Playoff Update -- Week 9

While the participants are still the same, there has been some movement in the seeds. HH is currently the #3 seed, down from the #2. The Molesters have moved into that #2 spot. Huey Ramas and the Brawlers also swapped spots, with the Brawlers moving up to the #6 and the Ramas moving down to the #7.

#1 Seed: AP Assassins (Division winner, best record)
#2: WM Molesters (Division winner, shares 2nd best record with HH, but has H2H win against HH)
#3: Hoof Hearted (Division winner via H2H sweep of WOP)
#4: Team Pedro (Division winner via H2H victory over Brawlers, 4th best record)
#5: WOP (Best record, non-division winner, Amer. Conf.)
#6: Brawlers (Best record, non-division winner, Nat'l Conf.)
#7: Huey Ramas (Nat'l Conf. WC based on avg. score -- 124.2)
#8: Ulcerations (Amer. Conf. WC based on avg. score -- 123.9)

The swapping of seeds up top is important since we decided to award bonus points to the top 2 seeds. Also of note, there are 1.7 total points separating the Ulcerations and the Ramas. This is significant because right now, the outcome of that points battle would determine who faces the Assassins (avg. score -- 147.9) and who faces the Molesters (avg. score -- 117.6). Finally, the Boobs, at 1-6, are only 10.2 total points behind the Ulcerations for the final playoff spot.

Of those currently on the outside looking in, the Boobs and the Narcotics are the only teams within 100 total points of the #8 seed, and the Narcotics are still in contention for the division title, but they only have one more contest against a divisional opponent, a Week 12 tilt against the Brawlers.

While our WC system technically keeps any team in the playoff hunt, it's looking less and less likely that the Tutleheads and the Cocks will get in. The Cocks' 160+ point outburst this week still only raised the team's average score to 108.9 (it was below 100). All things equal, the Cocks would have to average about 150 points for the rest of the year to catch the current 7 and 8 seeds, while the Turtleheads would need an average of 146 per contest from here on out--a score it has yet to put up.