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AFL Spring 2026 Playoff Picture

Final regular-season weighted-points standings — Week 9 complete (5/8/26).

Congrats to all the teams below who clinched a playoff spot and a huge thank-you to every team for making this season a great one!

AFL Spring 2026 Playoff Schedule — Click to Download

After each reseed, a team is assigned weighted points per game based on its bracket. Weighted points are the primary factor in determining playoff qualification. We break ties using:

1. Head to Head (Most Recent)
2. Wins
3. Losses
4. Ties
5. Point Differential (PD)
6. Points For (PF)

AG 5th/6th Division

The top 4 teams advance to playoffs (two-game format).

1st/2nd, 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, 7th/8th, & AG 7th/8th Divisions

The top 6 teams advance to a single-elimination playoff. Lose once, and you're out. First and second place seeds will receive a first round bye.

Highlighted (green) rows below are playoff qualifiers. Tiebreaker decisions that affected the top 8 are listed beneath each table.

Division: 1st-2nd

Rank	Team	W-L-T	Total
1	North Texas Mean Green	7-0-2	9.50
2	Baylor Bears	6-2-1	8.00
3	Army Black Knights	6-3-0	7.75
4	Ohio St. Buckeyes	6-3-0	7.00
5	Idaho St. Bengals	5-3-1	7.00
6	Texas Longhorns	6-3-0	6.50
7	Oregon Ducks	5-4-0	6.50
8	Penn St. Lions	5-4-0	6.25

#4 vs #5 (7.00): Ohio St. over Idaho St. on Wins (6 vs 5).
#6 vs #7 (6.50): Texas over Oregon on Wins (6 vs 5).

Division: 3rd-4th

Rank	Team	W-L-T	Total
1	Air Force Falcons	9-0-0	12.00
2	Notre Dame Irish	7-2-0	10.25
3	Michigan Wolverines	7-2-0	10.25
4	Florida Gators	6-3-0	8.50
5	UCLA Bruins	6-3-0	8.50
6	Colorado Buffalos	5-4-0	7.50
7	UCSB Gauchos	5-4-0	7.25
8	UCI Anteaters	5-4-0	6.50

#2 vs #3 (10.25): Notre Dame over Michigan on Point Differential (+199 vs +161). Same record (7-2), no head-to-head.
#4 vs #5 (8.50): Florida over UCLA on Head-to-Head: Florida 6-0 on 2/27/26.
#8 vs #9 (6.50): UCI over Ohio St. Buckeyes on Point Differential (-18 vs -45).

Division: 5th-6th

Rank	Team	W-L-T	Total
1	Hawaii Pacific Sharks	9-0-0	12.00
2	W. Illinois Leathernecks	7-2-0	9.50
3	Notre Dame Irish	6-3-0	9.00
4	Wisconsin Eagles	7-2-0	8.50
5	USC Trojans	6-3-0	8.50
6	Cal Poly Pomona	5-4-0	7.25
7	Boise St. Broncos	5-4-0	7.25
8	Florida St. Seminoles	5-4-0	7.00

#4 vs #5 (8.50): Wisconsin over USC on Head-to-Head (most recent): Wisconsin 28-13 on 5/1/26 (USC won the earlier 3/27/26 meeting 18-12, but most-recent H2H rules).
#6 vs #7 (7.25): Cal Poly over Boise St. on Point Differential (+45 vs +25).

Division: 7th-8th

Rank	Team	W-L-T	Total
1	Rice Owls	9-0-0	10.50
2	Delta St. Fighting Okra	7-2-0	7.75
3	Duke Blue Devils	6-3-0	7.50
4	UCLA Bruins	5-4-0	7.00
5	Texas A&M	5-4-0	6.75
6	CSUF Titans	5-4-0	6.00
7	Arizona Wildcats	4-4-1	6.00
8	Northeastern Riverhawks	4-4-1	5.25

#6 vs #7 (6.00): CSUF over Arizona on Wins (5 vs 4).

Division: AG 5th-6th

Rank	Team	W-L-T	Total
1	TCU Horned Frogs	9-0-0	7.50
2	Notre Dame Irish	6-2-1	5.50
3	SDSU Aztecs	4-4-1	4.25
4	Nebraska Cornhuskers	4-4-1	3.75
5	Tennessee Volunteers	5-4-0	3.75
6	Air Force Falcons	3-5-1	3.25
7	Fullerton Hornets	1-8-0	1.00
8	Tarleton St. Texans	2-7-0	1.00

#4 vs #5 (3.75): Nebraska over Tennessee on Head-to-Head (most recent): Nebraska 12-6 on 5/1/26 (Tennessee won the earlier 4/17/26 meeting 18-6, but most-recent H2H rules).
#7 vs #8 (1.00): Fullerton over Tarleton on Head-to-Head (most recent): Fullerton 12-6 on 5/1/26 (Tarleton won the two earlier meetings, but most-recent H2H rules).

Division: AG 7th-8th

Rank	Team	W-L-T	Total
1	Alabama Crimson Tide	7-2-0	7.50
2	USC Trojans	7-2-0	7.00
3	UCLA Bruins	6-2-1	6.75
4	Texas Longhorns— DQ	6-3-0	6.00
5	Ohio St. Buckeyes	5-3-1	5.50
6	The Pink Outlaws	4-4-1	4.75
7	YL Mustangs	5-4-0	4.50
8	Notre Dame Irish	3-6-0	3.75