Some of the most anticipated aspects of the upcoming ultimate season!
January 13, 2026 by Edward Stephens in Opinion, Video
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The Line brings together lists of sevens from our reporting staff.
Did I mention, in my reflection on what college ultimate has lost to time, that the Roman god Janus looks both ways? Enough with the pouting and muttering about what’s gone, let’s celebrate the future! The fact is that while plenty remains to be decided, we can pin down a few certainties about what’s going to be exciting to watch in 2026.
Here are just a few of the themes that will define the year from January through May. For goodness sake, let’s all appreciate them now instead of Got-Til-It’s-Gone-ing in some gray winter a year or two from now.
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