Footballguys Players Championship League and Playoff Structure
There are three distinct parts of the FPC season. Teams have an opportunity to win prizes for succeeding in each of the three:
- Part 1 - Regular season Weeks 1-11
- Part 2 - League Playoffs Weeks 12 & 13
- Part 3 - Championship Round and Consolation Round Weeks 14, 15 & 16
The 11-week regular season will run from NFL Week 1 through NFL Week 11. Over the course of the regular season, each of the 12 teams in each FPC league will play each other in a head-to-head match up, resulting in a Win, Loss or Tie. This will constitute the Win/Loss record for each team. All references to "points", "total points" or "points total" implies starting lineup points. All references to "record" refer to a team's regular season's head to head record. A Tie is considered half of a Win in the standings.
At the conclusion of Week 11, two teams from each league will be awarded an automatic berth to the Championship Round and a chance at the $250,000 Grand Prize in Weeks 14, 15 and 16.
These two teams will be:
- Seed 1 - the team with the best regular season record
- Seed 2 - the remaining team with the highest point total during the regular season.
These two teams will also participate in the head-to-head League Playoff explained below.
At the conclusion of Week 11, four teams in each league will advance to a two-week head-to-head League Playoff in Weeks 12 & 13 and will play for league prizes and one berth to the Championship Round.
These four teams will be:
- Seed 1 - the team with the best regular season record
- Seed 2 - the remaining team with the highest point total during the regular season
- Seed 3 - the remaining team with the best regular season record
- Seed 4 - the remaining team with the highest point total during the regular season
These teams will be assigned as Seed 1, Seed 2, Seed 3 and Seed 4.
If there is a tie between two or more teams for best win/loss record or total regular season points at the conclusion of the regular season, the following tiebreakers will be used in order from 1 to 4 to determine playoff participants:
- Total points during the regular season
- Head-to-head win/loss record
- Total starting QB points Week 1 through Week 11
- Coin toss
The following head-to-head match-ups will take place in Week 12 of the League Playoff:
- Seed 1 will play Seed 4
- Seed 2 will play Seed 3
The winners of the Seed 1 vs. Seed 4 game will play the winner of the Seed 2 vs. Seed 3 games in Week 13 League Championship Game of the League Playoffs with the winner earning the title of League Champion*. The League Champion and 2nd place finisher win League Prizes as listed in the Prize section.
The losing teams in Week 12 match-ups are eliminated from the League Playoffs but are still eligible to play in either the Championship or the Consolation Round.
If there is a tie between teams in any of the League Playoff games, the following tiebreakers will be used in order from 1 to 5 to determine winners*:
- Total points during the regular season
- Head-to-head in the regular season
- Regular season win/loss record (weeks 1-11)
- Starting QB points in League Playoff game)
- Coin toss
*In the event of a tie between teams in the Week 13 League Championship Game, both teams will earn a berth into the Championship Round.
The League Champion will earn a berth to the Championship Round and a chance at $250,000 Grand Prize and other prize(s) listed in the Prize section. If the League Champion is one of the two teams which already earned an automatic berth to the Championship Round at the end of the regular season (Seeds 1 or 2), no other teams will go to the Championship Round from that particular league. Each league will have a minimum of two and a maximum of three teams qualifying for the Championship Round.
Any of the four teams in the League Playoff round which do NOT make it to the Championship Round will earn berths to the Consolation Round and will compete for prize(s) listed in the Prize section. Each FPC league will have a minimum of one and a maximum of two teams qualifying for the Consolation Round.
