Playoffs!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oSFYxDGKy8

We have gone from the playoffs to championship season. Next week, the Hallas and Hunt Trophies will be awarded to the conference champions. The conferences are the heirs to the old leagues, so a conference championship is equivalent to a win in the old league title games. Two weeks later is the Big Game, which also has a trophy. My Ultimate Football Team rankings include all three types of trophies. Currently, Green Bay has the most such championship game trophies with 15, not counting championships where the NFL had no game because it was equivalent to a single division.

New England is #2 with 14 wins and 9 losses, with Pittsburgh at #3 with 14 wins and 10 losses. Pittsburgh will be tied with New England if Jacksonsville hands New England a loss, making both teams 14-10. Jacksonville is currently last, with no wins and two conference losses. Losing keeps them in last place. Winning next week and losing the Big Game does too. Winning the Big Games would make them tied with Tampa Bay at 2-2. If New England wins next week and loses the Big Game they will be 15 and 9, still number two (Green Bay has only 8 losses). If they win the Big Game, they become Ultimate Champion with 16 wins. New England will also win the Alternate Ranking, which counts number of championship appearances, with 25 if they go to the Big Game (win or lose). They are currently tied for 4th with Green Bay. The current participation leaders are Pittsburgh, Dallas and the NY Giants.  Jacksonville is also last in this category, because the Texans are not counted, being championship virgins.

Philly is in 15th with 5 trophies and 7 losses. A win next week ranks them 14th with 6 trophies. A Big Game loss leaves them there and a win ranks them 13th and 13th for partipation as well. They are currently in 15th for participation with Miami and Buffalo. Just showing up gives them 13 appearances, which ties the with Minnesota if Minnesota loses to the New Orleans (who have 2 wins and one loss and are second to last in appearances to Jacksonville), although another Big Game win would move New Orleans from 23 to 16 if they can pull out a playoff win. A Conference Loss would move Cincinnati and Tamp Bay up to 23. A Big Game loss will move them to 22nd and a win makes them 16th.At 4 appearances they would join a tie 28th and a Big Game appearance to 27th. If Minnesota carries the current game and wins next week, they will move from 20th to 16th (still behind Philly). A Big Game loss leaves them there and a Big Game win moves the to 13th. If they win today, they move to 13th for participation (with Cleveland, who is actually a vigin, Baltimore deserves those wins) and a Big Game appearance moves the to 10th for participation, tied with Indianapolis (who if Cleveland can keep their wins should have left some of theirs in Baltimore).

I don’t need to do contingencies next week, so I will post again after the Big Game with a composite table.

Team	Rank	AltRank	Total	Wins	Loss	Percentage
Green Bay	1	4	23	15	8	0.6522
New England	2	4	23	14	9	0.6087
Pittsburgh	3	1	24	14	10	0.5833
Philadelphia	15	15	12	5	7	0.4167
Minnesota	20	14	13	4	9	0.3077
New Orleans	23	30	3	2	1	0.6667
Jacksonville	31	31	2	0	2	0.0000