The Seattle Sea Dragons (7-3) needed a win against the Vegas Vipers (2-8) and to avoid certain scorelines in order to make the XFL playoffs, and that mission was accomplished.
Seattle dominated Vegas by a score of 28-9 in front of over 15,000 fans at Lumen Field to secure a playoff spot over the St. Louis Battlehawks (7-3), who had an identical record, head-to-head record, and strength of victory, so the next tiebreaker was combined ranking for points for and points against within the division. Again, they were equal because Seattle didn’t score at least 34 points, but the fifth tiebreaker of league-wide combined ranking gave the Sea Dragons the edge needed to qualify for postseason play after an 0-2 start.