I just noticed that the schedule for the last three seasons has been inconsistent in generating divisional matchups. Instead of having each team in the division play two other teams 7 times and the remaining two 6 times, there have been divisions where three teams follow this pattern by cycling with each other while the two remaining teams are left to match up with each other 8 times and the other three 6 times.

I'm wondering if there's a reason behind this or if FHM just decides to randomly make the schedule however it pleases.

Here are the past matchups where two teams have played 8 games against each other:

S64
SFP-CGY
TEX-CHI

S63
PHI-BAP

S62
MAN-BAP