Below is a table of the data from all leagues based on the last 75 seasons consisting of 20 teams from all leagues. While it's of course no guarantee the #1 team will win the championship, they do make the playoffs 63% of the time... while being ranked last means just a 17% chance you will make the playoffs!
| Preseason Rank |
Avg Finish |
Playoff Chance |
Champ | 2nd | 3rd |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6th | 63% | 14 | 11 | 8 |
| 2 | 9th | 55% | 6 | 5 | 3 |
| 3 | 10th | 40% | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | 10th | 43% | 5 | 6 | 4 |
| 5 | 10th | 43% | 4 | 5 | 2 |
| 6 | 10th | 47% | 4 | 5 | 2 |
| 7 | 10th | 45% | 8 | 3 | 4 |
| 8 | 9th | 56% | 4 | 11 | 2 |
| 9 | 10th | 37% | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | 11th | 43% | 3 | 6 | 7 |
| 11 | 11th | 37% | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 12 | 11th | 33% | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| 13 | 11th | 36% | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 14 | 9th | 49% | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| 15 | 11th | 35% | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 16 | 13th | 25% | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 17 | 11th | 36% | 5 | 2 | 5 |
| 18 | 12th | 29% | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 19 | 12th | 31% | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 20 | 14th | 17% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
