Playoff Bracket Set

Hopefully this doesn't come as a surprise to anyone, but this is the final seeding of teams after the conclusion of the regular season:

1. AirMatt (11-2) Obviously, because he had the best record.
2. Golden Graham's (10-3) take the #2 seed despite scoring fewer points, thanks to Kubicek and also to the Graham's week 3 win over ---
3. Psychotic Ninjas (10-3) Get the #3 seed despite outscoring Graham's by 141 points on the season.  Who voted for this stupid rule?
4. Merrill's Marauders (7-6) take the #4 seed thanks to their week 8 win over ---
5. Air Apparent (7-6)
6. Orion River Horses (6-7) Things had the potential to get interesting here, except they didn't.  Three teams finished the regular season 6-7.  The River Horses beat Kapernick's Crusaders (once), who beat Harbaughs (twice), who beat the River Horses (once).  Since every team lost at least one game to one of the others, and since the teams didn't play an equal number of games against each other, the rule reverts back to sorting things out the way God intended, and the team with the most points on the season is the highest seed.  Thus the River Horses grab the final playoff spot.
7. Kapernick's Crusaders!!! (6-7) Once the River Horses were removed from the equation, we go back to head-to-head matchups.  The Crusaders get the #7 seed thanks to their pair of victories over ---
8. Team Harbaughs (6-7)
9. Los Diablos (5-8) are the only 5-8 team, so moving on ---
10. Atomnation (4-9) take the #10 seed, because despite breaking the 120-point mark twice and scoring the 5th-most points on the season, they only managed 4 wins.  Fortunately for them, one of those wins came against ---
11. Screaming Eagles (4-9)
12. Leviathans (2-11)

I have had to re-jigger the playoff matchups, as I do every year, because our playoff system is so bizarre ESPN refuses to acknowledge it.  In particular (as I remind folks every year), it appears the the Eagles and Leviathans play each other this week, but that is a mirage.  In actuality, they both have byes into the Toilet Bowl bracket --- but the system just can't comprehend why non-playoff teams need byes.

The usual reminders:

• In the extremely rare case of a tie score in the playoffs, the higher-seeded team is considered the winner.
• In week 15, AirMatt will play the lower-seeded winner of the quarterfinal games; Kevin will play the higher-seeded winner.  Levi will play the higher-seeded loser of the quarterfinal matchups of the 7-10 seeds, and Jason will play the lower-seeded loser.
• Weekly payouts for highest score continue through week 16, so keep setting your best lineup!