09-22-2021, 08:31 PM
(This post was last modified: 10-03-2021, 09:03 AM by Crunk. Edited 1 time in total.)
That's right, I haven't forgotten about this project. In fact, I've got the whole rest of the list done already and have since the first part was posted oh so long ago. The problem is actually writing this stuff up just drags on me. So I'm going to do basically the same kind of thing I did on the first part, where I kind of skip big chunks of teams around the middle, because it's dang hard to come up with something interesting to say about every team ever, alright?
Anyway, this section of the project will rank every team that made the playoffs, but fell short of an Ulitmus appearance.
Part 1 is here if you wanted to revisit
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90. S7 Arizona Outlaws 5-9-0 (0.357)
Points For: 25.5 (-0.21%)
Points Against: 30.9 (+21.03%)
Point Differential: -5.4
Pythagorean Win %: 0.388
The worst team to ever make the playoffs. Based on the list from Part 1 of this series, in the history of the league I would say like 70 or so teams that missed the playoffs were better than this. As a matter of fact, the San Jose team they beat out on a tie breaker was #68 on the Tier IV list. Meanwhile, 7-7 Baltimore missed the playoffs in the NSFC.
89. S18 Colorado Yeti 5-8-0 (0.385)
Points For: 20.8 (-14.51%)
Points Against: 26.1 (+6.94%)
Point Differential: -5.2
Pythagorean Win %: 0.370
Most notably this was Louisiana Purchase's rookie season. Just kidding, Purchase was never notable. This was kind of a weird season overall, as only 3 of the 10 teams finished with winning records.
88. S24 Chicago Butchers 7-9-0 (0.438)
Points For: 18.8 (-15.59%)
Points Against: 25.2 (+13.02%)
Point Differential: -6.4
Pythagorean Win %: 0.334
The infamous S24 season that saw 4 teams in the ASFC go 9-7 had a 7-9 team sneak in in the NSFC. While the two above teams had worse records, this is actually the worst point differential for playoff teams.
87. S22 Sarasota Sailfish 6-7-0 (0.462)
Points For: 16.8 (-17.46%)
Points Against: 20.5 (+0.25%)
Point Differential: -3.6
Pythagorean Win %: 0.387
Sarasota's inaugural season. As is so often the case here, this team made it in on a tiebreaker, while teams with better records (8-5 in this case) in the other division missed the playoffs.
86. S4 Philadelphia Liberty 7-7-0 (0.500)
Points For: 18.9 (-17.80%)
Points Against: 25.0 (+8.57%)
Point Differential: -6.1
Pythagorean Win %: 0.341
If you recall, S4 also resulted in the 9-5 San Jose team that missed the playoffs, the best team to do so.
85. S17 San Jose SaberCats 6-7-0 (0.462)
Points For: 21.5 (-11.87%)
Points Against: 25.5 (+4.50%)
Point Differential: -4.0
Pythagorean Win %: 0.400
S17 is another interesting one, maybe the most even all-around season, as no team reached double digit wins or double digit losses
84. S19 Austin Copperheads 5-8-0 (0.385)
Points For: 23.0 (-3.70%)
Points Against: 22.2 (-7.25%)
Point Differential: +0.8
Pythagorean Win %: 0.522
83. S10 Orange County Otters 7-7-0 (0.500)
Points For: 17.6 (-27.54%)
Points Against: 21.4 (-12.28%)
Point Differential: -3.7
Pythagorean Win %: 0.389
82. S18 Austin Copperheads 6-7-0 (0.462)
Points For: 28.2 (+15.77%)
Points Against: 30.0 (+23.03%)
Point Differential: -1.8
Pythagorean Win %: 0.464
81. S20 Baltimore Hawks 6-7-0 (0.462)
Points For: 23.5 (-3.07%)
Points Against: 24.4 (+0.41%)
Point Differential: -0.8
Pythagorean Win %: 0.479
80. S12 Philadelphia Liberty 7-7-0 (0.500)
Points For: 25.8 (+0.70%)
Points Against: 27.3 (+6.56%)
Point Differential: -1.5
Pythagorean Win %: 0.467
79. S18 Baltimore Hawks 6-7-0 (0.462)
Points For: 28.2 (+15.46%)
Points Against: 26.6 (+9.15%)
Point Differential: +1.5
Pythagorean Win %: 0.533
Here we have the worst team to win a playoff game, perhaps because they had the good fortune of playing an even worse team, the #89 Yeti
78. S26 Sarasota Sailfish 8-8-0 (0.500)
Points For: 24.2 (-1.76%)
Points Against: 24.9 (+1.03%)
Point Differential: -0.7
Pythagorean Win %: 0.483
