Important Notes on playoff status (10/25/2001)

The playoff status, and max/min averages, like everything else at JoeEitel.com, is unofficial.

A. Despite being unofficial, the playoff status and max/min should be 100% accurate if:
1) All scheduled games are played, with no cancellations, 
2) No additional games are added to the schedule, 
3) All games have the correct winner listed,
4) No games have had the result reversed (incorrect winner, or game forfeited from original winner to original loser),
5) All teams are listed under the correct divisional classification for points calculating purposes,
6) All scheduled games that are (or are not) marked as "not counting", are marked correctly on the site. (This normally pertains to "club" teams such as the Columbus Crusaders).

If any of the above conditions fail, the entire playoff status system can not be safely considered accurate until the proper corrections have been made.

B. What the MAX/MIN averages mean
1) max Avg (win out) - The best case scenario. This is the maximum average a team will be able to obtain if they win their remaining games. This also assumes all unaccounted for games between an opponent you have defeated (or will defeat) and a team you did not defeat will be won by the opponent you defeated. In the case you defeated (or will defeat) both teams involved in such a game, the maximum points are obtained by the smaller school defeating the larger school. Subject to the conditions of part A above.
2) min Avg (win out) - This is the minimum average a team will be able to obtain if they win their remaining games. This also assumes all unaccounted for games between an opponent you have defeated (or will defeat) and a team you did not defeat will be won by the team you did not defeat. In the case you defeated (or will defeat) both teams involved in such a game, the minimum points are obtained by the larger school defeating the smaller school. Subject to the conditions of part A above.
3) max Avg (lose out) - This is the maximum average a team will be able to obtain if they lose their remaining games. This also assumes all unaccounted for games between an opponent you have defeated and a team you did not (or will not) defeat will be won by the team you defeated. In the case you defeated both teams involved in such a game, the maximum points are obtained by the smaller school defeating the larger school. Subject to the conditions of part A above.
4) min Avg (lose out) - The worst case scenario. This is the minimum average a team will be able to obtain if they lose their remaining games. This also assumes all unaccounted for games between an opponent you defeated and a team you did not (or will not) defeat will be won by the team you did not defeat. In the case you defeated both teams involved in such a game, the minimum points are obtained by the larger school defeating the smaller school.  Subject to the conditions of part A above.

C. A description of the playoff status possibilities
1) 'clinched #1 seed' - The team has guaranteed itself the top seed in the region. Subject to the conditions of part A above.
2) 'clinched home game' - The team has guaranteed itself a top 4 finish in the region. Subject to the conditions of part A above.
3) 'control own destiny' - The team will guarantee itself a top 8 finish in the region if it wins all remaining games on its schedule. If it loses even one game, this condition may or may not still apply. Subject to the conditions of part A above.
4) 'mathematically eliminated' - The team does not have a chance of breaking into the top 8 of the region, even if it wins all remaining games on its schedule.  Subject to the conditions of part A above.
5) '.' - The period is only used as a placeholder to properly display the HTML table. The period does NOT mean 'ditto the status of the team(s) above'. A team with this status is considered to have no status at all. They may have already clinched, they may control their own destiny, or they may even be mathematically eliminated. It is best treated as an 'on the bubble' type status.