The phrase "respective divisions" is a perfectly valid and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it to refer to two or more groups who are separate from each other. For example, "The two teams competed against each other in their respective divisions."
The Jets and the Giants stay in their respective divisions and conferences.
In the last four years, only two teams -- the Jacksonville Jaguars and the Giants -- have won their respective divisions twice.
The Atlanta Falcons and Green Bay Packers, champions of their respective divisions last year, have likewise suffered two defeats apiece.
These changes add to a season in which several teams are playing their last seasons in their respective divisions.
This schedule should also benefit the entire league with almost half of each team's games played in their respective divisions.
Winners of Breeders' Cup races have an undeniable inside track with regard to year-end honors in their respective divisions.
Both teams clinched their respective division titles.
La Russa said Leyland called him back around 3 a.m. and that the two discussed the similarities in their respective division series.
It will be a 1 07 game if the Yankees and Oakland A's, and Chicago White Sox and Seattle Mariners, are all tied, 1-1, afthe the first two games of their respective division series.
"An increasing number of our clubs have become unable to successfully compete for their respective division championships," he said, "thereby making postseason appearances -- let alone postseason success -- an impossibility.
This much about them is true: if neither wins the New York Metro Golden Gloves this year in his respective division (Rivera is in the 132-pound category, Thompson is 156) it will be a bitter disappointment.
