Playoffs begin! 2 teams won 14 games this season in the Elite FL, they are both in the Parcells division, and it was not clear how the tie-breaker was decided, but the Canton Crush will play the WC game vs the Columbus City Assassins while the Winterhood Warriors benefit from the bye and healing period. The other team getting a bye is the Coos Bay Red Rocks, 13 games won and Landry Division winners.
In the other Stripes Conference WC playoff game, the "reborn" New Jersey Crusaders will take on the Knoll Division winning Brooklyn Bombers.
In the Stars Conference, the 13 win Parlor City Phantoms will take on the Brown Division winning Rochester Americans who won 10 games. The other WC game has the Salem Witches, Shula Division champions with 13 wins facing the 11 win Natchitoches Snappers.
The winners of the Stars Conference WC games will face the bye teams, the Toronto Spartans and the Atlantic City Golden Sharks. both with 13 wins this season.