As Ferris suits up to play their final reg­u­lar sea­son games Friday and Saturday night, the Bulldogs will still need to be aware of what may lie ahead of them in the CCHA post-season.

Miami locked up the No. 1 seed in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association two weeks ago, but the sec­ond through fourth seeds are still open.

Ferris State and Michigan State remained tied for sec­ond in the CCHA with 46 points after split­ting their series last week­end. The Bulldogs bat­tle Western Michigan in a home-and-home series and the Spartans play Bowling Green State in the final two games of the season.

Alaska is fourth in the con­fer­ence with 45 points and Nebraska-Omaha is fifth with 44 points. Nebraska-Omaha and Alaska have com­pleted their con­fer­ence sea­sons and can­not advance their posi­tions. Ferris can­not fin­ish worse than fifth or bet­ter than sec­ond in the CCHA stand­ings.

Here are the poten­tial sce­nar­ios for the Bulldogs:

If Ferris wins both games:

Second seed outright

If Ferris wins and ties:

Second seed if MSU wins and ties or worse.

Third seed if MSU wins both.

If Ferris wins and loses:

Second seed if MSU wins and loses or worse.

Third seed if MSU wins and ties or wins twice.

If Ferris ties and loses:

Second seed if MSU ties and loses or loses both AND if Northern Michigan does not win twice.

Third seed if MSU wins AND if Northern Michigan does not win twice.

OR if MSU loses both and Northern Michigan wins twice.

Fourth seed if MSU wins AND if Northern Michigan wins twice.

If Ferris loses both games:

Can fin­ish any­where from sec­ond to fifth, and MSU or Northern could fin­ish second.

Michigan can fin­ish as high as third, depend­ing on MSU’s results.

Ferris hockey play­ers let their excite­ment show after a vic­tory over Michigan State Feb. 19. Photo by: Kate Dupon, Ferris State Torch