Both teams get a chance to play for the $5,000, even if the second team has been mathematically eliminated.

That is why another division loss would mathematically eliminate them.

The only thing that keeps them in contention is the fact they are not yet mathematically eliminated.

They were mathematically eliminated from playoff contention after Week 11.

People kept talking after the games about how we were not mathematically eliminated, but what we had to do was win!

With the loss, they became the first team to be mathematically eliminated in the 2010 World Cup.

Nobody's going to give up the division title until they're mathematically eliminated.

Jamaica has not been mathematically eliminated, but its chances are very slim.

But the Giants are just about mathematically eliminated from post-season play.

The Nets (31-44) are no longer in the playoff hunt even though they have not been mathematically eliminated.