When your Free Agent Claim System is set to Automated Priority Order, the order of the claims when claims are processed is determined by one of the following automated ranking systems:
Reverse Order of Standings (serpentine)
When Free Agent claims are processed, the lowest ranked team in the standings at that time gets first pick, the second lowest team gets second pick, and so on, all the way up to the first place team. Then in the next round, the first place team gets first pick, the second place team gets second pick, and so on, all the way down to the last place team. If a team doesn't have any more pending claims, their turn is skipped. This process continues until all teams have no more claims. For example, in a 4-team league, the order would go: 4, 3, 2, 1, 1, 2, 3, 4, 4, 3, 2, 1, etc.
Reverse Order of Standings (non-serpentine)
Same as above, except that the order remains the same each round. For example, in a 4-team league, the order would go: 4, 3, 2, 1, 4, 3, 2, 1, etc.
* The order at the start of the season will be the opposite of your league's draft order.
Random (serpentine)
When Waiver Wire claims are processed, the order of the picks is randomly generated and uses a serpentine order system.