Incorrect playoff matchups in the 2nd round

krownroyal83 · 03-13-2026, 07:50 PM

So have my custom playoffs setup to re-seed, not fixed matchups after the first round and I assume that means that the best remaining team will face-off against the worst remaining team and so on. If you look at the two pictures below that doesn't seem to be the case.
I've tried both first round matchups determined by Seeding (by win %) as well as Position but that's only for the 1st round (wildcard series)

So it should be according to re-seeding,

(1st) HAL vs (10th) NEW
(2nd) POR vs (9th) BRI
(3rd) HAR vs (6th) MON
(4th) NJ vs 5th (5th) LAB

Seems like this happens when two teams have the same record the AI chooses the wrong one to match with the bye team.
I bet if no teams finished with the same record this would not happen.
Am I missing something?

kq76 · 03-18-2026, 01:34 AM

I don't think there's enough info here to say for certain whether anything is indeed wrong. I mean, unless I missed something, all the match-ups that might be wrong involve a tied team, no? And I don't know if this is indeed the case, but assuming OOTP uses the same tie-breaking formula as MLB does, which I hope it would, you haven't provided enough info to tell whether OOTP is following the tie-breaking rules or not.

krownroyal83 · 03-20-2026, 10:06 PM

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Originally Posted by kq76

I don't think there's enough info here to say for certain whether anything is indeed wrong. I mean, unless I missed something, all the match-ups that might be wrong involve a tied team, no? And I don't know if this is indeed the case, but assuming OOTP uses the same tie-breaking formula as MLB does, which I hope it would, you haven't provided enough info to tell whether OOTP is following the tie-breaking rules or not.

Yes every matchup that was wrong involved a team that was tied in the standings. I was under the assumption that the team higher in the standings was the higher seed. Maybe the game is doing it differently. Thanks for the link. I'm gonna do some investigating. Right now I'm planning on changing the playoffs to a fixed bracket anyway to avoid all this in the future.

03-13-2026, 07:50 PM	#1
krownroyal83 All Star Reserve Join Date: Feb 2015 Posts: 997	Incorrect playoff matchups in the 2nd round So have my custom playoffs setup to re-seed, not fixed matchups after the first round and I assume that means that the best remaining team will face-off against the worst remaining team and so on. If you look at the two pictures below that doesn't seem to be the case. I've tried both first round matchups determined by Seeding (by win %) as well as Position but that's only for the 1st round (wildcard series) So it should be according to re-seeding, (1st) HAL vs (10th) NEW (2nd) POR vs (9th) BRI (3rd) HAR vs (6th) MON (4th) NJ vs 5th (5th) LAB Seems like this happens when two teams have the same record the AI chooses the wrong one to match with the bye team. I bet if no teams finished with the same record this would not happen. Am I missing something? Attached Images

03-18-2026, 01:34 AM	#2
kq76 Global Moderator Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 12,018	I don't think there's enough info here to say for certain whether anything is indeed wrong. I mean, unless I missed something, all the match-ups that might be wrong involve a tied team, no? And I don't know if this is indeed the case, but assuming OOTP uses the same tie-breaking formula as MLB does, which I hope it would, you haven't provided enough info to tell whether OOTP is following the tie-breaking rules or not. __________________ My OOTP Wishlist \| My FAQ List OOTP Wiki \| Your Recommended Team Nicknames, By City (A Crowdsourced Project) For Beta/Devs: Full screen (1920x1080)