77. S25 Chicago Butchers 8-8-0 (0.500)
Points For: 22.1 (-10.81%)
Points Against: 22.4 (-9.55%)
Point Differential: -0.3
Pythagorean Win %: 0.492
Last article I crowned S29 Orange County as the most average team ever
76. S21 Austin Copperheads 7-6-0 (0.538)
Points For: 24.5 (+2.51%)
Points Against: 25.7 (+7.67%)
Point Differential: -1.2
Pythagorean Win %: 0.471
75. S23 New Orleans Second Line 9-7-0 (0.563)
Points For: 22.8 (+6.33%)
Points Against: 24.1 (+12.46%)
Point Differential: -1.3
Pythagorean Win %: 0.467
74. S9 Colorado Yeti 8-6-0 (0.571)
Points For: 23.8 (-4.24%)
Points Against: 24.8 (-0.22%)
Point Differential: -1.0
Pythagorean Win %: 0.476
73. S26 New York Silverbacks 9-7-0 (0.563)
Points For: 21.1 (-14.45%)
Points Against: 21.3 (-13.44%)
Point Differential: -0.3
Pythagorean Win %: 0.493
72. S20 New Orleans Second Line 7-6-0 (0.538)
Points For: 24.2 (-0.22%)
Points Against: 22.6 (-6.87%)
Point Differential: +1.6
Pythagorean Win %: 0.541
71. S16 San Jose SaberCats 7-6-0 (0.538)
Points For: 25.9 (+5.31%)
Points Against: 23.9 (-2.81%)
Point Differential: +2.0
Pythagorean Win %: 0.547
70. S26 Orange County Otters 9-7-0 (0.563)
Points For: 26.4 (+7.38%)
Points Against: 25.7 (+4.33%)
Point Differential: +0.8
Pythagorean Win %: 0.517
69. S5 Arizona Outlaws 8-6-0 (0.571)
Points For: 31.1 (+19.49%)
Points Against: 30.8 (+18.12%)
Point Differential: +0.4
Pythagorean Win %: 0.507
68. S11 Colorado Yeti 8-6-0 (0.571)
Points For: 30.1 (+14.75%)
Points Against: 29.8 (+13.39%)
Point Differential: +0.4
Pythagorean Win %: 0.507
67. S2 Yellowknife Wraiths 8-6-0 (0.571)
Points For: 21.4 (+10.85%)
Points Against: 21.1 (+9.01%)
Point Differential: +0.4
Pythagorean Win %: 0.510
66. S20 Colorado Yeti 7-6-0 (0.538)
Points For: 23.8 (-2.12%)
Points Against: 21.5 (-11.31%)
Point Differential: +2.2
Pythagorean Win %: 0.558
65. S8 Baltimore Hawks 7-7-0 (0.500)
Points For: 28.8 (+13.12%)
Points Against: 23.5 (-7.65%)
Point Differential: +5.3
Pythagorean Win %: 0.618
64. S6 Yellowknife Wraiths 7-6-1 (0.536)
Points For: 27.5 (+8.03%)
Points Against: 24.2 (-4.88%)
Point Differential: +3.3
Pythagorean Win %: 0.575
63. S29 New Orleans Secondline 9-7-0 (0.562)
Points For: 26.9 (+3.28%)
Points Against: 24.6 (-5.61%)
Point Differential: +2.3
Pythagorean Win %: 0.553
62. S24 New Orleans Second Line 9-7-0 (0.563)
Points For: 21.0 (-5.77%)
Points Against: 19.1 (-14.47%)
Point Differential: +1.9
Pythagorean Win %: 0.557
61. S3 Philadelphia Liberty 8-5-1 (0.607)
Points For: 23.3 (+5.12%)
Points Against: 23.4 (+5.76%)
Point Differential: -0.1
Pythagorean Win %: 0.496
60. S13 Philadelphia Liberty 8-6-0 (0.571)
Points For: 29.5 (+11.70%)
Points Against: 26.9 (+1.96%)
Point Differential: +2.6
Pythagorean Win %: 0.554
59. S15 Philadelphia Liberty 8-6-0 (0.571)
Points For: 24.3 (-2.40%)
Points Against: 22.1 (-11.30%)
Point Differential: +2.2
Pythagorean Win %: 0.556
58. S1 Yellowknife Wraiths 8-6-0 (0.571)
Points For: 18.3 (+2.47%)
Points Against: 16.1 (-9.94%)
Point Differential: +2.2
Pythagorean Win %: 0.576
57. S30 Berlin Fire Salamanders 9-7-0 (0.562)
Points For: 26.3 (+3.01%)
Points Against: 22.1 (-13.39%)
Point Differential: +4.2
Pythagorean Win %: 0.601
56. S22 New Orleans Second Line 8-5-0 (0.615)
Points For: 20.7 (+1.38%)
Points Against: 19.8 (-3.14%)
Point Differential: +0.9
Pythagorean Win %: 0.527
55. S28 New York Silverbacks 10-6-0 (0.625)
Points For: 23.0 (-10.01%)
Points Against: 22.4 (-12.45%)
Point Differential: +0.6
Pythagorean Win %: 0.516
54. S15 Orange County Otters 8-6-0 (0.571)
Points For: 25.1 (+0.75%)
Points Against: 21.4 (-14.17%)
Point Differential: +3.7
Pythagorean Win %: 0.594
53. S5 Baltimore Hawks 8-6-0 (0.571)
Points For: 28.9 (+11.00%)
Points Against: 24.3 (-6.82%)
Point Differential: +4.6
Pythagorean Win %: 0.602
52. S21 Colorado Yeti 8-5-0 (0.615)
Points For: 24.8 (+4.13%)
Points Against: 23.0 (-3.61%)
Point Differential: +1.8
Pythagorean Win %: 0.546
51. S25 Arizona Outlaws 9-7-0 (0.563)
Points For: 27.9 (+12.94%)
Points Against: 22.6 (-8.79%)
