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The four division winners are seeded 1–4 based on their overall won-lost-tied record, and the wild card teams are seeded 5–6. The NFL does not use a fixed bracket playoff system, and there are no restrictions regarding teams from the same division matching up in any round.
The 2002 NFL season was the 83rd regular season of the National Football League (NFL). The league went back to an even number of teams with the addition of the Houston Texans; the league has remained static with 32 teams since. The clubs were realigned into eight divisions, four teams in each.
Eastern Division No. 3 Georgia x$ 7 – 1 13 – 1 Florida 6 – 2 8 – 5 Tennessee 5 – 3 8 – 5 Kentucky 3 – 5 7 – 5 South Carolina 3 – 5 5 – 7 Vanderbilt 0 – 8 2 – 10 Western Division Arkansas xy 5 – 3 9 – 5 No. 14 Auburn x 5 – 3 9 – 4 LSU x 5 – 3 8 – 5 Ole Miss 3 – 5 7 – 6 Mississippi State 0 – 8 3 – 9 No ...
When the NFL expanded to 32 teams in 2002, the league realigned, changing the division structure from three divisions in each conference to four divisions in each conference. As each division champion gets a playoff bid, the number of wild card teams from each conference dropped from three to two. [ 47 ]
Beginning with the 1933 season, the NFL featured a championship game, played between the winners of its two divisions.In this era, if there was a tie for first place in the division at the end of the regular season, a one-game playoff was used to determine the team that would represent their division in the NFL Championship Game.
As was the case prior to 2002, division champions retain priority for higher seeding and home field advantage regardless of records. Under the 2002 system, the only way two wild card teams in the same conference could meet in the playoffs would be for both teams to each win two road games to advance to the conference championship game hosted by ...
2002 NFL draft; E. 2002 NFL expansion draft; P. 2002–03 NFL playoffs; 2003 Pro Bowl; S. Super Bowl XXXVII This page was last edited on 31 August 2024, at 13:24 (UTC
2002 Big Ten Conference football season; League: NCAA Division I-A: Sport: football: Duration: August, 2002 through January, 2003: Number of teams: 11: TV partner(s) ABC, ESPN, ESPN2: 2003 NFL Draft; Top draft pick: Charles Rogers (Michigan State) Picked by: Detroit Lions, first round (2nd overall) Regular Season; Co-Champions: Ohio State Iowa ...