Kansas City in, Denver out- both at 9 and 7? Giants in, but Carolina, Green Bay and Saint Louis out- with the same record (8-)? How do they decide who is in and who is out?
2007-01-01 02:20:45 · 8 answers · asked by stains 2 in Sports ➔ Football (American)
The 1st tiebreaker is to see who finishes higher within their own division,KC finished ahead of Denver based on their 4-2 division record compared to Denver 3-3 record against people in their division.In the NFC 1.Head-to-head sweep. (Applicable only if one club has defeated each of the others or if one club has lost to each of the others.)
2 Best won-lost-tied percentage in games played within the conference.
Giant and Packers both had 7-5 conference records. That eliminated the Rams and the Panthers.
Now you go back to a tie-breaker between two teams. Since the Giants did not play the Packers the next tie-breaker you would use is games between common opponets. (PHI, CHI, Sea and NO) both teams were 1-4.
3 Strength of Victory. This is year the Giants edged out the Packers. The record of the teams the Giants beat was 54-74 compared to the Packers 49-79
2007-01-01 02:59:12 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are a number of things that are looked at - first is head to head. How did the teams do against each other. Since the Chiefs and the Broncos split the series against each other - they then look at the teams division records - Chiefs were 4-2 in the division and the Broncos were 3-3. The Giants beat out Carolina when the played them - so they get the nod there. The Giants had a better conference record than St. Louis - so that put them over the top with the Rams. As for Green Bay - the Giants beat them because their point spread against opponents was better than Green Bay's.
There are a few other reasons way the Giants got in over the other teams - but I have to admit this is always a great question. Thanks for asking and if I find a website that has the formula up I will post it.
Good Luck!!!
2007-01-01 10:33:13 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
KC edged out Denver based on division record, which all came down to the fact that Kansas City had a win over San Diego and Denver didn't. They split their head-to-head meetings.
As mentioned in the NFC, New York and Green Bay had better conference records that Carolina or St. Louis (head-to-head not used since all four did not play each other). New York and Green Bay had the same record vs. common opponents, but New York had the strength of victory.
2007-01-01 11:52:53 · answer #3 · answered by TheOnlyBeldin 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
By record! The top team in each division locks up that division playoff spot. The #5 & #6 spot is determined by the next two teams with the best record. If there are teams with the same record, then the go to head-to-head record and if they have not played each other, they go by conference record.
2007-01-01 10:25:36 · answer #4 · answered by Wade B 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They have a tie breaking system already in place. When teams tie, they first look at head to head games ( the teams play each other ). Then they look at their record inside the division ( if they are in the same division), if they are not in the same division they look at their conference record. The list goes on, until the tie is broken.
2007-01-01 10:28:09 · answer #5 · answered by Count Acumen 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The 2 best records in each conference of all the non-division winners. In case of a tie, the tiebreakers include head to head record, division record, strength of schedule, points scored, points allowed, point differential. There might be others, but if those are all ties, then it comes down to a coin flip.
2007-01-01 10:25:20 · answer #6 · answered by crazydave 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the wild card is determined by overall record of teams behind the division champions
2007-01-01 10:51:53 · answer #7 · answered by lazeebone0671 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Total Win/Losses, and divisional Win/losses.
2007-01-01 10:23:30 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