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With one game left in the season, the playoffs are still not set. We still have 5 teams fighting over 3 spots.

These teams are in, but their seeding could change based on the final week.

Stalingrad Gryphon Army
Layette Ragin Cajuns
Krakow Outlaws
Windy City Bears
Austin Pirates

For the rest of the field, here is what it takes to make the post season

These three teams can make it easy on themselves. If they win, they are in.

San Jose Baggers
Nizhny Novgorod Vetz
Budapest Tigers

The final two teams need some help

The Piggies will have to win and count on a Tigers loss to make the playoffs, but if the Tigers win, the Piggies can keep the hope alive with a Saluki's Loss.

The likelihood of this scenario is not good. The tigers will have an easy game with the Cellar dwellers of the Alpha conference and the Salukis are 50/50 to beat the UFA Panthers.

For the Salukis to make the playoffs requires a bit more touch. They of course must win. They Tigers must also win as well as the Piggies, and the Baggers must lose. The Tigers can be counted on for a win, but the Piggies and Salukis are both 50/50. I would also think the late surging Baggers won't struggle much with Minsk.

The Saluki has a strong first half of the season and hold some interesting tie breakers, but their late struggles have evened out the matrix and they are forced to rely on points scored to settle many of the scenarios. So it is possible to the Salukis to make the playoffs in some scenarios that are not listed, but it will require margins of victory not yet seen in this league.

Good luck in the post season. My picks are

Baggers
Vets
Tigers

Great post.

I'd like to add that the Alpha Conference playoff teams are set, but seeding has yet to be determined.

They are:

Prague Monarchs
Barger Hill Burglars
Amsterdam Dirty Dozen
Detroit Cheetahs
Kiev Cosmonauts
The Geriatric Couch Potatoes
Combat Warriors
Dnipropetrovsk Express

Congratulations to all teams who made the playoffs this season! Job well done!

Prague and BHB have the #1 and #2 seeds locked down.

ADD and GCP have tough games, DET and KIE have easier games. If all 4 teams win:

ADD is 2-1, lost to DET - 3rd with the points tiebreaker
GCP is 0-3, lost to everyone - no tiebreakers, 6th seed
DET is 2-1, lost to KIE - 4th
KIE is 2-1, lost to ADD - 5th

I would go into detail about if such and such loses, but all the tiebreakers are posted in there, so you can really figure it out for yourself. Assume wins by DET and KIE. I hope we gets wins from ADD and GCP to show who is the better division in the league.

7th and 8th both have tough games. Assume a Combat loss. Express have not been playing great of late, so they may lose as well. Combat has the tiebreaker, and will most likely finish 7th, as we predict a Piggies victory over Dnipropetrovsk.

Our prediction:

PRA
BHB
DET
ADD
KIE
GCP
COM
EXP

I think Detroit, in an easier game, is going to win by enough to win the tiebreaker against ADD, and take the 3rd seed, playing GCP instead of KIE (who they lost to in the regular season). ADD will have the pleasure of facing KIE. BHB will play Combat and PRA vs. EXP.

2nd round will feature either a 4-5 upset or 3-6 upset. Prague will likely play DET, and BHB will likely play ADD. Nothing personal Cappy, but I hope GCP beats you if this is all correct, so we get a playoff shot at them.

From there, a rematch of BHB and PRA.

BHB goes to the finals against SGA. SGA wins a close 23-21 victory.