1.   Their win over the first place team was unexpected.

2.   The second and third place teams also received prizes which were all presented by Mr Andy McCarter Managing Director of Fruit of the Loom.

3.   But the American League, split into two seven-team divisions, would send two-second place teams to October.

4.   Fourth place means a home-ice advantage in the opening playoff series against the fifth place team.

5.   Iowa was the sixth place team in the Big Ten.

6.   It was only three years ago, with the addition of the wild card, that the game allowed a second place team to reach the playoffs.

7.   It would be foolish to scrap even one meaningful rivalry just to place NFL teams in divisions reflecting their locations.

8.   On Monday evening, when the first pitch of the season is delivered in Oakland, the Rangers are once again the last place team in the AL West.

9.   Others ask why fifth, sixth or seventh place teams in the power conferences deserve to receive at-large bids.

10.   The fourth and fifth place teams meet in the first round.