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Playoff Tiebreaker
Posted on 12/8/25 at 7:44 pm
Posted on 12/8/25 at 7:44 pm
End of season tiebreaker system has been argued in our league for a while. Here’s this year’s scenario:
Team A, B, and C tied for last playoff spot.
Team A is 1-1 vs B/C, 1st in total points
Team B is 0-2 vs B/C, 2nd in total points
Team C is 2-0 vs B/C, 3rd in total points
The question is: should total points or head to head matter more when determining the tiebreaker?
Team A, B, and C tied for last playoff spot.
Team A is 1-1 vs B/C, 1st in total points
Team B is 0-2 vs B/C, 2nd in total points
Team C is 2-0 vs B/C, 3rd in total points
The question is: should total points or head to head matter more when determining the tiebreaker?
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Posted on 12/8/25 at 7:57 pm to lsulj
Our league is points. I like it based on points
Posted on 12/8/25 at 8:55 pm to lsulj
Points should be the only thing that matters in a tie breaker
Posted on 12/8/25 at 9:42 pm to lsulj
Points
Posted on 12/9/25 at 12:11 am to lsulj
I prefer the heads up model like in real football. But our league its based of the highest points.
Posted on 12/9/25 at 8:13 am to lsulj
Total points makes significantly more sense to me because bye weeks are random. If you played someone a week where two of your best players were on bye, but were better the rest of the season that feels like an unfair penalty IMO.
Posted on 12/9/25 at 8:35 am to lsulj
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The question is: should total points or head to head matter more when determining the tiebreaker?
Total points. Anyone can have a big week or a down week due to injuries, byes, etc.
Posted on 12/9/25 at 8:36 am to lsulj
Points every time. Nothing else has any meaning
Posted on 12/9/25 at 10:17 am to lsulj
It’s points
Head to head is ridiculous
Head to head is ridiculous
Posted on 12/9/25 at 12:04 pm to Carson123987
My league uses all play record for tiebreakers
Posted on 12/9/25 at 1:31 pm to TigerintheNO
Points and its not close or debatable
Posted on 12/9/25 at 6:14 pm to lsulj
Well if everyone is all in on total points for your tiebreaker why do you play H2H each week?
Sounds like yall need to go a rotisserie league & drop the H2H format.
But answer to your question H2H should be your tiebreaker, because you play H2H schedule. But you wanta break a tie with a different format?
Sounds like yall need to go a rotisserie league & drop the H2H format.
But answer to your question H2H should be your tiebreaker, because you play H2H schedule. But you wanta break a tie with a different format?
Posted on 12/9/25 at 6:57 pm to lsulj
Have always done this order for tie breakers:
H2h record.
Points Scored
Points allowed (never gets this far).
Why should the team 2-0 against the other two teams be penalized due to points? Points should only come into play if all records and h2h matches are equal. Especially if its a H2H league. Matchups should hold more weight than points.
H2h record.
Points Scored
Points allowed (never gets this far).
Why should the team 2-0 against the other two teams be penalized due to points? Points should only come into play if all records and h2h matches are equal. Especially if its a H2H league. Matchups should hold more weight than points.
Posted on 12/9/25 at 7:27 pm to Witecoco
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Why should the team 2-0 against the other two teams be penalized due to points?
Do NFL teams play other franchises missing players on a bye week? Saints play the 49ers and CMC is on a bye. I didn't think so. Total points is the only way to do it.
Posted on 12/9/25 at 8:07 pm to Girth Donor
No, but they certainly do play them when their star players are injured. Bye weeks are a know metric you can plan for from the beginning. Points SHOULD NOT be your first tiebreaker. Especially in a H2H league.
This post was edited on 12/9/25 at 8:11 pm
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