Playoff Rules

The fantasy playoffs begin in the 13th week of the NFL's regular season. Round One of the playoffs takes place during the 13th and 14th weeks while Round Two spans weeks 15 and 16. (No fantasy games are played during week 17.) Each playoff team will have the opportunity to change their active roster between each week of playoff play.

Making the Playoffs
The top four teams -- three division champs and one wild card team -- compete for the League Championship. Division champs are the teams that win the divisions. The wild card team is the team with the best Breakdown record among the nine non-division winners. (Breakdown: What a team's record would have been if they played every team in the league every week of the season. Click Standings / Breakdown.) The wild card team may come from any division. The best division champ plays the wild card team, the other two play each other.

The 5th through 10th place teams compete in the consolation bracket.

Tie-Breakers for Division Championship/Playoff Seeding
In the event that two or more teams have identical won-loss records at the conclusion of the season, and have played the same number of Head-to-Head games between them, the following tie-breaking system is employed:

In the event that three or more teams have identical won-loss records at the conclusion of the season, and have played a different number of Head-to-Head games between them, Head-to-head records are not used and the following tie-breaking system is employed:

Please see TIE-BREAKER EXAMPLES for more information.

Tie-Breaker for Playoff Games
In the event that two teams are tied at the conclusion of their two week playoff game, the higher seed wins the game.

Playoff Schedule
In Round One of the playoffs, the best division champ plays the wild card team; the other two play each other. In Round Two, the winners of Game 1 and Game 2 in Round One (see table below) compete for the League Championship. Each round of the playoffs spans a two week period. The 5th through 10th place teams compete in the consolation bracket.

Final league standings following the second round of the playoffs...

From the League Championship bracket:
1st place - Winner of game 1, round 2
2nd place - Loser of game 1, round 2
3rd place - Winner of game 2, round 2
4th place - Loser of game 2, round 2

From the Consolation bracket:
5th place - Winner of game 1, round 2
6th place - Winner of game 2, round 2
7th place - Loser of game 1, round 2
8th place - Winner of game 3, round 2
9th place - Loser of game 2, round 2
10th place - Loser of game 3, round 2