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In some situations, a seeding restriction was be implemented; from 1975 until 1989 in the NFL and from 1998 until 2011 in MLB, there was a rule, should the top seed and wild card be from the same division, they would not play each other in the first round; in those cases, the top seed played the third seed and the second seed played the wild ...
The 1 and 2 seeds from each conference received a first-round bye. In the second round, the divisional playoffs, the number 1 seed hosts the worst-surviving seed from the first round (seed 4, 5, or 6), while the number 2 seed will play the other team (seed 3, 4, or 5). The two surviving teams from each conference's divisional playoff games met ...
The NFL does not use a fixed bracket system; the outcome of the Wild Card games determine the matchups of the Divisional playoffs games, with the lowest remaining seed in each conference traveling to the first seed, and the second-lowest remaining seed traveling to the second-highest remaining seed.
So, if the No. 7 seed upsets the No. 2 seed in the wild-card round, they'd travel to face the No. 1 seed on the road. But if the No. 2 seed wins, they'd play the second-lowest seed remaining instead.
The Big Ten and Southeastern Conference commissioners said Wednesday they will push for something closer to “straight seeding” in the College Football Playoff next season to give less of a ...
Broncos earn final NFL playoff berth, some seeds still undetermined Denver's 38-0 rout of the Chiefs' junior varsity squad – K.C. QB2 Carson Wentz threw for 98 yards – completes the league's ...
In the second round, the Divisional playoffs, the number 1 seed hosts the lowest-seeded surviving team from the first round (seed 4, 5, 6, or 7), while the other two surviving teams play each other, with the higher-seeded team hosting.
In both the men's and women's NCAA college basketball tournaments, there are 68 teams seeded into four brackets of 16 teams each. Prior to the first round, eight teams (4 No. 16 seeds and 4 other seeds) play a play-in game to gain entry into the "main" bracket. In the first round, the No. 1 team plays the No. 16, the No. 2 plays the No. 15, and ...