Point Differential: +5.4
Pythagorean Win %: 0.624
50. S2 Orange County Otters 8-6-0 (0.571)
Points For: 19.4 (+0.14%)
Points Against: 15.6 (-19.08%)
Point Differential: +3.7
Pythagorean Win %: 0.624
49. S20 Orange County Otters 7-6-0 (0.538)
Points For: 28.5 (+17.52%)
Points Against: 21.4 (-11.94%)
Point Differential: +7.2
Pythagorean Win %: 0.665
48. S23 Philadelphia Liberty 9-7-0 (0.563)
Points For: 23.6 (+10.42%)
Points Against: 18.2 (-15.00%)
Point Differential: +5.4
Pythagorean Win %: 0.650
47. S26 Chicago Butchers 10-6-0 (0.625)
Points For: 25.8 (+4.84%)
Points Against: 22.6 (-8.11%)
Point Differential: +3.2
Pythagorean Win %: 0.577
46. S24 Orange County Otters 9-7-0 (0.563)
Points For: 23.4 (+5.16%)
Points Against: 17.4 (-22.04%)
Point Differential: +6.1
Pythagorean Win %: 0.670
45. S19 Colorado Yeti 8-5-0 (0.615)
Points For: 25.1 (+4.99%)
Points Against: 21.2 (-11.43%)
Point Differential: +3.9
Pythagorean Win %: 0.599
44. S30 Austin Copperheads 11-5-0 (0.688)
Points For: 25.9 (+1.54%)
Points Against: 24.9 (-2.38%)
Point Differential: +1.0
Pythagorean Win %: 0.523
43. S17 Chicago Butchers 8-5-0 (0.615)
Points For: 25.8 (+5.76%)
Points Against: 20.6 (-15.64%)
Point Differential: +5.2
Pythagorean Win %: 0.631
42. S30 Yellowknife Wraiths 10-6-0 (0.625)
Points For: 28.1 (+9.86%)
Points Against: 22.9 (-10.21%)
Point Differential: +5.1
Pythagorean Win %: 0.617
41. S19 New Orleans Second Line 8-5-0 (0.615)
Points For: 26.2 (+9.82%)
Points Against: 20.8 (-12.72%)
Point Differential: +5.4
Pythagorean Win %: 0.633
40. S30 New York Silverbacks 11-5-0 (0.688)
Points For: 26.9 (+5.21%)
Points Against: 25.4 (-0.42%)
Point Differential: +1.4
Pythagorean Win %: 0.533
39. S23 Colorado Yeti 10-6-0 (0.625)
Points For: 22.1 (+3.41%)
Points Against: 17.8 (-16.75%)
Point Differential: +4.3
Pythagorean Win %: 0.626
38. S3 Orange County Otters 8-6-0 (0.571)
Points For: 29.0 (+30.91%)
Points Against: 20.6 (-7.13%)
Point Differential: +8.4
Pythagorean Win %: 0.693
37. S27 Colorado Yeti 10-5-1 (0.656)
Points For: 29.6 (+21.97%)
Points Against: 24.7 (+1.86%)
Point Differential: +4.9
Pythagorean Win %: 0.605
36. S17 Yellowknife Wraiths 8-5-0 (0.615)
Points For: 27.8 (+13.63%)
Points Against: 20.5 (-15.96%)
Point Differential: +7.2
Pythagorean Win %: 0.671
35. S1 Orange County Otters 9-5-0 (0.643)
Points For: 17.8 (-0.33%)
Points Against: 14.0 (-21.55%)
Point Differential: +3.8
Pythagorean Win %: 0.638
34. S28 Sarasota Sailfish 10-6-0 (0.625)
Points For: 32.4 (+26.67%)
Points Against: 24.4 (-4.38%)
Point Differential: +7.9
Pythagorean Win %: 0.661
33. S19 Baltimore Hawks 8-5-0 (0.615)
Points For: 28.5 (+19.48%)
Points Against: 20.5 (-14.33%)
Point Differential: +8.1
Pythagorean Win %: 0.688
32. S25 Orange County Otters 11-5-0 (0.688)
Points For: 28.3 (+14.20%)
Points Against: 22.9 (-7.27%)
Point Differential: +5.3
Pythagorean Win %: 0.621
31. S18 Arizona Outlaws 9-4-0 (0.692)
Points For: 27.3 (+11.99%)
Points Against: 22.4 (-8.20%)
Point Differential: +4.9
Pythagorean Win %: 0.616
30. S21 Baltimore Hawks 9-4-0 (0.692)
Points For: 27.2 (+14.12%)
Points Against: 22.3 (-6.51%)
Point Differential: +4.9
Pythagorean Win %: 0.616
29. S25 Sarasota Sailfish 11-5-0 (0.688)
Points For: 29.6 (+19.76%)
Points Against: 23.9 (-3.23%)
Point Differential: +5.7
Pythagorean Win %: 0.624
28. S10 Colorado Yeti 9-5-0 (0.643)
Points For: 28.8 (+18.23%)
Points Against: 20.4 (-16.10%)
Point Differential: +8.4
Pythagorean Win %: 0.693
27. S27 Arizona Outlaws 11-5-0 (0.688)
Points For: 27.9 (+15.27%)
Points Against: 22.2 (-8.45%)
Point Differential: +5.8
Pythagorean Win %: 0.633
Surely Arizona's playoff woes ended after this playoff upset.
26. S11 Orange County Otters 10-4-0 (0.714)
Points For: 28.1 (+7.14%)
Points Against: 23.6 (-9.99%)
Point Differential: +4.5
Pythagorean Win %: 0.602
25. S29 Arizona Outlaws 11-5-0 (0.688)
Points For: 29.9 (+15.05%)
Points Against: 23.1 (-11.13%)
Point Differential: +6.8
Pythagorean Win %: 0.648
Surely Arizona's playoff woes ended after this playoff upset.
