When a By Standings playoff bracket shows a seed placeholder like "1st" instead of the actual team, it means the system does not yet have everything it needs to resolve that seed into a team. The bracket only populates team names once the feeding results are known.

Check these items in order:

1. Confirm all regular-season scores are entered. A By Standings bracket only populates team names after the regular season is completely scored. Even one missing score will leave seeds unresolved. Enter every missing score on the Standings page.
2. Check game dispositions. Make sure none of your regular-season or playoff games have a disposition of "Not Played." If any do, open the game on the Standings page, click Edit Score, and change the Disposition to "Score not Kept" or "Canceled," then Save.
3. Enter scores for feeder games in the bracket itself. A later-round slot (for example a game fed by "Winner of G3") will keep showing a placeholder until the feeder games have scores entered.
4. Verify the seeding source. On the Division 1 Configuration page, confirm whether Playoff Seeding is set to Manual or By Standings. If it is Manual, you must select the team names yourself on the 4 Create Schedule page — they will not fill in automatically.

If a placeholder stays "stuck" after scores are entered

Occasionally a bracket can end up with a seed placeholder that will not resolve even though scores appear to be in — for example when pre-playoff tie-breaker ("pig-tail") games or manual standings changes are involved. If you have confirmed all scores and dispositions and the placeholder still will not populate:

1. Open the Standings page and use Edit Standings to confirm the standing order is correct (this is what feeds a By Standings bracket).
2. As a workaround that support has used, you can remove the score from the affected game, correct the team name, then re-enter the score.
3. If it still will not resolve, contact TeamSideline Support with the League & Division name and the correct matchups. Support can review the activity log and troubleshoot the bracket directly.

For "Manual" playoff brackets you must enter the teams in individually.