61.   The Caribbean benefits by automatically qualifying four teams and not having to enter a playoff.

62.   The four teams that finish second through fifth will enter the playoffs to determine the second promoted team.

63.   The eventual champion will enter the playoff against the fourth-placed Asian team.

64.   The group winner qualifies automatically for France with the runner-up entering a playoff with the second-placed team from Group B.

65.   The nine group winners and the best of the runners-up qualify while the other eight second-place finishers enter a playoff.

66.   The national team had humbled an old foe to enter playoffs for the Africa Cup.

67.   The runner-up enters a playoff with the Group A runner-up for a third Asian berth.

68.   The Rangers enter the playoffs against Montreal in a horrible slump.

69.   The runner-up enters a playoff with the Group A runner-up for a third berth.

70.   There was no late-season swoon for the Oakland Raiders, who enter the playoffs as division champions on a roll.