24. S29 Sarasota Sailfish 11-5-0 (0.688)
Points For: 30.4 (+16.97%)
Points Against: 23.3 (-10.41%)
Point Differential: +7.1
Pythagorean Win %: 0.653
23. S9 Orange County Otters 9-5-0 (0.643)
Points For: 31.8 (+27.97%)
Points Against: 20.9 (-15.74%)
Point Differential: +10.9
Pythagorean Win %: 0.729
22. S22 Austin Copperheads 8-4-1 (0.654)
Points For: 28.3 (+38.69%)
Points Against: 19.3 (-5.40%)
Point Differential: +9.0
Pythagorean Win %: 0.712
21. S23 Orange County Otters 11-5-0 (0.688)
Points For: 26.4 (+23.27%)
Points Against: 19.4 (-9.44%)
Point Differential: +7.0
Pythagorean Win %: 0.675
20. S27 Honolulu Hahalua 11-4-1 (0.719)
Points For: 26.6 (+9.85%)
Points Against: 19.8 (-18.25%)
Point Differential: +6.8
Pythagorean Win %: 0.668
19. S29 Colorado Yeti 12-4-0 (0.750)
Points For: 28.9 (+10.96%)
Points Against: 23.3 (-10.41%)
Point Differential: +5.6
Pythagorean Win %: 0.624
18. S16 Chicago Butchers 10-3-0 (0.769)
Points For: 23.6 (-4.06%)
Points Against: 19.8 (-19.69%)
Point Differential: +3.8
Pythagorean Win %: 0.604
17. S17 Arizona Outlaws 9-4-0 (0.692)
Points For: 30.3 (+24.02%)
Points Against: 20.6 (-15.64%)
Point Differential: +9.7
Pythagorean Win %: 0.714
16. S12 San Jose SaberCats 10-4-0 (0.714)
Points For: 25.4 (-0.98%)
Points Against: 17.9 (-30.26%)
Point Differential: +7.5
Pythagorean Win %: 0.697
15. S28 Berlin Fire Salamanders 12-4-0 (0.750)
Points For: 27.3 (+6.62%)
Points Against: 20.9 (-18.08%)
Point Differential: +6.3
Pythagorean Win %: 0.651
Two teams finished 12-4 this season and neither made the Ultimus.
14. S8 Orange County Otters 10-4-0 (0.714)
Points For: 30.9 (+21.26%)
Points Against: 20.6 (-18.88%)
Point Differential: +10.2
Pythagorean Win %: 0.722
13. S6 San Jose SaberCats 11-3-0 (0.786)
Points For: 27.6 (+8.31%)
Points Against: 21.6 (-15.26%)
Point Differential: +6.0
Pythagorean Win %: 0.641
12. S16 Yellowknife Wraiths 10-3-0 (0.769)
Points For: 32.2 (+30.63%)
Points Against: 24.0 (-2.50%)
Point Differential: +8.2
Pythagorean Win %: 0.667
11. S28 Arizona Outlaws 12-4-0 (0.750)
Points For: 31.5 (+23.25%)
Points Against: 21.8 (-14.90%)
Point Differential: +9.8
Pythagorean Win %: 0.706
Surely Arizona's playoff woes ended after this upset loss.
10. S24 Sarasota Sailfish 12-4-0 (0.750)
Points For: 26.9 (+20.87%)
Points Against: 18.4 (-17.55%)
Point Differential: +8.6
Pythagorean Win %: 0.712
9. S14 Baltimore Hawks 11-3-0 (0.786)
Points For: 32.0 (+25.71%)
Points Against: 22.1 (-13.01%)
Point Differential: +9.9
Pythagorean Win %: 0.705
8. S27 Chicago Butchers 12-4-0 (0.750)
Points For: 28.6 (+18.11%)
Points Against: 17.3 (-28.83%)
Point Differential: +11.4
Pythagorean Win %: 0.769
In Chicago's last and possibly best chance in their most recent championship window, they didn't just miss out on the Ultimus, they couldn't even make it to the conference championship, losing in the first round to Colorado.
7. S21 Orange County Otters 10-3-0 (0.769)
Points For: 27.7 (+16.05%)
Points Against: 17.7 (-25.85%)
Point Differential: +10.0
Pythagorean Win %: 0.743
Despite their tremendous success, it's worth noting that OCO has had some disappointments as well, as shown with these next few listings. This team is the one that was lead by one of the best QB seasons ever in Armstrong's 26-2 ratio season, but they couldn't get by New Orleans.
6. S14 Orange County Otters 11-3-0 (0.786)
Points For: 31.5 (+23.75%)
Points Against: 20.1 (-21.15%)
Point Differential: +11.4
Pythagorean Win %: 0.744
We just saw S14 Baltimore on the list, meaning this was one of the most shocking playoffs, as neither of the top 2 teams in the league made it to the Ultimus.
5. S16 Orange County Otters 10-3-0 (0.769)
Points For: 32.1 (+30.31%)
Points Against: 18.8 (-23.75%)
Point Differential: +13.3
Pythagorean Win %: 0.781
After having the 2nd best offense in the league, this team kind of got embarrassed in the playoffs, only putting up 3 points against eventual champions Arizona.
4. S13 San Jose SaberCats 12-2-0 (0.857)
Points For: 29.9 (+13.32%)
Points Against: 19.7 (-25.35%)
Point Differential: +10.2
Pythagorean Win %: 0.729
One thing that I've noticed of most of the high ranking teams on this list is that they tend to lose to the Ultimus champions rather than the runner-ups. Can't decide if that makes logical sense or is just a coincidence.
3. S22 Yellowknife Wraiths 11-2-0 (0.846)
Points For: 31.2 (+53.02%)
Points Against: 15.1 (-26.13%)
Point Differential: +16.2
Pythagorean Win %: 0.849
Going by the comparison to league average, this is actually the strongest offensive team ever, lead by Cooter Bigsby winning his second MVP and Mathias Hanyadi winning his second OPotY.
2. S4 Arizona Outlaws 12-2-0 (0.857)
Points For: 31.1 (+34.94%)
Points Against: 14.5 (-37.03%)
Point Differential: +16.6
Pythagorean Win %: 0.859
The end of Arizona's reign of terror over the league. This team was easily the best in the regular season, finishing three games above next best team and eventual champion OCO.
1. S7 Yellowknife Wraiths 13-1-0 (0.929)
Points For: 33.4 (+30.82%)
Points Against: 19.4 (-23.97%)
Point Differential: +14.0
Pythagorean Win %: 0.783
Boasting MVP, OPotY, and Most Outstanding Player (they were more lenient on stacking awards back then) Mat Akselsen, this is one of only three 1-loss teams in league history. Unlike the others though this one fell well short of the championship.
