Playoff Ranking Procedures
OK. Just in case it comes down to any of this, it's probably important
enough to dangle out there on the internet for all to see so that
there's no confusion. I'm sure most of you know that the win-loss
record is what we go by to seed the teams, but if there are two
teams tied, we need to break that tie. Every league could be slightly
different because of the number of teams, the number of games and
the number of divisions within the league. If there are exceptions
to these tie-breaking procedures, we will indicate that on the bottom
of this webpage. So here we go:
1. Overall record: Subtract the number of losses from the number of
wins. 2. Forfeits: Any team that has not
forfeited any games will win over a team that has forfeited a
game. 3. Head-to-head: Look at all
contests played between the teams. If one team has a better record in
these games or matches, they get the higher seed. (For three-way ties
or more, see below) 4. Division record: In the
case that there is more than one division in a certain league (Ex: black and gold), the record within one's
own division will be the next tie-breaker. This will only be used
in breaking a tie between teams in the same division. 5. Goal/Point Differential: If
teams are still tied, subtract the total points allowed by the total
points won. 6. Goals/Points Against:
If teams are still tied, look at total goals/points
against. 7a. Coin toss: In the unlikely event that two teams are still tied
after all this, there will be a coin
toss to determine seeding. This will only determine seeding within teams already making it to
the playoffs (see 7b). 7b. Play-in game: A coin toss will not decide whether or not a team
makes the playoffs. In the case that two teams are tied through the
first 5 tiebreakers, there will be a game played between the
teams involved.
Three, four-way ties, etc:
In the case that there are more than two teams tied after
the win-loss record, use this procedure until a higher seed is
determined, and then start over without that team in the mix to
determine the seed for the rest of the teams involved. If a winning
team cannot be determined through a certain tie-breaker in a
multiple-team tie, we will look for a losing team and we'll
eliminate that team and rerun the other teams through the criteria
to find a higher seed. Once any higher seed is determined, we will
start over with all other teams back in the hunt until the final
playoff spot has been determined. In the case of a multiple team
tie, we can only use the head-to-head tiebreaker if any team has
either swept or been swept by all the others.
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