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berth

noun as in harbor; bunk

noun as in position of responsibility

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Note: Top eight qualify directly for last 16; teams from ninth to 24th enter a play-off round to contest the remaining last-16 berths; bottom 12 teams will be eliminated.

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San Diego now get a host berth in Saturday's Western Conference final against the second-seeded Vancouver Whitecaps.

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Needing a win at Oregon’s Autzen Stadium Saturday to have a chance at its first college football playoff berth, the Trojans once again fell short, fell deep and basically fell on their faces.

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For the first time in roughly a century, an Ivy League football team will receive a postseason berth and have the opportunity to win a national title.

Since then, the team has won three World Series titles in five appearances with 13 consecutive playoff berths.

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