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Up next: Tier II (Ulitmus Losers) and Tier I (Ultimus Winners)
Anyway, this section of the project will rank every team that made the playoffs, but fell short of an Ulitmus appearance.
Part 1 is here if you wanted to revisit
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90. S7 Arizona Outlaws 5-9-0 (0.357)
Points For: 25.5 (-0.21%)
Points Against: 30.9 (+21.03%)
Point Differential: -5.4
Pythagorean Win %: 0.388
The worst team to ever make the playoffs. Based on the list from Part 1 of this series, in the history of the league I would say like 70 or so teams that missed the playoffs were better than this. As a matter of fact, the San Jose team they beat out on a tie breaker was #68 on the Tier IV list. Meanwhile, 7-7 Baltimore missed the playoffs in the NSFC.
89. S18 Colorado Yeti 5-8-0 (0.385)
Points For: 20.8 (-14.51%)
Points Against: 26.1 (+6.94%)
Point Differential: -5.2
Pythagorean Win %: 0.370
Most notably this was Louisiana Purchase's rookie season. Just kidding, Purchase was never notable. This was kind of a weird season overall, as only 3 of the 10 teams finished with winning records.
88. S24 Chicago Butchers 7-9-0 (0.438)
Points For: 18.8 (-15.59%)
Points Against: 25.2 (+13.02%)
Point Differential: -6.4
Pythagorean Win %: 0.334
The infamous S24 season that saw 4 teams in the ASFC go 9-7 had a 7-9 team sneak in in the NSFC. While the two above teams had worse records, this is actually the worst point differential for playoff teams.
87. S22 Sarasota Sailfish 6-7-0 (0.462)
Points For: 16.8 (-17.46%)
Points Against: 20.5 (+0.25%)
Point Differential: -3.6
Pythagorean Win %: 0.387
Sarasota's inaugural season. As is so often the case here, this team made it in on a tiebreaker, while teams with better records (8-5 in this case) in the other division missed the playoffs.
86. S4 Philadelphia Liberty 7-7-0 (0.500)
Points For: 18.9 (-17.80%)
Points Against: 25.0 (+8.57%)
Point Differential: -6.1
Pythagorean Win %: 0.341
If you recall, S4 also resulted in the 9-5 San Jose team that missed the playoffs, the best team to do so.
85. S17 San Jose SaberCats 6-7-0 (0.462)
Points For: 21.5 (-11.87%)
Points Against: 25.5 (+4.50%)
Point Differential: -4.0
Pythagorean Win %: 0.400
S17 is another interesting one, maybe the most even all-around season, as no team reached double digit wins or double digit losses
84. S19 Austin Copperheads 5-8-0 (0.385)
Points For: 23.0 (-3.70%)
Points Against: 22.2 (-7.25%)
Point Differential: +0.8
Pythagorean Win %: 0.522
83. S10 Orange County Otters 7-7-0 (0.500)
Points For: 17.6 (-27.54%)
Points Against: 21.4 (-12.28%)
Point Differential: -3.7
Pythagorean Win %: 0.389
82. S18 Austin Copperheads 6-7-0 (0.462)
Points For: 28.2 (+15.77%)
Points Against: 30.0 (+23.03%)
Point Differential: -1.8
Pythagorean Win %: 0.464
81. S20 Baltimore Hawks 6-7-0 (0.462)
Points For: 23.5 (-3.07%)
Points Against: 24.4 (+0.41%)
Point Differential: -0.8
Pythagorean Win %: 0.479
80. S12 Philadelphia Liberty 7-7-0 (0.500)
Points For: 25.8 (+0.70%)
Points Against: 27.3 (+6.56%)
Point Differential: -1.5
Pythagorean Win %: 0.467
79. S18 Baltimore Hawks 6-7-0 (0.462)
Points For: 28.2 (+15.46%)
Points Against: 26.6 (+9.15%)
Point Differential: +1.5
Pythagorean Win %: 0.533
Here we have the worst team to win a playoff game, perhaps because they had the good fortune of playing an even worse team, the #89 Yeti
78. S26 Sarasota Sailfish 8-8-0 (0.500)
Points For: 24.2 (-1.76%)
Points Against: 24.9 (+1.03%)
Point Differential: -0.7
Pythagorean Win %: 0.483
77. S25 Chicago Butchers 8-8-0 (0.500)
Points For: 22.1 (-10.81%)
Points Against: 22.4 (-9.55%)
Point Differential: -0.3
Pythagorean Win %: 0.492
Last article I crowned S29 Orange County as the most average team ever
76. S21 Austin Copperheads 7-6-0 (0.538)
Points For: 24.5 (+2.51%)
Points Against: 25.7 (+7.67%)
