About 5 years ago I was in a league in which the records went from best to worst across the entire NL, the 4 best records were all in the NL East, the 4 worst were all in the NL West. The 4th place team in my division had 100 wins, the 3rd place team had 107 or 108, while the top two both had 112 or 114 and tied for the division/wildcard. Of course, the 68 win team from the NL West also made the playoffs.