For the second year in a row, I have noticed that the playoff matchups for Madden are wrong.

This season I am the Dolphins and I have the top seed in the AFC. And here are the final regular season seedings...

1. Miami (16-0-0) AFC EAST winner
2. Cincinnati (12-4-0) AFC NORTH winner
3. Denver (9-7-0) AFC WEST winner
4. Indianapolis (8-8-0) AFC SOUTH winner
5. Baltimore (11-5-0)
6. Pittsburgh (10-6-0)

Wild Card
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6. Pittsburgh defeats 3. Denver
4. Indianapolis defeats 5. Baltimore

According to the official NFL playoff rules, the lowest seed winner from wildcard weekend plays the number 1 seed. And in my case that would mean I should play Pittsburgh (6th seed) in the divisional. However the game matches me up with Indianapolis. It seems the game is doing the match ups by record instead of playoff seeding. The same thing happened in the NFC the previous season. I am playing 2003 but has anyone noticed this in 2006?

I also noticed that the game does not follow the tiebreaking rules. this year the falcons and panthers were tied at 10 - 6 in the NFC South. The split the season series and also have the same division record, so the next tie breaker is best W-L-T percentage in common games. The panthers won this tie breaker however the game put atlanta ahead of carolina. This is also wrong.

 

I have 2003 and I have also noticed this but I don't know about any other year being messed up

 

Update: I "rented" Madden 2006 a few days ago, and the problem appears there too.