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| Downtown Corsairs coach Ray Ray Lewis and East Nashville Black Dogs coach Jim McMahon led their teams to division titles and league-leading 11-3 records. |
By R.E. Porter
Associated Web Press
The Downtown Corsairs and East Nashville Black Dogs finished with identical 11-3 regular-season records, but thanks to the second tiebreaker, the Corsairs secured the No. 1 seed in the 2014 championship playoffs.
The first tiebreaker is head-to-head competition, and the Corsairs and Black Dogs split their two regular season matchups. The second tiebreaker is total points scored in the regular season, and that's where Downtown had the edge over East Nashville: The Corsairs scored 2524.5 points, while the Dogs totaled 2448.9 points.
With the third-best record, the 8-6 West Nashville Beelzebubbas earned the third seed, while the 7-7 12th Avenue Bakers are the No. 4 seed.
In the opening round of the playoffs this weekend, the Corsairs will host the Bakers at The Roofie and the Black Dogs will host the Beelzebubbas at The Dawg House for the second straight week.
The seeding for the consolation playoffs is also set: The 6-8 Cambridge Animals are seeded first, the 5-9 Atlanta Smack Daddies have the second seed, the 5-9 Village Green are the third seed, and the 3-11 Fidalgo Island Sea Hogs are seeded fourth. In the opening round, the Animals host the Sea Hogs at Methlon Stadium, while the Smack Daddies host the Green in the ATL.
Fidalgo Island will have the first pick in the 2015 NFFA draft, while the Green will pick second by virtue of losing the points tiebreaker to the Daddies, who will have the third pick. The Animals will have the fourth pick. Picks 5-8 will be determined by the outcome of the championship playoffs.
