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Why Dresdan is at #4 when we(Warsaw Wolfpack) have beaten them this season and we both have the same record? Just curious!

It's complicated, but I will try to explain it as best as I understand it. Three teams are tied for 11-4, and both the Wolfpack and the Doomsday have beaten one other 11-4 team, Warsaw beating Dresden and Dresden beating Italy, so it is a tie there. Warsaw scored 1305 points in their games, while Dresden scored 1368 points. As this is the next tiebreaker, there is the reason Dresden is ranked higher. I don't like this system, as it completely takes away the head to head wins from the decision, which is stupid. You are in exactly the scenario I described a few games ago, a team fighting for home field that gets screwed by the wonky formula for deciding the tie breaker. However, if Warsaw beats Italy, both you and Dresden will be alone at 12-4. On the basis of Warsaw defeating the only other 12-4 team, Dresden, the Wolfpack should jump ahead to fourth place and all will be right in the world. Of course, this is assuming there isn't some other silly way of determining the tiebreaker of which I am not aware.

thanks

http://www.glbwiki.com/index.php?title=Playoff_Seeding_and_Tiebreakers

When two or more teams have the same regular season record, seeding comes down to the following tiebreakers.

To determine the winner of a tie within a Conference the following Tiebreakers go into effect:

1. If there are only 2 teams tied (same record), higher seed is the winner of the head-to-head match up.

1. If there are more than 2 teams tied (same record), then it's based upon these factor in this order:
1. Number of head-to-head wins against the other tied teams with the same record.
2. Number of total points scored.
3. Number of total points allowed.