With the playoffs fast approaching, players often ask about the playoff system as well as who's in and who's out at the moment.
You can always check the current playoff picture by clicking the Playoffs tab on the Standings page, but to clarify how the playoffs work this fall here's the bullet point breakdown:
- 4 teams from each conference will make the playoffs
- The top team in each division will automatically be seeded 1 and 2
- The next 2 highest ranked teams in the conference will be seeded 3 and 4
- First tie breaker is head to head record and then it goes to total points against (not differential as some believe!)
The two scheduled playoff weeks (November 5th and 12th) work like this:
- The quaterfinals are played on November 5th and it involves the 1st seed of a conference playing the 4th seed of that conference and the 2nd seed playing the 3rd seed.
- The semifinals are played on November 12th and the intra-conference winners of the quarterfinals meet here. These 2 games will be played concurrently.
- The finals are played immediately after the semifinals and will be an extra game added for the winners of the semifinals.
Teams not qualifying for the playoffs or being eliminated from the playoffs will still be eligible to play during the last two weeks either in a losers bracket system or simply in a pick up game format, depending on the preference and availability of players on those teams.
Good luck to all our teams in making the playoffs!
