NEFL Week 8 (June 30, 2012)

##NEFL WEEKLY RELEASE DOCUMENTS##

Coming Thursday (emailed to press and team emails)

##COACHES POLL##

2nd Midseason Poll results (Games through June 23):
1. Pioneers (10) - 50
2. Rage - 38
3. Force - 30
4. Gladiators - 17
5. Crush - 15
Also receiving votes: None.
New to Top 5: #4 Gladiators
Dropped out: Predators

The Pioneers are unanimous #1 for the third straight poll (entire 2012 season)...all five teams appeared on every ballot. Only the five ranked teams received votes...Of the 10 ballots cast, 7 were identical in ranking the teams as they finished in the poll...The Rage received 8 of 10 possible second place votes...The poll results ensure that every week except week 10 this season will feature at least one match-up between Top 5 teams.

1st Midseason Poll results (Games through June 2):
1. Pioneers (10) - 50
2. Rage - 39
3. Force - 25
4. Predators - 22
5. Crush - 8
Also receiving votes: MN Spartans - 4, Gladiators - 2
New to Top 5: #5 Crush
Dropped out: Dragons (defunct)

Preseason Poll results (Games through May 5):
1. Pioneers (10) - 50
2. Force - 31.5
3. Predators - 26.5
4. Dragons - 19
5. Rage - 17.5
Receiving votes: Crush - 5, Thunderhawks - 0.5


##Week 7 Power Rankings##

(Win% - points allowed/game) + (average of opponents' win% - points allowed/game)
Applied as: 2012 NEFL games only + Last 10 overall games

WEEK 8 NEFL POWER RANKINGS

1. Pioneers (LW: 1) High: 1 Low: 1
2. Rage (LW: 2) High: 2 Low: 5
3. Force (LW: 3) High: 2 Low: 4
4. Gladiators (LW: 5) High: 3 Low: 7
5. Crush (LW: 6) High: 5 Low: 7
6. MN Spartans (LW: 7) High: 6 Low: 12
7. Predators (LW: 4) High: 2 Low: 7
8. Rough Riders (LW: 8 ) High: 8 Low: 12
9. Storm (LW: 9) High: 8 Low: 10
10. Giants (LW: 9) High: 7 Low: 10
11. Thunderhawks (LW: 11) High: 8 Low: 11
12. CW Spartans (LW: 12) High: 11 Low: 12


##Playoff Picture##

Division Leaders
1 - (W) *Pioneers 6-0 4-0 22 22
2 - (C) Rage 5-0 4-0 152 111
3 - (E) Force 4-1 3-0 60 34
Wild Cards
4 - Gladiators 4-1 3-1 80 67
5 - Crush 4-2 3-1 118 92
6 - Rough Riders 3-2 2-1 103 44
Playoff Cutoff Line
7 - MN Spartans 2-3 2-2 86 71
8 - Predators 2-3 1-3 106 99
9 - Storm 2-4 2-3 161 141
10 - Thunderhawks 0-5 0-4 197 139
11 - (e) Giants 0-5 0-5 176 176
12 - (e) CW Spartans 0-6 0-4 326 198

(1) - Clinched #1 Seed
# - Clinched Division
* - Clinched Playoff Spot
(e) - Eliminated

Tiebreakers
Force over Gladiators (head to head)
MN Spartans over Predators (division record)
Thunderhawks over Giants (division record)

Playoff Clinching Scenarios for Week 8
Pioneers - Clinch West Division with win
Force - Clinch East Division and playoff spot with win; clinch playoff spot with tie and Predators + MN Spartans loss
Rage - Clinch playoff spot with win OR MN Spartans loss
Gladiators - Clinch playoff spot with win OR tie and Predators + MN Spartans loss


Elimination Scenarios for Week 8
Thunderhawks - Eliminated with loss OR Rough Riders win
Storm - Eliminated with loss
Predators - Eliminated with loss AND Rough Riders win

Giants, MN Spartans - Cannot win West Division
Thunderhawks, Predators - Cannot win Central Division
CW Spartans, Storm - Cannot win East Division
CW Spartans, Thunderhawks, Giants, Predators, MN Spartans, Storm - Cannot win #1 seed