You can check out the “Playoffs” tab on the myFantasyLeague site at any time to see how the seeds in PFFL would work out if the season ended today. Also, the old PFFL site has a page for the Division Race and Wild Card Race but tiebreakers are only mildly applied there (i.e., they are wrong).
But, I thought I’d add a little detail here.
If the playoffs started today, these would be your first round matchups:
(8) Winning Beer Money vs (1) Post Mortem
(7) Sharp as a Bowling Ball vs (2) SIAP
(6) Kramerica Industries vs (3) CSPJ
(5) Hedfullalicker vs (4) Double D
Changes from last week:
- Winning Beer Money took the playoff spot that Camel Toe had been holding onto last week
- SaaBB moved up one seed, from 8 to 7
- Seeds 1-5 stayed exactly the same
Tiebreaker info:
- Double D has the advantage over Hedfullalicker in the Central due to a head-to-head win
- Double D gets a seed advantage over Kramerica due to total points scored
- Hed gets the advantage over Kramerica due to a head-to-head win
- Winning Beer Money beat Turd Ferguson head-to-head
- Camel Toe has a better division record than The Jedi Masters
- Winning Beer Money gets in ahead of Camel Toe based on total points scored
If you’re looking for some historical perspective on playoff chances after 9 games, here’s what I can tell you:
- Teams with 7+ wins after 10 weeks have never missed the playoffs. This is great news for Post Mortem and SIAP.
- Only twice (out of 30 times) has a team with a 6-4 record missed the playoffs. Camel Toe accomplished that feat in 2006 and The Dark Side did it in 2000. This is good news for Double D, Kramerica, CSPJ and Hedfullalicker.
- Teams with .500 records after 10 weeks appropriately have made the playoffs 50% of the time. 18 of 36 have qualified, 18 of 36 have stayed home. SaaBB, therefore, is squarely on the fence. It should be noted, however, that SaaBB has been 5-5 twice and qualified for the postseason both times.
- 13 of the 30 teams to go 4-6 to start the season have made the playoffs. This gives WBM, Camel, Turd and the Jedis about a 43% chance of moving into the playoffs.
- 20 teams have started the year 3-7. 2 have qualified for the postseason. Hip, DDT, TKD? You have a 10% chance at this thing. If you want to place a bet on one of these three to make it, bet on The Hip. They are the team responsible for both fo the “2″ 3-7 starts to qualify for the playoffs. And, they’ve been on a 5-year cycle, accomplishing that feat in 1999 and 2004, and failing in 2006.
- No team with 2 or fewer wins after 10 weeks has ever made the playoffs.
Playoff Scenarios – Week 11
These are the possible playoff spot/seed clinching scenarios that I’ve determined for this week. They may be incomplete, and they may be wrong.
- Post Mortem has already clinched a playoff spot. They can clinch the division with a win (the best that the winner of DD-Hed could do if PM wins is tie, and PM would win all division tiebreakers). Post Mortem can clinch the #1 seed with a win and a SIAP loss.
- SIAP can clinch a playoff spot this week with a win and losses by Camel Toe and The Jedi Masters (I’m not totally positive about this one, but I don’t see how 8 wins doesn’t make the playoffs, so SIAP probably just needs a W)
Shakira wears half outfits and does silly dances while cheering your team into the playoffs. (see the video)
