NEW PLAYOFF FORMAT –
Due to the hurricane… ALL Week 1 games have been eliminated in their entirety and will not be made up.
We will move from a 6-team playoff format to an 8-team playoff format for Playoff week 1 on 11/16.
Top Bracket
1 vs 8
4 vs 5
Bottom Bracket
2 vs 7
3 vs 6
Winner of Top Bracket Round 1 play in Top Bracket of Round 2. (no re-seeding)
Winner of the Bottom Bracket of Round 1 play for the Bottom Bracket of Round 2(no re-seeding).
Super Bowl is Top Bracket Winner vs Bottom Bracket Winner
Because we added 2 teams to the playoffs, we will not allow any arguments about ranking and “what if’s” related to week 1
Regular season 1 and 2 will automatically qualify for Nationals
All teams that advance from Playoff Round 1 to the Playoff Round 2 will qualify for Nationals
Playoff seeding will occur based on the final record (excluding any of the added / fill in games for 14U)
Tiebreakers are calculated as follows (moving down in order and not coming back up):