The New York Griffons and the Graynbald Mud have clinched division titles. Both teams are guaranteed a top-tier playoff spot. The crack staff here at the Fantasy Flyer is a little understaffed this year, so this is old news if you hadn’t already figured it out for yourself. The Griffons actually clinched the division title last week while the Mud clinched their division title 2 weeks ago.

The final two playoff spots are very much up for grabs. The Cheeseheads control their own fate for the Engle Division title. They are one game ahead of Dallas, with games left against Mercer and Dallas. The Armadillos are holding tough, however, and could win the division outright if they win their final 2 games against Boston and Wisconsin. Dallas beat the Cheeseheads in their earlier matchup this year.

The wild card slot appears to be a race between the second-place team in the Engle Division (either Dallas or Wisconsin) and the current 2nd and 3rd place teams in the Paterno Division: Boston and Carolina. The Wildcats, with games remaining against both Dallas and Carolina, will clinch the wild card if they win both those contests. The Big Bang holds the tiebreaker over Wisconsin (a CAR win in week 8). Carolina doesn’t play Dallas this year, so a head-to-head tiebreaker wouldn’t come into play in that scenario. The Big Bang lost their earlier meeting this year to Boston, and they currently trail the Wildcats by one game in both overall record and division record.

New Denver, at 6-6, is technically not eliminated from wild card contention, but that scenario is about as likely as Nibs sending out an e-mail message that makes perfect sense.

And speaking of the Rattlin’ Raptors, they go for a piece of FFL history next week when they meet Newport Beach: a loss by Richmond would set the all-time record for the longest losing streak in league history. Richmond is currently tied with the 1992 Dallas Armadillos and the 1996 State College Bandits for the longest losing streak in FFL history — 10 games.