Point Differential: -1.2
Pythagorean Win %: 0.471
75. S23 New Orleans Second Line 9-7-0 (0.563)
Points For: 22.8 (+6.33%)
Points Against: 24.1 (+12.46%)
Point Differential: -1.3
Pythagorean Win %: 0.467
74. S9 Colorado Yeti 8-6-0 (0.571)
Points For: 23.8 (-4.24%)
Points Against: 24.8 (-0.22%)
Point Differential: -1.0
Pythagorean Win %: 0.476
73. S26 New York Silverbacks 9-7-0 (0.563)
Points For: 21.1 (-14.45%)
Points Against: 21.3 (-13.44%)
Point Differential: -0.3
Pythagorean Win %: 0.493
72. S20 New Orleans Second Line 7-6-0 (0.538)
Points For: 24.2 (-0.22%)
Points Against: 22.6 (-6.87%)
Point Differential: +1.6
Pythagorean Win %: 0.541
71. S16 San Jose SaberCats 7-6-0 (0.538)
Points For: 25.9 (+5.31%)
Points Against: 23.9 (-2.81%)
Point Differential: +2.0
Pythagorean Win %: 0.547
70. S26 Orange County Otters 9-7-0 (0.563)
Points For: 26.4 (+7.38%)
Points Against: 25.7 (+4.33%)
Point Differential: +0.8
Pythagorean Win %: 0.517
69. S5 Arizona Outlaws 8-6-0 (0.571)
Points For: 31.1 (+19.49%)
Points Against: 30.8 (+18.12%)
Point Differential: +0.4
Pythagorean Win %: 0.507
68. S11 Colorado Yeti 8-6-0 (0.571)
Points For: 30.1 (+14.75%)
Points Against: 29.8 (+13.39%)
Point Differential: +0.4
Pythagorean Win %: 0.507
67. S2 Yellowknife Wraiths 8-6-0 (0.571)
Points For: 21.4 (+10.85%)
Points Against: 21.1 (+9.01%)
Point Differential: +0.4
Pythagorean Win %: 0.510
66. S20 Colorado Yeti 7-6-0 (0.538)
Points For: 23.8 (-2.12%)
Points Against: 21.5 (-11.31%)
Point Differential: +2.2
Pythagorean Win %: 0.558
65. S8 Baltimore Hawks 7-7-0 (0.500)
Points For: 28.8 (+13.12%)
Points Against: 23.5 (-7.65%)
Point Differential: +5.3
Pythagorean Win %: 0.618
64. S6 Yellowknife Wraiths 7-6-1 (0.536)
Points For: 27.5 (+8.03%)
Points Against: 24.2 (-4.88%)
Point Differential: +3.3
Pythagorean Win %: 0.575
63. S29 New Orleans Secondline 9-7-0 (0.562)
Points For: 26.9 (+3.28%)
Points Against: 24.6 (-5.61%)
Point Differential: +2.3
Pythagorean Win %: 0.553
62. S24 New Orleans Second Line 9-7-0 (0.563)
Points For: 21.0 (-5.77%)
Points Against: 19.1 (-14.47%)
Point Differential: +1.9
Pythagorean Win %: 0.557
61. S3 Philadelphia Liberty 8-5-1 (0.607)
Points For: 23.3 (+5.12%)
Points Against: 23.4 (+5.76%)
Point Differential: -0.1
Pythagorean Win %: 0.496
60. S13 Philadelphia Liberty 8-6-0 (0.571)
Points For: 29.5 (+11.70%)
Points Against: 26.9 (+1.96%)
Point Differential: +2.6
Pythagorean Win %: 0.554
59. S15 Philadelphia Liberty 8-6-0 (0.571)
Points For: 24.3 (-2.40%)
Points Against: 22.1 (-11.30%)
Point Differential: +2.2
Pythagorean Win %: 0.556
58. S1 Yellowknife Wraiths 8-6-0 (0.571)
Points For: 18.3 (+2.47%)
Points Against: 16.1 (-9.94%)
Point Differential: +2.2
Pythagorean Win %: 0.576
57. S30 Berlin Fire Salamanders 9-7-0 (0.562)
Points For: 26.3 (+3.01%)
Points Against: 22.1 (-13.39%)
Point Differential: +4.2
Pythagorean Win %: 0.601
56. S22 New Orleans Second Line 8-5-0 (0.615)
Points For: 20.7 (+1.38%)
Points Against: 19.8 (-3.14%)
Point Differential: +0.9
Pythagorean Win %: 0.527
55. S28 New York Silverbacks 10-6-0 (0.625)
Points For: 23.0 (-10.01%)
Points Against: 22.4 (-12.45%)
Point Differential: +0.6
Pythagorean Win %: 0.516
54. S15 Orange County Otters 8-6-0 (0.571)
Points For: 25.1 (+0.75%)
Points Against: 21.4 (-14.17%)
Point Differential: +3.7
Pythagorean Win %: 0.594
53. S5 Baltimore Hawks 8-6-0 (0.571)
Points For: 28.9 (+11.00%)
Points Against: 24.3 (-6.82%)
Point Differential: +4.6
Pythagorean Win %: 0.602
52. S21 Colorado Yeti 8-5-0 (0.615)
Points For: 24.8 (+4.13%)
Points Against: 23.0 (-3.61%)
Point Differential: +1.8
Pythagorean Win %: 0.546
51. S25 Arizona Outlaws 9-7-0 (0.563)
Points For: 27.9 (+12.94%)
Points Against: 22.6 (-8.79%)
Point Differential: +5.4
Pythagorean Win %: 0.624
50. S2 Orange County Otters 8-6-0 (0.571)
Points For: 19.4 (+0.14%)
Points Against: 15.6 (-19.08%)
