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Providence Universe Football League

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Points & Movement

Every win earns your team points, and a win in a higher division is worth more. Your team's total season points decide its rank, whether it makes the playoffs, and its seed.

When a series ends, teams are compared inside their own division. The best move up one division and the worst move down one. The same number go each way, so divisions stay the same size (usually the top and bottom half).

DivisionPoints per win
Division 16
Division 24
Division 32

Who moves up or down

Teams in a division are ordered by their series results:

  1. Series wins
  2. Series point differential (PD)
  3. Series points
  4. Previous rank

Rank after moving

Once every team has its new division, each division is ordered by total season points, then season wins and season PD.

Teams need an owner

A team with no owner drops to the lowest division and ranks at the next move, whatever its results. A new owner taking over a team keeps only half its points (rounded up).

Series results decide movement. Season points decide rank. An active owner keeps a team's earned spot.