Playoffs

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A. There will be two separate playoff brackets.

1. The American Division playoffs bracket will be comprised of the top six or seven teams based on point totals.

a. In the case of point total ties, head-to-head record will be the determining factor, followed by a coin flip.

2. The National Division playoffs bracket will be comprised of the bottom five or six teams based on point totals.

a. In the case of point total ties, head-to-head record will be the determining factor, followed by a coin flip.

3. At or near the end of the regular season, the board of directors will collectively decide if it should be the top six teams or the top seven teams in the American Division playoffs bracket. The decision shall be based solely on the 7th place team’s point total in relation to the 6th place and 8th place teams’ point totals.

B. Playoffs will be double elimination including all teams that desire to participate.

C. Seeding will be determined by each team’s point totals.

1. In the case of point-total ties, head-to-head record will be the determining factor, followed by a coin flip.

D. The home team throughout the playoffs will be the team with the better seed except the finals which will be a home and away series. The undefeated team (winners bracket team) will be the home team for the first game of the finals.

E. The playoff committee shall be responsible for determining the site of playoff games giving preference to the better seeded team for only the first game played by a team.