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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. In the first round, dubbed the wild-card playoffs or wild-card weekend , the third-seeded division winner hosts the sixth-seed wild card, and the fourth seed hosts the fifth.
The only time such a scheduling conflict occurred was during Wild Card weekend in 1985 when only 10 teams qualified for the postseason and there were only two wild-card games. The 10-team system was used from 1978 to 1989 excluding 1982 (the 1982 NFL season used a 16-team playoff format). Instead of playing both Wild Card games on the same day ...
The 2009 season began on September 10, 2009. Under the current scheduling system, this is the latest date the NFL can start its season as the season typically starts the weekend after Labor Day, which falls on its latest possible date in 2009. For the 2009 season, the intraconference and interconference matchups were:
Wild Card playoffs: Divisional playoffs: Jan 9 – Paul Brown Stadium: N1 New Orleans: 31 Jan 17 – Qualcomm Stadium: A1 Indianapolis 17 5 NY Jets: 24 Super Bowl XLIV: 5 NY Jets 17 4 Cincinnati: 14 Jan 24 – Lucas Oil Stadium 2 San Diego: 14 AFC: Jan 10 – Gillette Stadium: 5 NY Jets 17 Jan 16 – Lucas Oil Stadium: 1 Indianapolis 30 6 ...
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The 2009 tournament was the first time the Final Four had a minimum seating capacity of 70,000, and by having most of the tournament in the February Sweeps of the Nielsen Ratings due to the digital television transition in the United States on June 12, 2009, this was the last NCAA basketball tournament, in all three divisions, to air on analog ...
NCAA: BCS Top 10 (unbeaten teams in bold): (1) Florida 29, Mississippi State 19 "Third Saturday in October": (2) Alabama 12, Tennessee 10 Terrence Kody blocks Daniel Lincoln's 44-yard field-goal attempt as time expires to maintain the Crimson Tide's unbeaten record. (3) Texas 41, Missouri 7 (4) Boise State 54, Hawaiʻi 9
Three human polls and one formula ranking make up the 2009 NCAA Division I FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision) football rankings, in addition to various publications' preseason polls. Unlike most sports, college football's governing body, the NCAA , does not bestow a national championship title.