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Winning 8 straight games will do it.

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Q: What is the earliest an NFL team has clinched a playoff spot?
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What does playoff mean?

It means a sports team has guaranteed a spot in the playoffs. Once a team can't be mathematically eliminated from the postseason, they are said to have "clinched a playoff berth." The term is valid in most team sports including Basketball, Baseball, hockey, football, and soccer. http://www.playoffberth.com


What is the earliest a hockey team has clinched the playoffs?

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What does clinched playoff berth mean in nba?

This simply means that a team has enough points to ensure that it will make the playoffs and no matter what happens in terms of wins/losses by itself or teams behind it, no team with a lesser amount of points not in a playoff position, can catch them.


What is the difference between cliched the division and clinched the playoff?

In the NFL, when a team clinches the division, this means the team will finish with the best record in the division and will make the playoffs as a 1, 2, 3 or 4 seed( depending on the records of the other division winners). Clinching a playoff birth means that a team will make the playoffs but have not won the division yet (pending on their chances to win the division). If a team clinches a playoff berth but not division, they will get either the 5 or 6 seed in the playoffs.


What does the word clinched mean?

CLINCHED means "secured in place", therfore "assured" or guaranteed to produce the desired result, e.g. "The boxers were clinched together." (arms locked) or "Our team clinched the title. (would surely win)" The origin of "clinched" is the bending of a nail point that has penetrated a board, so that the nail cannot easily pull out of the board.


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What is the quickest that an NFL team has clinched the number 1 conference seed?

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