There was no tie-breaker system in place, so ties atop the Eastern Division final standings in 1963 and Western Division in 1968 necessitated playoff games to determine each division's representative in the championship.
Es gab kein Tie-Breaking-System, daher waren 1963 in der Eastern Division und 1968 in der Western Division zusätzliche Playoff-Spiele notwendig um den Championship Game-Teilnehmer zu ermitteln.