That's not true. They can get the 4th seed. I thought division winners get the first three seeds ... is that no longer the case? No, not the last few years. The top three seeds are seeded regardless of division, and if the 3rd-place division winner is worse than one of the wildcards, they're seeded 4th. If the top three teams in the conference were somehow all in one division, I assume that the 4/5 series would be the other two division winners.