2026 CRN Channel Madness

CRN’s Channel Madness Tournament of Chiefs pits some of the channel’s best-known executives against each other in head-to-head battles where CRN readers determine the victors.

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HP’s Lannum, CrowdStrike’s Rogers Storm Into Semifinals: Channel Madness Round 3 Results

Two Round 3 competitors erased deficits to punch their tickets into the Channel Madness semifinals.

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Channel Madness Bracket Contest


There's a new leader atop our Channel Madness Bracket Contest leaderboard!

With two of the four matches in Round Three called correctly, M-DUB vaulted into the top spot, followed by another two match picker, Babrackerz. Former leader G-Dub garnered four points with one correct match, as did fourth-place SuperCAM5000.

Watch the fourth round action unfold right here!

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Download The Channel Madness Brackets Guide

Updated with Round Three results.

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2026 News:

HP’s Lannum, CrowdStrike’s Rogers Storm Into Semifinals: Channel Madness Round 3 Results

F5’s Citron, Lenovo’s McFarland Keeping Rivals At Bay: Madness Quarterfinals Update

Lenovo’s McFarland Advances With Buzzer-Beater: Round 2 Madness Results

Round 2 Lead Changes: HP’s Lannum, Arctic Wolf’s Skelley Surge In Weekend Madness Voting

Cloudflare’s McElduff, 1Password’s Crandall Out In Front: Round 2 Channel Madness

CrowdStrike’s Rogers Prevails In Overtime To Claim Solutions 16 Berth: Channel Madness

Schneider Electric’s Lord, CrowdStrike’s Rogers Head To Overtime In Channel Madness First

Deadlocked Matchups, Late Surges As Round 1 Nears The Finish: Channel Madness

Sophos’ Scott Barlow, Veeam’s Kevin Rooney Storming Back In Round 1: Channel Madness >>

Make Your Picks: The 2026 CRN Channel Madness Bracket Contest Is Open >>

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