Kevin Craft threw three touchdown passes and scored two more on the ground, leading the IBM BigBlue to a 38-10 victory over the Lixil Deers on the final day of the X League regular season on Sunday at Yokohama Stadium.

Both the BigBlue and the Deers finished the season with 6-1 records and advanced to the four-team playoffs.

Also on Sunday, the Fujitsu Frontiers defeated the Panasonic Impulse 48-24 at Osaka's Kincho Stadium to finish the regular season with a perfect 7-0 record and earn the top seed for the playoffs. In the later game at the same site, the Obic Seagulls beat the Elecom Kobe Finies 45-0 to get in the playoffs.