025-26 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team, Hubert Davis's fifth UNC squad: finished 24-9, 12-6 ACC, 18-0 at Smith Center, No. 6 NCAA seed, lost to VCU in overtime; Caleb Wilson led with 19.8 ppg; Michael Malone hired afterward.
2025–26 Oklahoma City Thunder season
2025-26 Oklahoma City Thunder season: defending NBA champions' title-defense campaign. Opened Oct 21, 2025 vs Houston on NBC; finished 64-18, first in the West, swept Phoenix and the Lakers 4-0 in the 2026 playoffs.
2025–26 Orlando Magic season
The 2025–26 Orlando Magic season: NBA campaign in which Orlando went 45–37, added Desmond Bane and Tyus Jones, lost a 3–1 playoff lead to Detroit, and fired coach Jamahl Mosley for Sean Sweeney.
2025–26 Philadelphia 76ers season
2025-26 Philadelphia 76ers season: NBA campaign in which the Sixers went 45-37, reached the playoffs as the East's seventh seed, beat Boston in a Game 7 led by Joel Embiid, then were swept by the Knicks in the conference semifinals.
2025–26 Phoenix Suns season
2025-26 Phoenix Suns season: NBA season in which the rebuilt Suns, after trading Kevin Durant and buying out Bradley Beal, went 45-37 under first-year coach Jordan Ott, 7th in the West, and lost the first round 0-4 to Oklahoma City.
2025–26 Pittsburgh Penguins season
2025-26 Pittsburgh Penguins season: NHL team's 59th campaign under first-year coach Dan Muse. Finished 41-25-16 (98 points), second in the Metropolitan Division, returned to playoffs after three misses, and lost the first round to Philadelphia in six games.
2025–26 Portland Trail Blazers season
2025-26 Portland Trail Blazers season: NBA campaign in which Portland went 42-40, beat Phoenix in the play-in for the No. 7 seed, and lost 1-4 to San Antonio in round one, under interim coach Tiago Splitter after Chauncey Billups's October 2025 arrest.
2025–26 Premiership Rugby
The 2025–26 Premiership Rugby season, marketed as the Gallagher Prem, was England's top rugby union competition, contested by 10 clubs and won by Northampton Saints.
2025–26 PWHL season
2025-26 PWHL season: the Professional Women's Hockey League's third season, Nov 21, 2025 to May 2026, with expansion Seattle Torrent and Vancouver Goldeneyes; Montréal Victoire won the Walter Cup 3-1 over Ottawa Charge.
2025–26 Rugby Pro D2 season
2025–26 Pro D2 season, 25th edition of France's second-tier rugby union league run by the LNR; 16 clubs from 29 August 2025; RC Vannes set scoring records and met Provence Rugby in the Toulouse final.
2025–26 Sacramento Kings season
The 2025–26 Sacramento Kings season: NBA Pacific Division campaign under coach Doug Christie that finished 22–60, last in the Pacific and 14th in the Western Conference, with a −10.0 net rating and no playoff berth.
2025–26 San Antonio Spurs season
2025-26 San Antonio Spurs season: 60th Spurs season, Mitch Johnson's first as coach. Went 62-20 (2nd West), beat OKC in 7-game WCF, lost NBA Finals 1-4 to Knicks; built around Wembanyama, Fox, Harper.
2025–26 San Jose Sharks season
2025-26 San Jose Sharks season: NHL team's 35th season, 39-35-8, 86 points, fifth in Pacific; missed playoffs seventh straight year. Macklin Celebrini set club record with 115 points after veteran offseason additions.
2025–26 SHL season
2025–26 SHL season, Swedish Hockey League (SHL) 2025/2026. 14 teams, Djurgården replacing MoDo; Skellefteå AIK first with 108 points; Luleå HF champion, first title since 1996; record attendance 2,565,027.
2025–26 Super League Basketball season
2025–26 Super League Basketball season, second SLB season in Great Britain. London Lions won the quadruple (Championship, Trophy, Cup, Playoffs), beating Cheshire Phoenix 104-81; season played amid the SLB-BBF-FIBA governance dispute.
2025–26 SVNS
2025–26 SVNS (HSBC SVNS 2026): first season of World Rugby's restructured three-tier rugby sevens series, 13 events in 12 countries, won by New Zealand women and South Africa men (Series) and Australia women and South Africa men (World Championship).
2025–26 Top 14 season
2025–26 Top 14 season: French rugby union championship run by the LNR, 6 September 2025 to 27 June 2026 final; Toulouse first, Montpellier second, Pau third; Montauban relegated, Perpignan won the Access Match; orange card introduced.