by Alana Klein
Highlights of the week
- Beaumont-Nashville
- Nashville pounced early and often and won in dominating fashion. If Kulka’s got the offense purring (no pun intended … seriously … I surprise myself sometimes) along with a top-notch D and the best kicker in the league, they’re gonna be next to impossible to stop.
- Nashville pounced early and often and won in dominating fashion. If Kulka’s got the offense purring (no pun intended … seriously … I surprise myself sometimes) along with a top-notch D and the best kicker in the league, they’re gonna be next to impossible to stop.
- Michigan-Washington
- The Arsenal steamrolled their way to another W. There’s still a hypothetical chance that they could host a playoff game. Malik Henry’s playing QB at an MVP-level and the only team that’s beaten them in the last 5 games is the current #1.
Into the record books
- Somewhat surprisingly, Nashville’s 52-point victory BARELY crept into the top 10 of the AF1’s most lopsided victories.
Stats of the Week
- Kentucky could hypothetically finish either in a 3-way tie (based on winning percentage) with Albany & Nashville — where they could get as high as a #1 seed — or in a 3-way with Minnesota & Washington — where they could get as low as a #5 seed.
Tiebreakers
- Michigan has clinched the head-to-head tiebreaker outright over Washington.
PLAYOFFS?! Don’t talk about playoffs! PLAYOFFS?!
Minimum seed clinched
(These are not necessarily final seeds, but rather the worst a team can do)
- Albany: 3
- Kentucky: 5
- Nashville: 3
- Oceanside: eliminated
Best possible playoff seeding
- Albany: 1
- Beaumont: 4
- Kentucky: 1
- Michigan: 4
- Minnesota: 3
- Nashville: 1
- Oceanside: eliminated
- Washington: 3
Standings
| RaNK | tEAM | wIN % | ppg | hEAD TO hEAD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | x-Nashville Kats | 0.900 | 61.00 | Beaumont, Michigan, Minnesota, Oceanside |
| 2 | x-Albany Firebirds | 0.800 | 53.20 | Beaumont, Kentucky, Minnesota, Oceanside, Washington |
| 3 | x-Kentucky Barrels | 0.700 | 46.67* | Michigan, Nashville, Oceanside |
| 4 | Minnesota Monsters | 0.556 | 38.00 | Michigan, Oceanside |
| 5 | Washington Wolfpack | 0.500 | 35.20 | Kentucky, Oceanside |
| 6 | Michigan Arsenal | 0.455 | 44.36 | Albany, Washington |
| 7 | Beaumont Renegades | 0.333 | 32.78 | Oceanside, Washington |
| 8 | e-Oceanside Bombers | 0.100 | 39.20 | |
| Oregon Lightning | 0.111 | 22.89 |
x: playoff berth
y: 1st round bye
z: 1st round bye + home field advantage
e: eliminated
* This doesn’t factor in the 1 point Kentucky was awarded for the forfeiture win over Oregon.
NOTE: I use points per game instead of total points because there will not at any point in the season be a time when all teams have played the same number of games until the final whistle of the final game. Therefore, PPG is a more accurate indication of where teams would stand at this point in time instead of using the “Total Points” tiebreaker.
# In the event of a tie between 3+ teams:
- Compare head-to-head results in a round robin-style elimination.
- Compare total points scored in a round robin-style elimination.
- If a team can be seeded after a step, remove that team from the tiebreaker and (if there are still 3+ teams) start over with head-to-head, repeating the process until there are only 2 teams remaining.
- Revert to 2-team tiebreaker rules.