Week 14 Notes

Ron Yeany

Important Notes:

Kickoff Week 14 is the deadline for drop/adds. Those teams out there (especially playoff-bound teams) with only one healthy quarterback or one kicker might wish to shore up their rosters.
Also please note: There are two games on Thanksgiving Day, so lineups have to be called in before Thursday afternoon!

Week 14 – Game of the Week

Mercer vs. Wisconsin – The two-time defending champs are out of the top-tier playoffs this year, but they can play the spoiler here, and we all know that Mr. Zilberfarb would love nothing more than to play the spoiler. A loss by Mercer would hand the division championship to Los Angeles — regardless of whether LA wins or loses.

The playoff picture, going into the final week, still has two division crowns up for grabs. In Division Two, Mercer needs a win coupled with an LA loss to capture the Division title outright. Mercer does not win a tiebreaker vs. LA. Los Angeles can win the division outright with a win over Keystone. Regardless of which team wins the division, the other team captures the Wild Card berth guaranteed.

In Division Three, it comes down to this: Pittsburgh wins the division with a win the final week against State College. Pennsylvania can only win the division with a Pittsburgh loss AND a PA win over Butler. This would leave PA and PG tied, and PA would win the division based on a better division record (by one game).

For the consolation bracket, Miami is guaranteed a spot. Either Pennsylvania or Pittsburgh, whichever team does NOT win the Division Three crown, is guaranteed a spot. The winner of the Carolina vs. Newport Beach game this week is guaranteed a spot.

The final spot in the consolation round could go to any of these 4 teams: Butler, Dallas, Wisconsin, or the loser of the Carolina vs. Newport Beach game.

  • Butler grabs the 4th spot if they beat PA.
  • Wisconsin grabs the spot if they beat Mercer and Butler loses.
  • Dallas might be in if 1) DS wins 2) BR and WN both lose and 3) Dallas record against common teams is better than the loser of the CL vs. NP matchup — I’m not going to figure this out until next week.
  • Butler could also make it in with a loss if 1) WN and DS both lose and 2) CL beats NP.

Remember, the first tiebreaker is head-to-head record. The head-to-head for the above teams is:
BR beats WN, DS and NP; BR loses to CL
CL beats BR; CL loses to WN; CL did not play DS
DS loses to BR; DS split with WN; DS did not play CL or NP
NP loses to CL, BR and WN; NP did not play DS
WN beats CL and NP; WN loses to BR; WN and DS split

There are a few other minor iterations, but this will most likely be enough to figure out the playoff scenario.

Final (unverified) scores, Week 13:

New York 88
Pennsylvania 40

Mercer 60
Keystone 49

Los Angeles 58
Pittsburgh 21

Butler 57
Dallas 22

Wisconsin 54
Newport Beach 30

Carolina 48
State College 37

Miami 37
Richmond 33

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