Playoff Formats and Season Structure
8 game minimum seasons
Look for how many teams are in your division and this will give the Regular Season and Playoff Format.
Many times the semi-final and championship games will be on the same day and played as a doubleheader.
Click on how many teams are in your division to see how your regular season and playoff format is set up.
4 Team Division
5 Team Division
6 Team Division
7 Team Division
8 Team Division
9 Team Division
10 Team Division
11 Team Division
12 Team Division
13 Team Division
14 Team Division
18 Team Division
Regular Season = 6 games (every team plays other team twice)
Playoffs = All 4 teams make playoffs.
3rd Place Game = Losers of Game 1 vs Losers of Game 2
Regular Season= 8 Games (every team plays other team twice)
Playoffs = Top 2 teams play in Championship Game.
Regular Season= 7 games (unbalanced schedule).
Playoffs = Top 4 teams make playoffs.
Regular Season = 6 games (Play each team once)
Playoffs = All teams make playoffs.
Regular Season = 7 Games
Playoffs = All teams
Regular Season = 8 games
Playoffs Top 4 teams.
Regular Season = 7 games (unbalanced regular season)
Playoffs Top 8 teams
Regular Season = 8 games (unbalanced regular season)
Playoffs Top 4 teams.
Regular Season = 7 games
Playoffs Top 8 teams in a playoff, Bottom 4 Teams in a playoff.
Regular Season = 8 games (unbalanced regular season)
Playoffs Top 4 teams.
Regular Season = 6 games
Playoffs= Week 7- All teams play Seed 1 v Seed 14 (Becomes Seed 1W and Seed 7L), Seed 2 v Seed 13 (Becomes Seed 2W and Seed6L), Seed 3 v Seed 12 (Becomes Seed 3W and Seed 5L), etc
Week 8 We have a Winners Bracket( A) and Losers Bracket(B). Both Brackets are as below. Both the winner and loser move into the Seed Position above in ().
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Regular season = 7 games
The top 7 teams are in the A Division Playoffs and the Bottom 7 teams are in the B division Playoffs
All 18 Teams Make the Playoffs
Week 1 Decides if you Make the A division or the B Division
1st place vs 18th place Winner is A Seed 1 and loser is B Seed 9
2nd place vs 17th place Winner is A Seed 3 and loser is B Seed 8
etc
There will then be 9 A seeds and 9 B Seeds
Each Division will then be single Elimination as below
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