AFL: The Playoff Picture heading into Week 17

These are the current Arena Football League standing entering Week 17:

American Conference                                    Overall Record (Division Record)

East Division                                                      x = clinched playoff berth
yPhiladelphia Soul 10-5 (2-2)                             y = clinched division
Cleveland Gladiators 3-12 (2-2)                         z = clinched home field advantage
Pittsburgh Power 3-12 (2-2)                               eliminated

South Division
yJacksonville Sharks 10-5 (4-0)
Tampa Bay Storm 7-8 (2-3)
New Orleans VooDoo 5-10 (2-2)
Orlando Predators 5-10 (1-4)

National Conference

Central Division
Chicago Rush 8-7 (2-2)
San Antonio Talons 8-7 (2-2)
Iowa Barnstormers 6-9 (2-2)

West Division
xArizona Rattlers 13-2 (4-2)
xSpokane Shock 11-4 (4-2)
xSan Jose Sabercats 11-4 (3-3)
Utah Blaze 5-10 (1-5)

Week 17 Playoff Scenarios:

Already clinched:
Philadelphia - East Division
Jacksonville - South Division
Arizona, Spokane, and San Jose - National Conference Playoff berths
Already Eliminated:
Utah

Scenarios:
- Tampa Bay clinches a playoff berth with a win and a loss by either Orlando or New Orleans.
- Tampa Bay clinches the top American Confernce Wild Card spot (3 Seed) with a win and losses by both Orlando and New Orleans.
- Arizona clinches the West Division with a win or a loss by Spokane.
- Cleveland is eliminated from playoff contention with a loss or a win by Orlando or New Orleans.
- Pittsburgh is eliminated from playoff contention with a loss or a win by Orlando or New Orleans.
- Iowa is eliminated from playoff contention with a loss and a win by Chicago or San Antonio.

Important Tiebreakers:
- Spokane swept the season series and has the head-to-head over San Jose.
- New Orleans has the head-to-head over Orlando based on the VooDoo's week one win.
- Chicago has the tiebreak over San Antonio based on point spread vs. common opponents.
- Jacksonville has head-to-head over Philadelphia.
- Pittsburgh has the tiebreak over Cleveland based on a better conference record.
- Tampa Bay has tiebreaks over all the teams in the American Conference wild card hunt.
- New Orleans has the head-to-head over Cleveland and the conference over Pittsburgh.
- Orlando has the head-to-head over Cleveland and Pittsburgh.
- Iowa owns no tiebreakers.

Week 17 Schedule:

Friday
    7:35 p.m. EST - Utah at Philadelphia
Saturday
    7 p.m. EST - Spokane at Jacksonville
    7 p.m. EST - San Jose at Pittsburgh (CBS Sports Network)
    7 p.m. EST - Iowa at Orlando
    8 p.m. EST - Cleveland at Chicago
    8:30 p.m. EST - Tampa Bay at San Antonio
    9 p.m. EST - New Orleans at Arizona

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