So far in my 19 year history with my fictional league, the team that has finished the regular season with the best record has gone on to win the championship only 3 of 19 times(15.8%). This is with a 8 team playoff format. It's actually happened 2 times in the past 3 seasons, so prior to that it only happened 1 time in 16 playoffs (6.25%)
(Where teams who won the championship finished in the regular season)
1st place finish in regular season - # of championships won (3)
2nd place finish in regular season - # of championships won (6)
3rd place finish in regular season - # of championships won (6)
4th place finish in regular season - # of championships won (1)
5th place finish in regular season - # of championships won (0)
6th place finish in regular season - # of championships won (1)
7th place finish in regular season - # of championships won (1)
8th place finish in regular season - # of championships won (1)
So even though 1st placed teams seem to struggle a bit in the playoffs, teams that finish in the top 3 in the standings go on to win the championship (79%) of the time.
Last edited by krownroyal83; 10-10-2019 at 02:16 PM.
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