Since its inception, the national finals is a best-of-five series.
The finals is structured in a 2–2–1 format, where the team with the better regular season record is given homecourt advantage and hosts games 1, 2, and 5.
The first parenthesis indicate the teams' playoff seed within their division.
The second parenthesis indicate the number of times that team has appeared in the MPBL finals, as well as each respective teams' MPBL finals record up to date.
The league's annual Preseason Invitational culminates in a single game to determine the champion of the tournament.