The dust has settled…and all of the Division Crowns have been determined…most of the Wildcards are in place…the only mysteries now are who will get the 2nd Bye…who will get Home Field…and how far can 1 team fall…

If the Playoffs started today:

#1 Seed - HUR (10-2-0) Buccaneers Champion (Locked In)
#2 Seed - AND ( 7-4-1) Storm Champion (By H2H over FUD)
#3 Seed - FUD ( 7-4-1) Bandits Champion 
#4 Seed - WAR ( 7-5-0) Wildcard (2-0 vs RNT) 
#5 Seed - RNT ( 7-5-0) Wildcard
#6 Seed - BBA ( 6-6-0) Wildcard

 
Congratulations to our 2016 Division Champions!

Hurricanes is on an historical tear winning their 6th game in a row…their 3rd Team of the Week in a Row…breaking their own record now with their 6th Team of the Week award on the Season as we head into the Playoffs…this is their 1st Division Title since 2013…their win makes 6 years in a row for the Buccaneer Division Champion to reach 10 Wins on the Season…and guarantees them the #1 Seed with a Bye in Wildcard Weekend…

Armed N Dangerous is on their own 3 game Win Streak and have locked up their 1st Storm Division title since 2012…they came within a Touchdown of taking down the Team of the Week award from Hurricanes and are currently holding on to the #2 Seed by virtue of their 110-101 win over Fudgie Whales in Week 8…they control their own destiny…a revenge win over Playground Legends in Week 13 guarantees them a Bye in Wildcard Weekend…

Fudgie Whales nailed 100% efficiency in Week 12 to extend their Win Streak to 4 games…and kept Bubba Army on a 4 game slide to lock up their 1st Bandit Division Championship since 2010…they will need a win over Money Inc and then help from the Legends to unseat AND for the #2 Seed…otherwise they will host a home game against the #6 Seed in Wildcard Weekend…

The current split for Wildcards is again set at .500 or better and you are in…

No team currently outside of the Playoffs can reach 7 Wins so both Warriors and Runs N Throses are guaranteed a Wildcard slot…Warriors has won both head-2-head games with Runs N Throses…and defeated Bubba Army in Week 10 so they can finish no worse than the #5 Seed…a win over Hurricanes in Week 13 or a Throser loss guarantees them the #4 Seed and Home Field advantage for Wildcard Weekend…

Runs N Throses needs to defeat X-Factor and get help from Hurricanes taking down Warriors to take over the #4 Seed…8 wins to 7…and claim Home Field advantage for themselves…a loss to X-Factor and Bubba Army getting a 7th win against Husslers would have Throsers fall to the #6 Seed due to their head-2-head loss in Week 8 (113-104)…

And then there is the Army [shakes head]…at 1 time sitting pretty at 6-2-0…they have now lost 4 in a row by an average of 8½ points…and have slid to the precipice of falling out of the Playoff Picture…they control their own destiny…a Week 13 streak buster over Husslers would guarantee their Wildcard status and potentially the #5 Seed with a Throsers loss…however…

On the Outside Looking In:

PGL (5-7-0) (by DIV Record over XFA)
XFA (5-7-0)

 
Bubba Army sliding to a 5th straight loss would open the door for the 2 teams currently at 5 wins…Losses by both teams would allow the Army to back into the #6 Seed…Bubba Army defeated Playground Legends 146 to 105 in Week 1 so they would still hold the #6 Seed in a 2-Team tiebreaker in the event of Legends defeating Armed N Dangerous…X-Factor defeated Bubba Army 101 to 96 in Week 5 so a win over Run N Throses would let them slide through on a 2-Team tiebreaker with the Army to the #6 Seed…but if they both win…

Playground Legends and X-Factor did not play each other this year so there would be no clear head-2-head victor…the 3 way tie would be decided on Division Record tiebreaker…and Playground Legends would claim the last Wildcard slot over X-Factor 5 wins to 4…

PGL (6-7-0) (5-1-0)
XFA (6-7-0) (4-2-0)
BBA (6-7-0) (2-4-0)

Empire Cup

#1 Seed - PGL (5-7-0) (By Div Record over XFA)
#2 Seed - XFA (5-7-0)
#3 Seed - MNY (4-7-1) (By H2H over HUS)
#4 Seed - HUS (4-7-1)
#5 Seed - UOG (4-8-0) (By H2H over BAT)
#6 Seed - BAT (4-8-0)

 
Tied games in the Bandit Division and tie breakers are holding the Empire Cup Seedings in place right now…but with only 1 Win separating the top Seed from the bottom…lots of shuffling can still occur…

Bubba Army missing the playoffs would give them the #1 Seed over a 6 Win Playground Legends or the #2 Seed behind a 6 Win X-Factor if the 3-Team scenario above unfolds…the Top 4 Seeds all have Week 13 games against Playoff bound teams and have the opportunity to claim a Bye Week for Wildcard Weekend with an upset win…

UO Grandmasters and Bay Area Thrashers play each other in Week 13 in a “Battle for the Bottom”…the loser will be the only team with 9 Losses on the season…either team reaching 5 wins would still trail a 5 Win Playground Legends…UO by 0-2 head-2-head record and Thrashers by Div Record…but they could both unseat a 5 Win X-Factor who lost to both of them this year…

Good Luck everybody…