The AFL season has reached that fascinating time of year where ladder predictors get an absolute working over, as fans try to decipher where their team might finish in the run to September. 

Geelong certainly are not exempt to the notion and are one of the teams jockeying for position, as the competition heads into the penultimate week of the home-and-away season. 

Step one for the Cats was just to keep on winning, something they have succeeded with so far as they notched their fourth consecutive victory on Saturday, comfortably defeating the Bombers by 67 points at GMHBA Stadium. 

The win helped Geelong maintain seventh position on the ladder, now officially locked into at least a spot in the Wildcard Round, but they will have their sights set on loftier goals with two weeks to go. 

Take a look through some of the potential outcomes for the next two weeks, as the Cats prepare to take on North Melbourne at Marvel Stadium. 

WITH TWO WINS

Finishing Range: 4th - 7th

If Geelong can overcome the challenge against North Melbourne this week, then take care of business against Richmond in the final round of the regular season, there are still four positions that they can finish in on the ladder. 

The Cats would end the home-and-away season with a 15-8 record, which would mean that can not slip any lower than their current standing in seventh position, but it would then rely on other results to determine their final spot. 

As it stands, Geelong remain one game behind three teams; Brisbane, Adelaide and Melbourne, but they also hold a stronger percentage than all of those sides which could come into play. 

If the Cats can win both their remaining matches, they would need just one of those aforementioned teams to lose a single game to secure a top-six position, which would see them avoid the Wildcard Round and lock in a home Elimination Final. 

The same would occur if two of those teams were to drop a game, which would see Geelong finish the regular season in fifth position and again host an Elimination Final, but the only change would be their opponent in the game. 

If all three of those sides were to drop a game, it would put the Cats in the box seat to sneak into fourth position and to secure a double chance, most likely facing a trip to Perth to take on Fremantle in a Qualifying Final. 

The most important box for Geelong to tick first is to win their remaining matches, but then they will most likely be hoping for a defeat to either Brisbane, Adelaide or Melbourne, to make their way into the top-six. 

Adelaide will head to Optus Stadium this Friday to take on Fremantle, Brisbane will travel to the MCG to face Collingwood in the final round of the regular season, while Melbourne still have a clash with the Bulldogs awaiting, those three looking to be games to keep an eye on for Cats fans. 

WITH ONE WIN 

Finishing Range: 4th - 9th

If Geelong manage one win from their final two games, it will see them close out the regular season with a 14-9 record and will more than likely see them feature in the inaugural Wildcard Round. 

The most likely scenario with one win is that the Cats will either finish in seventh or eighth on the ladder, depending on how Collingwood fare in their final two matches, with the Bulldogs unlikely to surpass Geelong with a significant percentage gap currently. 

What that will mean is that Geelong will host a Wildcard Game against one of three possible opponents; Collingwood, the Western Bulldogs or Carlton, depending on other results over the coming two weeks. 

There is still a small chance the Cats can move into the top-six in this scenario, but would be relying on either Brisbane, Adelaide or Melbourne to lose both of their remaining games, while also hoping that Collingwood do not win both of their matches. 

WITH NO WINS

Finishing Range: 7th - 10th

Geelong will head into their final two games as strong favourites, but on the off-chance they come away with a pair of defeats, it opens up the possibility of them finishing anywhere from seventh to 10th on the ladder. 

They will still feature in the Wildcard Round, similar to the outcomes if they win one game, but there is a chance they finish in ninth or 10th position and will not be the recognised 'home team' for that match. 

It will still more than likely be against any of the three aforementioned teams in Collingwood, Carlton or the Western Bulldogs, but will again depend on the results from those sides final two matches.