Post-Season Implications

As we head into the last week of the regular season, we got a lot for everyone to play for -- and some fall out from what we predicted a month ago. While it looks like the playoff and Toilet Bowl teams are locked in, we have a bit of leeway for the actual seeds. Take a look at the WK19 power rankings and then see our analysis below. I hope I calculated it all right! [Post-Season Rules Mini-Explainer]

• Swamp Dragons have locked up the first seed and the best regular season record. Congrats Eddie! Swamp last achieved this feat in 2013.

• Sour Snails and Chunky Monkeys are both 13-5-1 and can swap between the #2/3 seeds, although Sour Snails holds the H2H tiebreaker with a 1-0 record. Snails face off with Cameltoe while Chunkys play Squirtles Squad.

• Squirtle Squad and Team Spade are 12-5-2 and 12-6-1 respectively, but it looks like Squirtles should beat out Spade for the higher seed. However, should both teams lose, Funk Coalition could slide up to #4 possibly. (Although I’m not sure how ESPN calculates ties on winning percentage.) Squirtle plays Chunky, Spade plays Fob Stars.

• Funk Coalition and Fat Jubas could both become 12-8 with a Funk loss and a Jubas win, which would give the H2H edge to Jubas on the strength of a Jubas win in WK7. That would bring Jubas to a #6 seed. Funks plays ABC, Jubas faces off against IL Conceived.

• Fob Stars have a tentative hold on the #8 playoff seed, unless they lose and So Buckets win, which would put them both at 10-9-1. However with the H2H tiebreaker going to Fob Stars, I think that means they are for sure in the playoffs.

• Short of something weird happening, So Buckets is locked into the #9 power ranking and the first seed in the Toilet Bowl.

• Team Thien holds the H2H tiebreaker over Buffy, should they both up with the same record. Buffy is 8-10-1 now and Team Thien is 9-10. Should Thien lose and Buffy win, Buffy would vault over them for the #10 spot and second in the Toilet Bowl seedings.

• IL Conceived is locked into the fourth seed in the Toilet Bowl whatever happens, as one win or loss won't affect anything.

• Hilt the Stilt and Snack Bears are both 5-14 and face off for Toilet Bowl positions five and six. More excitingly, they play each other in WK20, with Hilt having the chance to tie their regular season H2H record and thus force another tiebreaker. Marquee matchup!

• The battle for worst record in the league this year is between Another Bad Creation and Team Cameltoe, aka Russell Westbrook versus Anthony Davis. ABC has four wins while Cameltoe only has three, but they are 1-1 in H2H this seasons so if there’s a tie, we’ll have to move into second tiebreakers. Who’s the worst of the worst this season! ABC faces off versus Funk while Cameltoe plays Sour Snails.