the 2017 season saw the team return to the playoffs. the beef took advantage of an again increased playoff field, where the top four of seven division teams qualified for the playoffs, a schedule with five of 12 games against first-year expansion teams and a division with three, first-year expansion teams, to qualify for the 2017 playoffs. omaha was outscored by their opponents during the regular season and only played four games against teams with winning records at the time of the game, winning only one (bloomington on march 18) and dropping three (sioux city on march 31, sioux city on may 27, and dallas on june 3). omaha's seven regular season wins came against teams with a combined 2017 record of 25–59. the beef's wins during the 2016 and 2017 seasons came against teams with a combined 54–113 record. omaha qualified as the north division representative for the cif championship game. the south division saw six of the seven teams post winning regular season records as the texas revolution came out of the tougher division for the champions bowl iii bid. texas controlled most of the championship game, never trailing. the revolution played conservatively in the fourth quarter, with a 30-point lead to defeat the beef 59–49 and claim the league title.