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The 2009 CFFL Tournament
Seeding Explanations
| SEED |
TEAM (DIV) |
REC |
GB |
PTS |
NOTES |
| 1 | Indy Zombies (W) | 12-2 | --- | 1837 | |
| 2 | War Town Bombers (E) | 11-3 | 1 | 1955 | |
| 3 | SCOREpions (C) | 10-4 | 2 | 1838 | |
| 4 | Commissioners (E) | 7-7 | 5 | 1506 | |
| 5 | Boiling Springs Ironmen (W) | 6-8 | 6 | 1652 | |
| 6 | Carolina Bucks (E) | 6-8 | 6 | 1741 | |
| 7 | Barcelona Dragons (C) | 6-8 | 6 | 1626 | |
| 8 | Great Whites (E) | 6-8 | 6 | 1573 | |
| 9 | Shelby Rockets (C) | 6-8 | 6 | 1439 | |
| 10 | 'Horns (W) | 5-9 | 7 | 1716 | |
| 11 | Silverbacks (W) | 5-9 | 7 | 1543 | |
| 12 | Cyclones (C) | 4-10 | 8 | 1165 | |
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| PLAYOFF COLOR CODE |
| --- | : Clinched Berth |
--- | : Inside the Bubble |
--- | : Outside the Bubble |
--- | : Eliminated |
Seeding Explanations and More Information:
Seeds 5-8: Five teams finished the season with 6-8 records, but only four playoff spots are available to those teams. Under the tie-breaker rules, we first apply the divisional tie-breaker to eliminate all but the top team from each division before moving to the wildcard tie-breakers. As between the Eastern Division's Great Whites and Carolina Bucks, the Bucks win the tie by virtue of their 3-3 division record compared to the Great Whites' 1-5 record. As between the Central Division's Barcelona Dragons and Shelby Rockets, the Dragons win the tie by virtue of their 3-3 divisional record compared to the Rockets' 2-4 record.
The wildcard tie-breaker for the fifth seed, therefore, is between the Bucks, Dragons, and Boiling Springs Ironmen. The Ironmen defeated both the Bucks and the Dragons during the regular season; thus, the Ironmen will take the fifth seed.
The wildcard tie-breaker for the sixth seed is between the Bucks and Dragons. Because the Bucks defeated the Dragons in the regular season, the Bucks are seeded sixth.
The wildcard tie-breaker for the seventh seed is between the Dragons and Great Whites. Because the Dragons defeated the Great Whites in the regular season, the Dragons are seeded seventh.
The wildcard tie-breaker for the eighth seed is between the Great Whites and Rockets. Because the Great Whites defeated the Rockets during the regular season, they will be seeded eighth in the tournament, while the Rockets will not make the playoffs.
Below is an excerpt of the league rules describing the tie-breaking procedures used by the league:
X. Tie-Breaker Rules
A. Individual Games
During the regular season, no tie-breaker method will be used to determine winners in the event of a tie. In the event a team ends a game in a tie, the tie game will reflect as one-half of a win and one-half of a loss.
During the playoffs, in the event of a tie, the tie will be broken by using the aggregate score of each teams non-starting portion of their respective rosters. If this should fail to break the tie, the home team will be given the victory. The winner of the tie-breaker will be awarded one point to their final score to signify the victory.
B. Regular Season League Standings
During the regular season in the event of equal records to determine league standings overall points scored then a coin toss will be used.
C. To Break a Tie Within a Division
The divisional title is awarded to the team in each division with the best overall league record.
In the event of a tie for a divisional title (and hence an automatic berth to the tournament), the following steps will be used to break the tie:
1. Two Clubs
a. Divisional Record
b. Head-to-Head Record
c. Head-to-Head Scoring
d. Overall Points
e. Divisional Points
f. Each team will share the division title. If the tie-breaker is used to determine a playoff berth or seeding, this step will use a coin toss.
2. Three or More Clubs
NOTE: If two clubs remain tied after second step or other clubs are eliminated during any step, tie breaker revers to first step of the two-club format.
a. Divisional Record
b. Head-to-Head Sweep (Applicable only if one club has defeated each of the others or if one club has lost to each of the others)
c. Head-to-Head Record (best won-loss-tied percentage in games among the clubs)
d. Overall Points
e. Divisional Points
D. To Break a Tie for a Wild-Card Berth or Playoff Seeding
If it is necessary to break ties to determine the wild-card teams in the playoffs or to determine playoff seeding, the following steps will be taken to break the tie:
NOTE: If the tied clubs are from the same division, apply the division tie-breaker. If the tied clubs are from different divisions, apply the following steps.
1. Two Clubs
a. Head-to-Head Record
b. Overall Points
c. Record against all set playoff teams higher than the position being sought
d. Record against divisional champs (only if neither team is the champ of its division)
e. Coin Toss
2. Three or More Clubs
NOTE: If two clubs remain tied after second step or other clubs are eliminated during any step, tie breaker revers to the first step of the two-club format.
a. Apply division tie-breaker to eliminate all but the highest ranked club in each division prior to proceeding to the next step. The original seeding within a division upon application of the division tie-breaker remains the same for all subsequent applications of the procedure that are necessary to identify Wild-Card teams or seed teams with playoff berths.
b. Head-to-Head Sweep (Applicable only if one club has defeated each of the others or if one club has lost to each of the others)
c. Head-to-Head Record (best won-loss-tied percentage in games among the clubs)
d. Overall Points
e. Record against all set playoff teams higher than the position being sought
f. Record against divisional champs (only if neither team is the champ of its division)
g. Coin Toss
E. Other Tie-Breaker Rules
Only one club advances or is eliminated from a tie-breaker in any tie-breaking step. Remaining tied clubs revert to the first step of the applicable division or Wild-Card tie-breaker.
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