How is homefield advantage in the NFL playoffs decided? Is it what ever team has a better regular season record gets the advantage, or is it something else?
2006-07-13 05:34:35 · 10 answers · asked by Fingers 2 in Sports ➔ Football (American)
It is based off of the season record, and then if there is i tie it goes to postion
2006-07-13 05:38:26 · answer #1 · answered by Bob M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The team with the best conference record gets home field advantage throughout the playoffs for their respective conference.
The only time the team with the better record would play on the road is in the case of a wildcard team having a better record than a division winner. For example, if Denver won their division with a 14-2 record, while KC was the third wildcard at 12-4, it's conceivable that KC could be playing on the road against the winner of another division who had a worse record. Not likely to happen often, but it can.
2006-07-13 12:41:56 · answer #2 · answered by Craig S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's based 1st off of who wins their respective division (NFC/AFC North, East, South, and West). That team has the #1 seed for their division. Then records. So the team that wins their division and the most games is the number 1 seed. Wins, their division and the second most is #2, and so on. Home field is given to the team with the highest seed. Therefore if you have a team like Pittsburgh last year that ranked #6 (didn't win their division, Cinci did), and won the least number of games of the teams in their conference, they have to win on the road, which wasn't much of a problem for them, and not much of an advantage for the home team. The Super Bowl location is determined way before the season even starts, actually years ahead of time.
2006-07-13 12:44:05 · answer #3 · answered by Matt B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the team with the best regular season record gets it, there are many varibles though, like if a 14 and 2 team loses to an 8 and 8 team and the next best record was 10-6 the 10 and 6 now has home field.
2006-07-13 12:38:31 · answer #4 · answered by The King of All Answerer's 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
home field advantage is based on best record. If there is a tie, then it goes to record within the conference and on down the line, the super bowl is predetermined 4 or 5 years in advance, so far there has never been a Super Bowl team playing in its own stadium
2006-07-13 14:12:43 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the Wild Card round the two divisions winners get home field advantage. The subsequent rounds are based on the best record, with the tie-braker being head-to-head match ups, division record(if in the same division),records against common opponents, and finally record against conference.
2006-07-13 12:39:35 · answer #6 · answered by AnswerMan 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Overall record.
If two teams have the same record, then the result of their head-to-head meetings is next, if any, then division record (if they're in the same division), record vs. common opponents, record in conference, then it goes to point differentials, etc.
Division winners are ranked 1-4 based on record, wild card teams 5-6 based on record.
2006-07-13 13:44:45 · answer #7 · answered by TheOnlyBeldin 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Best record, head to head record, best in division record, conference record, points allowed...something like that.
2006-07-13 15:05:35 · answer #8 · answered by scottyaderhold 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
season record except the superbowl it is decided i believe by who won the previous years probowl
2006-07-13 12:38:26 · answer #9 · answered by CHARLES A 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
best record
2006-07-13 12:39:46 · answer #10 · answered by Detroit fan stuck in California 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