Post by alecs on Jun 12, 2022 9:17:13 GMT -8
Hi everyone!!
After last night's action, five weeks remain in the IFL Regular Season, which makes it as good a time as any to release my all-new playoff machine! I had created one last season as well to project 1st-round matchups, and this version should be a lot more refined given every team is playing a full 16-game slate.
This file allows you to pick the winners of each of the 28 remaining matchups for the season in the first tab (Remaining Games). Then in the second tab (Standings + Proj. Bracket), all you have to do is click the button at the top (the one that says "Generate Bracket"), and the standings table will be updated and playoff field will be made!
I should note that - as far as my knowledge goes - the league has yet to formally announce a tiebreaking procedure. Our friends as SCtoC have indicated it's most likely that conference winning percentage would be the first criteria of tiebreaking, so the model is built around that. It also assumes that strength of victory is the secondary tiebreaker, in the event that two or more tied teams have identical conference winning percentages. I've yet to come across a scenario where two or more teams were tied in all three categories (Overall W-L, Conf Win%, & Strength of Win), but with 228 combinations of different outcomes possible for the rest of the season, that possibility can't be ruled out! Unfortunately for me, I have neither the time nor resources to surf through over 268 million different combinations, so I can't say for sure what that would look like!
Feel free to play around with the matchups and see if you can create some wacky possibilities. I'd love to see what you all can come up with, so definitely drop a reply if you've found a mind-blowing outcome!
- Alec
P.S. : Per the IFL Twitter (), the Rattlers have secured their spot in the playoffs; however, this model does contain a scenario where they could be eliminated based on the conference win percentage tiebreaker. Again, the playoff machine serves as a rough guide rather than the end-all-be-all of projecting the playoffs.
After last night's action, five weeks remain in the IFL Regular Season, which makes it as good a time as any to release my all-new playoff machine! I had created one last season as well to project 1st-round matchups, and this version should be a lot more refined given every team is playing a full 16-game slate.
This file allows you to pick the winners of each of the 28 remaining matchups for the season in the first tab (Remaining Games). Then in the second tab (Standings + Proj. Bracket), all you have to do is click the button at the top (the one that says "Generate Bracket"), and the standings table will be updated and playoff field will be made!
I should note that - as far as my knowledge goes - the league has yet to formally announce a tiebreaking procedure. Our friends as SCtoC have indicated it's most likely that conference winning percentage would be the first criteria of tiebreaking, so the model is built around that. It also assumes that strength of victory is the secondary tiebreaker, in the event that two or more tied teams have identical conference winning percentages. I've yet to come across a scenario where two or more teams were tied in all three categories (Overall W-L, Conf Win%, & Strength of Win), but with 228 combinations of different outcomes possible for the rest of the season, that possibility can't be ruled out! Unfortunately for me, I have neither the time nor resources to surf through over 268 million different combinations, so I can't say for sure what that would look like!
Feel free to play around with the matchups and see if you can create some wacky possibilities. I'd love to see what you all can come up with, so definitely drop a reply if you've found a mind-blowing outcome!
- Alec
P.S. : Per the IFL Twitter (), the Rattlers have secured their spot in the playoffs; however, this model does contain a scenario where they could be eliminated based on the conference win percentage tiebreaker. Again, the playoff machine serves as a rough guide rather than the end-all-be-all of projecting the playoffs.