NSFL Divisions and Conferences Explained
Teams are placed into divisions coresponding to their age
group. There are four
conferences in each division (NFC East, NFC West, AFC East, and AFC West). If a
town has more than one team within a particular age group, each team will be
placed into a different conference. For example in the Pony division there
will be four conferences and one team from that division may be placed into NFC
East and the other team may be placed into the AFC west.
Standings
Each team within the league will be divided according to age groups (explained in about link) and split up into NFC and AFC Conferences.
The peanut teams within the league do not have standings and therefore only play 8 games within the season
(no playoffs). Every other team will play 9 games in the season and will be placed in the standings acording to their performance
each week. Each team will be awarded points based on
- If a team wins a game 2 points are awarded to that team for the week.
- If a team has a bye for a week, two points are awarded to that team.
- If a team loses a game no points are awarded for the week.
- If a team Ties a game 1 point is given to each team that tied.
At the begining of each week (Tueday), teams are ranked according to their total
score they earned within the season. By the end of week 9, all scores are
calculated and each team is placed into a playoff tier based on their score for
the entire season. In the event of a Tie, placement of each team into
their playoff birth and home field advantage is determined by the following.
- Head-to-Head
- Most Wins
- Record against common opponents
-
Flip of a coin (Home field advantage only)
The following is an example of standings.
|
NFC Pee Wee |
|
NFC East |
Wk 1 |
Wk 2 |
Wk 3 |
Wk 4 |
Wk 5 |
Wk 6 |
Wk 7 |
Wk 8 |
Wk 9 |
Points |
Place |
Notes |
|
Oyster Bay |
2 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
16 |
1 |
|
|
North Babylon White |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
14 |
2 |
|
|
Babylon |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
12 |
3 |
|
|
Plainedge Red |
2 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
4 |
|
|
Bethpage Gold |
0 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
5 |
|
|
East Meadow |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
5 |
6 |
|
|
Farmingdale |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
NFC West |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Copiague |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
16 |
1 |
|
|
Glen Cove |
2 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
15 |
2 |
|
|
Seaford Blue |
0 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
12 |
3 |
|
|
Wantagh |
2 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
9 |
4 |
|
|
Levittown |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
5 |
5 |
|
|
West Babylon Blue |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
6 |
|
|
Valley Stream Green |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
7 |
|
Playoffs and the Super Bowl
Every team makes the first round of playoffs and are placed into a tier that they can compete.
Once the scores are calculated for each team, tiers are formed based on placement in the standings.
For example, if a team places in either 1st or 2nd place for the season, that team will
be placed into a Tier 1 playoff spot. If a team places in 3rd or 4th place for
the season, that team will be placed into a Tier 2 playoff spot.
From the standings example above you can see that Oyster Bay, Glen Cove, Copiague and
North Babylon all made the Tier one playoffs for the NFC conference. In
addition, Oyster Bay will play Glen Cove and Copiague will play North Babylon
White in the first round of playoffs. Each game of the playoffs will be played
on the field of the team that has home field advantage. The winners of the first round
playoffs then play against each other for their conference championships.
Once each conference has a winning team, those two teams play against each other
in the Super Bowl. The Super Bowl is then played at a nuetral field chosen by
the league. It is the only time during the playoffs that a home team would
not play on their home field. Each team that plays in the Super Bowl will
recieve a trophy. One for the winner of the Super Bowl and the other for
the runner up.