Here we are headed into the final week of the regular season and we have a ton of playoff possibilities. We also have the standings glitch come into play as MFN erroneously says Detroit won the Midwest. If Michigan wins and Detroit loses, Michigan wins the Midwest thanks to a better division record.
San Jose #4 seed
Denver MFN is correct about Denver as the Gold win every tiebreaker against anyone they can tie with. If Denver beats Houston, the Gold win the West and will have the #1 seed. If Denver loses, they can still win the West with a Portland loss but would be a wildcard regardless.
Portland If Portland wins they will be at least a wildcard and would need Denver to lose to win the West. A Portland loss would possibly put them into tiebreakers for a wildcard spot and the Storm's only problem would be a tie with Memphis, as the Showboats beat them.
Houston A Houston win over Denver would give the Southwest to the Gamblers and likely the #1 seed, but that would involve a tiebreaker after common games. A Houston loss and a Memphis win means Houston goes to wildcard tiebreakers. I think Houston wins all tiebreakers except against Portland, thanks to better common opponents with Detroit and a better conference record than Michigan.
Memphis Need to beat Florida and have Denver beat Houston to win the Southwest. A win and a Houston win puts Memphis into wildcard tiebreakers.
Detroit A win over Chicago and Detroit wins the Midwest, where they would be anywhere from #1 seed to #3. A loss and Michigan win gives the division to the Panthers, meaning wildcard tiebreakers.
Michigan A win and Detroit loss gives Michigan the Midwest. A win plus a Detroit win and Michigan has to watch the scoreboard.
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2 way TiebreakersDenver/Portland...Denver wins based on Conference Record
Denver/Memphis...Denver beat Memphis Week 3
Denver/Detroit...Denver Conference Record
Denver/Michigan...Denver Conference Record
Portland/Houston...Portland beat Houston Week 15
Portland/Memphis...Memphis beat Portland Week 11
Portland/Detroit...Portland wins based on common games (Portland 5-0 vs Arizona, Michigan, San Jose, and Oklahoma while Detroit was 4-1 in the same games)
Portland/Michigan...Portland beat Michigan Week 13
Houston/Memphis...Memphis wins based on common opponents
Houston/Detroit...This one is murky because we have to use common opponents and must wait on the Detroit/Chicago game. If both Houston and Detroit win, the fight for the #1 seed goes to whatever tiebreaker is after common games since they would both be 5-0 against Arizona, Oklahoma, Honolulu and Chicago. If both lose, then Houston wins the common games tiebreaker as a Wheels loss would make them 4-1 against the same opponents Houston went 5-0 against.
Houston/Michigan...Houston Conference record
Memphis/Michigan...Michigan beat Memphis Week 4
Memphis/Detroit...Memphis??? Common opponents are tied at 4-1 for each so I think Memphis wins but I really don't know for sure
3 way tiebreakersDenver/Memphis/Detroit...Denver Conference Record
Denver/Memphis/Michigan...Denver Conference Record
Portland/Houston/Detroit...No clue as they all would have 9-3 conference records and not enough common opponents to go there. Portland has the best net points followed by Houston.
Portland/Memphis/Detroit...Same as above
Portland/Houston/Michigan...Portland beat both and would advance
Portland/Memphis/Michigan...Memphis. First we eliminate Michigan based on conference record, reverting to the two team tiebreaker which Memphis has over Portland.