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2006 UIF Playoffs Begin to Take Shape

June 14, 2006 - United Indoor Football Association (UIF) News Release


Omaha, NE: United Indoor Football (UIF) will feature six of the ten UIF teams in the post-season. Seeds one and two will receive first round byes and would have seeds 3 versus 6 and 4 versus 5 in the first round. Home field will be awarded to the team with the highest seed in the playoffs. First round action will take place on the weekend of July 14-16. The semi-final round action will feature seed one playing against the lowest remaining seed and seed two taking on the last remaining team. Seeds one and two will both have home field in the second round. This round of games will be played on the weekend of July 21-23. United Bowl II will take place on July 29 at the home of the highest seed remaining of the two final teams.

The Division winners will be awarded seeds one, two and three and will be placed in the correct order according to winning percentage and if needed, tie breakers. Currently through the first 11 weeks of the season, the Sioux Falls Storm (11-0) of the West Division would take the first seed, the Lexington Horsemen (9-2) from the East Division would be the second seed and the third seed would go to the Rock River Raptors (7-4) of the Central Division.

Seeds four, five and six will be given to the final three teams with the highest winning percentage across the board. Teams will be placed in order of record or the use of tie breakers may come into play. Currently, the Ohio Valley Greyhounds would take the fourth seed with their 6-5 record and the the Bloomington Extreme, Sioux City Bandits and the Omaha Beef all sit with a 5-5 record and tie for the fifth seed. With use of the tie breaker system, seed five would be awarded to the Sioux City Bandits, seed six to the Bloomington Extreme and the Omaha Beef would end up being nudged out of the playoff picture.

Below is a step-by-step process of how the playoff structure will take place:

Seeding

Seeds 1, 2, 3 will be the top teams in each division
Seeds 4, 5, 6 will be awarded to next three teams with the highest winning percentage overall

Tiebreakers:

Tie breakers for teams tied in the Same Division will be used to determine Division Champions (seeds 1 thru 3) (as needed).

2 teams tied from the Same Division (tie breaks will be used in the order listed)

1. Head-to-head winning percentage in regular season games played against one another

2. Winning percentage in regular season games played against teams within the division

3. Winning percentage in regular season games played against common opponents (at least10 games)

4. Point differential in regular season games played against one another

5. Point differential in all regular season games played

6. Point differential in games played against other teams in the division

7. Point differential in games played against common opponents (at least 10 games)

8. Coin Toss

3 or more tied teams from the Same Division (tie breakers will be used in the order listed)

Go step by step through these tiebreakers until one team has been eliminated. Repeat until only two teams remain. Then use the tiebreakers for 2 tied teams from different divisions.

1. Winning percentage in regular season games played against the other tied teams within the division

2. Winning percentage in regular season games played against teams within the division

3. Winning percentage in regular season games played against common opponents (at least 10 games)

4. Point differential in regular season games played against the other tied teams within the division

5. Overall point differential

6. Point differential in regular season games played against opponents within the division

7. Point differential in regular season games played against common opponents (at least 10 games)

Tie breakers for teams tied in Different Divisions will be used to determine seeds 4 thru 6 (as needed).

2 teams tied from Different Divisions (tie breakers will be used in the order listed)
Head-to-head winning percentage in regular season games played against one another
Winning percentage in regular season games played against common opponents (at least 5 games)
Point differential in regular season games played against one another
Point differential in all regular season games played
Point differential in games played against common opponents (at least five games) Coin Toss

3 or more tied teams from Different Divisions (tie breakers will be used in the order listed)

Go step by step through these tiebreakers until one team has been eliminated. Repeat until only two teams remain. Then use the tiebreakers for 2 tied teams from different divisions.

1. Winning percentage in regular season games played against the other tied teams (must have played each tied team at least once)

2. Winning percentage in regular season games played against common opponents (at least five games)

3. Point differential in regular season games played against the other tied teams

4. Overall point differential in all games played

5. Point differential in regular season games played against common opponents (at least 5 games)

UIF Playoff Schedule (Dates depend on open venue dates for each team)

First Round

July 14 - 16

No. 1 seed - Bye

No. 2 seed - Bye

No. 6 seed at No. 3 seed

No. 5 seed at No. 4 seed

Semi-Final Round

July 21 - 23

Lowest remaining seed at No. 1

Second-lowest remaining seed at No. 2

United Bowl II

July 28 - 30

Lowest remaining seed at highest remaining seed

Current UIF Standings (Through Week 12)

Sioux Falls Storm (11-0)
Lexington Horsemen (9-2)
Rock River Raptors (7-4)
Ohio Valley Greyhounds (6-5)
Sioux City Bandits (5-6) (tie breakers in affect)
Bloomington Extreme (5-6) (tie breakers in affect)
Omaha Beef (5-6) (tie breakers in affect)
Evansville BlueCats (4-7)
Ft. Wayne Freedom (3-8)
Peoria Rough Riders (0-11)

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