AFL: The Playoff Picture heading into Week 18

These are the current Arena Football League standing entering Week 18:

American Conference                                    Overall Record (Division Record)

East Division                                                      x = clinched playoff berth
yPhiladelphia Soul 11-5 (2-2)                             y = clinched division
Cleveland Gladiators 3-13 (2-2)                         z = clinched home field advantage
Pittsburgh Power 3-13 (2-2)                               eliminated

South Division
yJacksonville Sharks 10-6 (4-0)
Tampa Bay Storm 7-9 (2-3)
Orlando Predators 6-10 (1-4)
New Orleans VooDoo 5-11 (2-2)

National Conference

Central Division
Chicago Rush 9-7 (2-2)
San Antonio Talons 9-7 (2-2)
Iowa Barnstormers 6-10 (2-2)

West Division
zArizona Rattlers 14-2 (4-2)
xSpokane Shock 12-4 (4-2)
xSan Jose Sabercats 12-4 (3-3)
Utah Blaze 5-11 (1-5)

Week 18 Playoff Scenarios:

Already clinched:
Philadelphia - East Division
Jacksonville - South Division
Arizona - West Division and N.C. home-field
Spokane, and San Jose - National Conference Playoff berths
Already Eliminated:
Utah
Pittsburgh
Cleveland
Iowa

Scenarios:
- Tampa Bay clinches a playoff berth with a win or a loss by either Orlando or New Orleans.
- Tampa Bay clinches the top American Conference Wild Card spot (3 Seed) with a win and losses by both Orlando and New Orleans.
- Orlando clinches a playoff berth with a win and a loss by New Orleans.
- New Orleans is eliminated from playoff contention with a loss and a win by Orlando.
- Philadelphia clinches A.C. home-field with a win and a Jacksonville loss.
- Spokane clinches the top N.C. wild card (3 seed) with a win and a loss by San Jose.

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.
- Tampa Bay has tiebreaks over all the teams in the American Conference wild card hunt.
 
Week 18 Schedule:

Friday
     10 p.m. EST - San Antonio at Spokane
Saturday
    6 p.m. EST - Jacksonville at New Orleans
    7 p.m. EST - Orlando at Cleveland (CBS Sports Network)
    7:30 p.m. EST - Pittsburgh at Tampa Bay
    8:05 p.m. EST - Utah at Iowa
    9 p.m. EST - Chicago at Arizona
    10:30 p.m. EST - Philadelphia at San Jose

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