Point Differential: +3.7
Pythagorean Win %: 0.624
49. S20 Orange County Otters 7-6-0 (0.538)
Points For: 28.5 (+17.52%)
Points Against: 21.4 (-11.94%)
Point Differential: +7.2
Pythagorean Win %: 0.665
48. S23 Philadelphia Liberty 9-7-0 (0.563)
Points For: 23.6 (+10.42%)
Points Against: 18.2 (-15.00%)
Point Differential: +5.4
Pythagorean Win %: 0.650
47. S26 Chicago Butchers 10-6-0 (0.625)
Points For: 25.8 (+4.84%)
Points Against: 22.6 (-8.11%)
Point Differential: +3.2
Pythagorean Win %: 0.577
46. S24 Orange County Otters 9-7-0 (0.563)
Points For: 23.4 (+5.16%)
Points Against: 17.4 (-22.04%)
Point Differential: +6.1
Pythagorean Win %: 0.670
45. S19 Colorado Yeti 8-5-0 (0.615)
Points For: 25.1 (+4.99%)
Points Against: 21.2 (-11.43%)
Point Differential: +3.9
Pythagorean Win %: 0.599
44. S30 Austin Copperheads 11-5-0 (0.688)
Points For: 25.9 (+1.54%)
Points Against: 24.9 (-2.38%)
Point Differential: +1.0
Pythagorean Win %: 0.523
43. S17 Chicago Butchers 8-5-0 (0.615)
Points For: 25.8 (+5.76%)
Points Against: 20.6 (-15.64%)
Point Differential: +5.2
Pythagorean Win %: 0.631
42. S30 Yellowknife Wraiths 10-6-0 (0.625)
Points For: 28.1 (+9.86%)
Points Against: 22.9 (-10.21%)
Point Differential: +5.1
Pythagorean Win %: 0.617
41. S19 New Orleans Second Line 8-5-0 (0.615)
Points For: 26.2 (+9.82%)
Points Against: 20.8 (-12.72%)
Point Differential: +5.4
Pythagorean Win %: 0.633
40. S30 New York Silverbacks 11-5-0 (0.688)
Points For: 26.9 (+5.21%)
Points Against: 25.4 (-0.42%)
Point Differential: +1.4
Pythagorean Win %: 0.533
39. S23 Colorado Yeti 10-6-0 (0.625)
Points For: 22.1 (+3.41%)
Points Against: 17.8 (-16.75%)
Point Differential: +4.3
Pythagorean Win %: 0.626
38. S3 Orange County Otters 8-6-0 (0.571)
Points For: 29.0 (+30.91%)
Points Against: 20.6 (-7.13%)
Point Differential: +8.4
Pythagorean Win %: 0.693
37. S27 Colorado Yeti 10-5-1 (0.656)
Points For: 29.6 (+21.97%)
Points Against: 24.7 (+1.86%)
Point Differential: +4.9
Pythagorean Win %: 0.605
36. S17 Yellowknife Wraiths 8-5-0 (0.615)
Points For: 27.8 (+13.63%)
Points Against: 20.5 (-15.96%)
Point Differential: +7.2
Pythagorean Win %: 0.671
35. S1 Orange County Otters 9-5-0 (0.643)
Points For: 17.8 (-0.33%)
Points Against: 14.0 (-21.55%)
Point Differential: +3.8
Pythagorean Win %: 0.638
34. S28 Sarasota Sailfish 10-6-0 (0.625)
Points For: 32.4 (+26.67%)
Points Against: 24.4 (-4.38%)
Point Differential: +7.9
Pythagorean Win %: 0.661
33. S19 Baltimore Hawks 8-5-0 (0.615)
Points For: 28.5 (+19.48%)
Points Against: 20.5 (-14.33%)
Point Differential: +8.1
Pythagorean Win %: 0.688
32. S25 Orange County Otters 11-5-0 (0.688)
Points For: 28.3 (+14.20%)
Points Against: 22.9 (-7.27%)
Point Differential: +5.3
Pythagorean Win %: 0.621
31. S18 Arizona Outlaws 9-4-0 (0.692)
Points For: 27.3 (+11.99%)
Points Against: 22.4 (-8.20%)
Point Differential: +4.9
Pythagorean Win %: 0.616
30. S21 Baltimore Hawks 9-4-0 (0.692)
Points For: 27.2 (+14.12%)
Points Against: 22.3 (-6.51%)
Point Differential: +4.9
Pythagorean Win %: 0.616
29. S25 Sarasota Sailfish 11-5-0 (0.688)
Points For: 29.6 (+19.76%)
Points Against: 23.9 (-3.23%)
Point Differential: +5.7
Pythagorean Win %: 0.624
28. S10 Colorado Yeti 9-5-0 (0.643)
Points For: 28.8 (+18.23%)
Points Against: 20.4 (-16.10%)
Point Differential: +8.4
Pythagorean Win %: 0.693
27. S27 Arizona Outlaws 11-5-0 (0.688)
Points For: 27.9 (+15.27%)
Points Against: 22.2 (-8.45%)
Point Differential: +5.8
Pythagorean Win %: 0.633
Surely Arizona's playoff woes ended after this playoff upset.
26. S11 Orange County Otters 10-4-0 (0.714)
Points For: 28.1 (+7.14%)
Points Against: 23.6 (-9.99%)
Point Differential: +4.5
Pythagorean Win %: 0.602
25. S29 Arizona Outlaws 11-5-0 (0.688)
Points For: 29.9 (+15.05%)
Points Against: 23.1 (-11.13%)
Point Differential: +6.8
Pythagorean Win %: 0.648
Surely Arizona's playoff woes ended after this playoff upset.
