An extreme example of this occurred in the NFL in 2010 in regards to the Seattle Seahawks, who achieved a playoff position despite having a losing record (the only time this has happened in a non-strike season).
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For example, many college football teams routinely ended their seasons with rivalry games on Thanksgiving, and had scheduled them that year for the last day in November; some athletic conferences had rules permitting games only through the Saturday following Thanksgiving.
The Akron City Series is a high school athletic conference based entirely in the city of Akron, Ohio, United States, that includes the seven high schools of the Akron Public Schools.
Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference, an intercollegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division III
MAC Commonwealth Conference, an intercollegiate athletic conference in the United States
Conference USA, a collegiate athletic conference in the United States
Colleges and Universities Sports Association, a collegiate athletic conference in the Philippines
The Delaney Athletic Conference (DAC) is named after Joe Delaney, a former athlete from Northwestern State University.
From the season they entered the Capital Athletic Conference (CAC) in 1995 until the 2009 NCAA tournament quarterfinals, He led Salisbury to 105 consecutive conference wins and 15 conference championships.
Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference, a college athletic conference that is a member of the National Junior College Athletic Association
Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference, an intercollegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NAIA
Danso was recruited to play soccer for North Carolina Wesleyan College and also went on to play two years of college soccer at Southern Polytechnic State University, where he was a two-time All-Southern States Athletic Conference selection.
Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference an athletic conference located within the state of Massachusetts.
Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association, athletic conference of NCAA Division III schools in Michigan and Indiana
Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association, athletic conference of NCAA Division II schools in Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and Oklahoma
Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association, high school athletic conference for private schools in the Baltimore Metro area
North Eastern Athletic Conference, an NCAA Division III collegiate athletic conference
The Pocket Athletic Conference was established in 1938 with nine founding schools: Cannelton, Chrisney, Lynnville, Mount Vernon, Owensville, Petersburg, Poseyville, Rockport, and Tell City.
Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference, an athletic conference which competes in the NCAA Division III
Southern States Athletic Conference, a NAIA athletic conference in the United States.
Wisconsin State University Conference, former intercollegiate college athletic conference
Wisconsin Technical College Conference, an athletic conference for the Wisconsin Technical College System