My preferred approach is to go by record, but use
by Tex Francisco (2022-05-12 13:12:20)

In reply to: Does it allow you to take the top 2 teams or top 2 records?  posted by tdiddy07


playoff ranking as the tie breaker rather than head-to-head. The only problem with this approach is playoff rankings are released until Tuesday night. I suspect, however, that in most cases you'd have a pretty good sense as to what the rankings will be.