Below you will find the 2025 Play Off Seeds for BAYS MTOC Playoffs for Grade 6 & 8.  Grade 10 & 12/PG will be posted after placements are made in those ages.

Resolving Ties among playoff contenders at bottom of page (will be updated once wildcards are known)

Swap Note: - Introduced in 2024 when BAYS was mandated to have 12 teams in Grade 6 & 8 D1, teams swapped into D1 have a path to the playoffs.  In Grade 6 and 8 only, if after week 5 a team moves from D2 into D1 and goes .500 in the new D1 section, they are awarded a playoff spot in the D1.  If one team moves up and goes .500 it will take Seed 7.  If two move up, tiebreakers rank the two teams moving up with the higher ranking team taking Seed 7 and the lower taking seed 8.

General Notes - All teams must have a .500 or better record during the regular season to enter the BAYS playoffs. In future text it will be abbreviated as "go .500"   In "Split Sections" - this year :

TBD

D1 teams calculate .500 requirement using the entire season.  D2 calculates two ways - all games or just the games against D2 opponents - if either is .500 or better, the requirement is satisfied.

Specific Notes:

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Resolving ties on points 2025

            These rules are invoked when there are a ties on points in a section for which there are BAYS Playoffs - these are not for President's Cup nor Section Championship T-Shirts.  The order tied teams are shown on the BAYS Website is irrelevant as the BAYS website does not calculate tiebreakers.  In general if there are ties for first place, the tie is broken on the field.  Each following section describes the details for resolving who goes into the playoffs or MTOC and claims which seed where seeded playoffs are scheduled.

STD -

Standard tiebreaker where one team from the section goes to the playoffs or MTOC.

• Two teams tied for first place with equal number of points - single tiebreaker game determines who claims the seed from the section
• Three teams tied for first place with equal number of points.  Tiebreakers rank the teams from 1 to 3.  Team 2 and 3 play a single game with the winner playing team 1 for the seed from the section.
• Four teams tied for first place with equal number of points.  Tiebreakers rank the teams from 1 to 4.  Team 1 plays team 4 and team 2 plays team 3.  The winners play and the winner of that claims the seed from the section.

2NWC -

This tiebreaker is where two teams are taken from a section to be placed in the playoffs.

• Two teams tied for first place with equal number of points - Tiebreakers are used to rank teams.  Higher ranked team takes higher seed and lower ranked team takes lower seed.
• Three teams tied for first place with equal number of points.  Tiebreakers rank the teams from 1 to 3.  Team 1 takes the higher seed.  Team 2 and 3 play a single game with the winner taking the lower seed.
• Four teams tied for first place with equal number of points.  Tiebreakers rank the teams from 1 to 4.  Team 1 plays team 4 and team 2 plays team 3.  The higher surviving seed takes the higher seed (e.g. if team 2 and team 4 win the playoff games, team 2 takes the higher seed) and the lower surviving seed takes the lower seed.
• There is an outright winner and a tie on points between any number of teams for second place.  The outright winner takes the higher seed.  Tiebreakers rank the second place teams and the highest ranked team takes the second seed.  No games needed.

2WC -

This tiebreaker is where two teams are taken from a section to be placed in MTOC when BAYS has a wildcard.

• Two teams tied for first place with equal number of points - Tiebreakers are used to rank teams.  Higher ranked team takes regular slot and lower ranked team takes wildcard.
• Three teams tied for first place with equal number of points.  Tiebreakers rank the teams from 1 to 3.  Team 1 takes the regular slot .  Team 2 and 3 play a single game with the winner taking the wildcard.
• Four teams tied for first place with equal number of points.  Tiebreakers rank the teams from 1 to 4.  Team 1 plays team 4 and team 2 plays team 3.  The higher surviving seed takes the regular slot (e.g. if team 2 and team 4 win the playoff games, team 2 takes the higher seed) and the lower surviving seed takes the wildcard.
• There is an outright winner and a tie on points between any number of teams for second place.  The outright winner takes the regular slot.  Tiebreakers rank the second place teams and the highest ranked team takes the wildcard.  No games needed.

Tiebreaker Rules from Match Rule 10 - See Match Rule 10 for additional considerations

Tie breaking will be according to the following hierarchy:

1. Points in the standings
2. Points awarded in common games (Points awarded in games among the tied teams)  
3. Most wins
4. Fewest goals allowed
5. Most shutouts of opponents
6. Cumulative goal differential—each game differential truncated at -3 or +3 goals
7. Drawing of lots