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<blockquote data-quote="smartcooky" data-source="post: 467221" data-attributes="member: 20605"><p>Yes, but they don't have a composite table that is used to qualify the playoff teams, and they don't accumulate table points the way we do. Playoff qualification is done purely on their position withing their respective conferences, which is decided on win-loss ratio.</p><p></p><p>The two conferences (AFC and NFC) have four divisions in each; North, South, East & West. Each division has four teams. <strong>Within each conference</strong>, the winner of each division gets in the playoffs and then the next two best win-loss records get in as wild cards. The playoff seeding works like this:</p><p>Top seed = Division winner with the best win/loss record</p><p>2nd seed = Division winner with the second best win/loss record</p><p>3rd seed = Division winner with the third best record</p><p>4th seed = Division winner with the fourth best record</p><p>5th seed = Division runner-up with the best record</p><p>6th seed = Division runner-up with the second best record</p><p></p><p>The from that point, the playoff system works the same at Super Rugby. In the first round, 1 & 2 get the week off, 3 plays 6, 4 plays 5. The lower seeded winner of the first round plays the No. 1 seed, the higher seeded winner plays the second seed. The highest seeded team gets home advantage</p><p></p><p>You end up with an AFC winner and a NFC winner, and they playoff for the Vince Lombardi trophy in the Superbowl, which is always played at a predetermined neutral venue.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Interestingly, if Super Rugby had used that system last year, the playoff teams would have been slightly different;</p><p></p><p>win-loss-draw record in brackets after the team name</p><p>actual 2011 SR seeding in <span style="color: #ff0000">Red</span></p><p></p><p>1st seed - Reds (13-3)<span style="color: #ff0000"> 1st</span></p><p>2nd seed - Stormers (12-4) <span style="color: #ff0000">2nd</span></p><p>3rd seed - Crusaders (10-5-1)<span style="color: #ff0000"> 3rd</span></p><p>-----------------------------</p><p>4th seed - Sharks (10-5-1) <span style="color: #ff0000">6th </span>- on head to head record </p><p>5th seed - Blues (10-5-1) <span style="color: #ff0000">4th</span></p><p>6th seed - Bulls (10-6-1) <span style="color: #ff0000">DNQ</span>- gets in ahead of the Waratahs (10-6-1) <span style="color: #ff0000">5th - </span>by virtue of the best Head-to-head record) -</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="smartcooky, post: 467221, member: 20605"] Yes, but they don't have a composite table that is used to qualify the playoff teams, and they don't accumulate table points the way we do. Playoff qualification is done purely on their position withing their respective conferences, which is decided on win-loss ratio. The two conferences (AFC and NFC) have four divisions in each; North, South, East & West. Each division has four teams. [B]Within each conference[/B], the winner of each division gets in the playoffs and then the next two best win-loss records get in as wild cards. The playoff seeding works like this: Top seed = Division winner with the best win/loss record 2nd seed = Division winner with the second best win/loss record 3rd seed = Division winner with the third best record 4th seed = Division winner with the fourth best record 5th seed = Division runner-up with the best record 6th seed = Division runner-up with the second best record The from that point, the playoff system works the same at Super Rugby. In the first round, 1 & 2 get the week off, 3 plays 6, 4 plays 5. The lower seeded winner of the first round plays the No. 1 seed, the higher seeded winner plays the second seed. The highest seeded team gets home advantage You end up with an AFC winner and a NFC winner, and they playoff for the Vince Lombardi trophy in the Superbowl, which is always played at a predetermined neutral venue. Interestingly, if Super Rugby had used that system last year, the playoff teams would have been slightly different; win-loss-draw record in brackets after the team name actual 2011 SR seeding in [COLOR=#ff0000]Red[/COLOR] 1st seed - Reds (13-3)[COLOR=#ff0000] 1st[/COLOR] 2nd seed - Stormers (12-4) [COLOR=#ff0000]2nd[/COLOR] 3rd seed - Crusaders (10-5-1)[COLOR=#ff0000] 3rd[/COLOR] ----------------------------- 4th seed - Sharks (10-5-1) [COLOR=#ff0000]6th [/COLOR]- on head to head record [COLOR=#ff0000][/COLOR] 5th seed - Blues (10-5-1) [COLOR=#ff0000]4th[/COLOR] 6th seed - Bulls (10-6-1) [COLOR=#ff0000]DNQ[/COLOR]- gets in ahead of the Waratahs (10-6-1) [COLOR=#ff0000]5th - [/COLOR]by virtue of the best Head-to-head record) - [COLOR=#ff0000][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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