24. S29 Sarasota Sailfish 11-5-0 (0.688)
Points For: 30.4 (+16.97%)
Points Against: 23.3 (-10.41%)
Point Differential: +7.1
Pythagorean Win %: 0.653
23. S9 Orange County Otters 9-5-0 (0.643)
Points For: 31.8 (+27.97%)
Points Against: 20.9 (-15.74%)
Point Differential: +10.9
Pythagorean Win %: 0.729
22. S22 Austin Copperheads 8-4-1 (0.654)
Points For: 28.3 (+38.69%)
Points Against: 19.3 (-5.40%)
Point Differential: +9.0
Pythagorean Win %: 0.712
21. S23 Orange County Otters 11-5-0 (0.688)
Points For: 26.4 (+23.27%)
Points Against: 19.4 (-9.44%)
Point Differential: +7.0
Pythagorean Win %: 0.675
20. S27 Honolulu Hahalua 11-4-1 (0.719)
Points For: 26.6 (+9.85%)
Points Against: 19.8 (-18.25%)
Point Differential: +6.8
Pythagorean Win %: 0.668
19. S29 Colorado Yeti 12-4-0 (0.750)
Points For: 28.9 (+10.96%)
Points Against: 23.3 (-10.41%)
Point Differential: +5.6
Pythagorean Win %: 0.624
18. S16 Chicago Butchers 10-3-0 (0.769)
Points For: 23.6 (-4.06%)
Points Against: 19.8 (-19.69%)
Point Differential: +3.8
Pythagorean Win %: 0.604
17. S17 Arizona Outlaws 9-4-0 (0.692)
Points For: 30.3 (+24.02%)
Points Against: 20.6 (-15.64%)
Point Differential: +9.7
Pythagorean Win %: 0.714
16. S12 San Jose SaberCats 10-4-0 (0.714)
Points For: 25.4 (-0.98%)
Points Against: 17.9 (-30.26%)
Point Differential: +7.5
Pythagorean Win %: 0.697
15. S28 Berlin Fire Salamanders 12-4-0 (0.750)
Points For: 27.3 (+6.62%)
Points Against: 20.9 (-18.08%)
Point Differential: +6.3
Pythagorean Win %: 0.651
Two teams finished 12-4 this season and neither made the Ultimus.
14. S8 Orange County Otters 10-4-0 (0.714)
Points For: 30.9 (+21.26%)
Points Against: 20.6 (-18.88%)
Point Differential: +10.2
Pythagorean Win %: 0.722
13. S6 San Jose SaberCats 11-3-0 (0.786)
Points For: 27.6 (+8.31%)
Points Against: 21.6 (-15.26%)
Point Differential: +6.0
Pythagorean Win %: 0.641
12. S16 Yellowknife Wraiths 10-3-0 (0.769)
Points For: 32.2 (+30.63%)
Points Against: 24.0 (-2.50%)
Point Differential: +8.2
Pythagorean Win %: 0.667
11. S28 Arizona Outlaws 12-4-0 (0.750)
Points For: 31.5 (+23.25%)
Points Against: 21.8 (-14.90%)
Point Differential: +9.8
Pythagorean Win %: 0.706
Surely Arizona's playoff woes ended after this upset loss.
10. S24 Sarasota Sailfish 12-4-0 (0.750)
Points For: 26.9 (+20.87%)
Points Against: 18.4 (-17.55%)
Point Differential: +8.6
Pythagorean Win %: 0.712
9. S14 Baltimore Hawks 11-3-0 (0.786)
Points For: 32.0 (+25.71%)
Points Against: 22.1 (-13.01%)
Point Differential: +9.9
Pythagorean Win %: 0.705
8. S27 Chicago Butchers 12-4-0 (0.750)
Points For: 28.6 (+18.11%)
Points Against: 17.3 (-28.83%)
Point Differential: +11.4
Pythagorean Win %: 0.769
In Chicago's last and possibly best chance in their most recent championship window, they didn't just miss out on the Ultimus, they couldn't even make it to the conference championship, losing in the first round to Colorado.
7. S21 Orange County Otters 10-3-0 (0.769)
Points For: 27.7 (+16.05%)
Points Against: 17.7 (-25.85%)
Point Differential: +10.0
Pythagorean Win %: 0.743
Despite their tremendous success, it's worth noting that OCO has had some disappointments as well, as shown with these next few listings. This team is the one that was lead by one of the best QB seasons ever in Armstrong's 26-2 ratio season, but they couldn't get by New Orleans.
6. S14 Orange County Otters 11-3-0 (0.786)
Points For: 31.5 (+23.75%)
Points Against: 20.1 (-21.15%)
Point Differential: +11.4
Pythagorean Win %: 0.744
We just saw S14 Baltimore on the list, meaning this was one of the most shocking playoffs, as neither of the top 2 teams in the league made it to the Ultimus.
5. S16 Orange County Otters 10-3-0 (0.769)
Points For: 32.1 (+30.31%)
Points Against: 18.8 (-23.75%)
Point Differential: +13.3
Pythagorean Win %: 0.781
After having the 2nd best offense in the league, this team kind of got embarrassed in the playoffs, only putting up 3 points against eventual champions Arizona.
4. S13 San Jose SaberCats 12-2-0 (0.857)
Points For: 29.9 (+13.32%)
Points Against: 19.7 (-25.35%)
Point Differential: +10.2
Pythagorean Win %: 0.729
One thing that I've noticed of most of the high ranking teams on this list is that they tend to lose to the Ultimus champions rather than the runner-ups. Can't decide if that makes logical sense or is just a coincidence.
3. S22 Yellowknife Wraiths 11-2-0 (0.846)
Points For: 31.2 (+53.02%)
Points Against: 15.1 (-26.13%)
Point Differential: +16.2
Pythagorean Win %: 0.849
Going by the comparison to league average, this is actually the strongest offensive team ever, lead by Cooter Bigsby winning his second MVP and Mathias Hanyadi winning his second OPotY.
2. S4 Arizona Outlaws 12-2-0 (0.857)
Points For: 31.1 (+34.94%)
Points Against: 14.5 (-37.03%)
Point Differential: +16.6
Pythagorean Win %: 0.859
The end of Arizona's reign of terror over the league. This team was easily the best in the regular season, finishing three games above next best team and eventual champion OCO.
1. S7 Yellowknife Wraiths 13-1-0 (0.929)
Points For: 33.4 (+30.82%)
Points Against: 19.4 (-23.97%)
Point Differential: +14.0
Pythagorean Win %: 0.783
Boasting MVP, OPotY, and Most Outstanding Player (they were more lenient on stacking awards back then) Mat Akselsen, this is one of only three 1-loss teams in league history. Unlike the others though this one fell well short of the championship.
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Up next: Tier II (Ulitmus Losers) and Tier I (Ultimus Winners)