Playoff Schedule
08APR2017: Quarterfinals (higher seed is home team throughout)
QF#1: #1 Fairfield 33, #8 Danbury 19
QF#2: #2 North Jersey 46, #7 Montauk 17
QF#3: #3 Buffalo 36, #6 Ken-Ton 14
QF#4: #4 Rockaway 26, #5 Lansdowne 20
22APR2017: Semifinals
SF #1: #1 Fairfield 45, #4 Rockaway 5
SF #2: #3 Buffalo 29, #2 North Jersey 5
29APR2017: EGU Final
#1 Fairfield 66, #3 Buffalo 7
06MAY2017: Atlantic North NCR3 Crossover (Dick Green Field - Albany, NY)
10am: Fairfield Yankees (Empire) vs. Saratoga (NERFU)
Playoff Seeding
Seed | Club | GP | W | L | T | PF | PA | PD | BT | BL | FF | PTS | PTS AVG | PD AVG |
1 | Fairfield | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 541 | 67 | 474 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 5.000 | 59.250 |
2 | North Jersey | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 419 | 74 | 345 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 5.000 | 38.333 |
3 | Buffalo | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 487 | 68 | 419 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 4.500 | 41.900 |
4 | Rockaway | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 278 | 92 | 186 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 4.375 | 23.250 |
5 | Lansdowne | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 309 | 92 | 217 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 4.333 | 24.111 |
6 | Ken-Ton | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 458 | 162 | 296 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 4.500 | 29.600 |
7 | Montauk | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 209 | 162 | 47 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 3.500 | 5.875 |
8 | Danbury | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 266 | 138 | 128 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 3.250 | 16.000 |
NYRC | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 195 | 161 | 34 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 3.222 | 3.778 |
There are five (5) conference in D3- New Jersey (NJ), New York City (NYC), New York/Connecticut (NY/CT), New York South (NYSouth) and Upstate. After league play, eight (8) teams will advance to the Empire GU playoffs. The winner of each conference will be seeded 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5. Seeding will be based on normalized competition points (match points + bonus points)/ matches played (see below). The remaining three (3) play-off teams (wild cards) will come from the best second-place teams based on normalized competition points. These teams will be seeded 6, 7 and 8. If teams have the same normalized competition points value, then the team with the greater positive difference between points for and points against will be the higher seed.
Competition points are determined as follows:
Match Points
* 4 match points for a win
* 2 match points for a tie
* 0 match points for a loss
Bonus Points
* 1 bonus point for scoring 4 tries or more in a match
* 1 bonus point for losing by 7 points or less in a match
Note: Forfeits are recorded to the team not responsible for the forfeit as a 20-0 win with a bonus point (5 competition points total). Forfeiting Team shall receive up to negative five (-5) points.
