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Philadelphia defeats the Texans to snag the 4th and final playoff spot. Birmingham ends New York's win streak to lock up a home playoff game, and Chicago prepares to face Southern California in the West. The WFL's inaugural regular season has been completed, and now the league prepares for its first postseason.

Playoff Picture: Philadelphia's win over the Texans lands them the final playoff spot, setting up the two divisional games, with the Bell at Birmingham and the Southern California Sun traveling to Chicago to face the Fire.

The split between haves and have nots has never been more obvious in the WFL than this week. We have the Americans clinching a playoff spot with a chance to play at home the entire postseason. We have the Bell and Stars still alive for the final spot with New York/New Jersey already making plans for next year, and we have the WFL announcing that only 8 teams will compete in the 1976 season with the financially flaky Portland Storm and Florida Blazers declared to be "on hiatus" as of next week. A lot to ponder as the league heads towards its final week of the regular season and many fans wonder what the future will hold.

Playoff Picture: Chicago's win over Southern California gives them the division title and guarantees that the rematch will be at Soldier Field in 2 weeks. Birmingham punched their ticket to the playoffs and can win the division title with a victory in New York, but if New York wins, the Bell can jump over Birmingham. New York could still make the postseason with a win over Birmingham and a Philadelphia loss.

Chicago, Southern California, Birmingham, and New York all earned wins, keeping hopes for either a division title or a playoff spot alive. Philadelphia was not that lucky, falling to a last second 49-yard kick at home.

Playoff Picture: With only 2 games left, we stil lhave 4 teams mathematically alive in the East, with Birmingham now in the driver's seat a game up on Philadelphia. However, both the New York Stars and Florida Blazers still have a path forward. In the West, it will all come down to next weekend's matchup between the Fire and the Sun for the division title and the home playoff spot.

Week 15 saw no changes to the playoff picture, with Chicago and Southern California still locked in but duking it out for the division title and a home playoff game. In the East, Birmingham and Philadelphia are tied atop the division, but after winning 6 in a row, the New York Stars are making a late run at the leaders.

Playoff Picture: With the West locked up, all eyes turn to the East, where the New York Stars' 7-game winning streak has them in the thick of what appears to be a 4-team race for 2 playoff spots. Birmingham and Philadelphia control their own destiny, but both New York and Florida are very much in the hunt.

Chicago drops 2nd road game in a row, helping Southern Cal regain 1st place in the West. Off the field, the Florida Blazers require a league "intervention" to finish the year as one co-owner is under the gun.

Playoff Picture: Southern California and Chicago have locked up the two Western playoff spots, eliminating the other three teams. Presently the Sun hold the tiebreaker to take the division and host the playoff game. In the East no spots are locked in yet and all 5 teams remain mathematically alive.

The Americans shut down Virgil Carter & the Fire, New York wins its 4th in a row, and the Bell escape Southern California with a controversial win in Week 13. All the scores plus Sporting News interviews 3 WFL players with very different paths to the new league.