MAC FOOTBALL

In case you were wondering . . .

. . . here are the MAC tie-breaker solutions

The top two teams in the league will play in the MAC Championship Game
at Detroit’s Ford Field on Saturday, Dec. 7. Ties will be broken by the following criteria:

Scenario – Two Teams
1. Head-to-head competition between the two tied teams.
2. Win percentage versus all common opponents.
3. Win percentage versus common opponents based upon their order of finish (overall conference win percentage, with ties broken) and proceeding through other common opponents based upon their order of finish.
4. Combined conference win percentage of conference opponents.
5. The tied team with the higher ranking by the Team Rating Score metric provided by SportSource Analytics following the conclusion of regular season games.
6. The representative shall be chosen by a draw as administered by the
Commissioner or Commissioner’s designee. 
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Scenario – More than Two Teams
1. Combined head-to-head win percentage among the tied teams if all tied teams are common opponents.
2. If all the tied teams are not common opponents, the tied team that defeated each of the other tied teams advances.
3. Win percentage versus all common opponents.
4. Win percentage versus common opponents based upon their order of finish (overall conference win percentage, with ties broken) and proceeding through other common opponents based upon their order of finish.
5. Combined conference win percentage of conference opponents.
6. The tied team with the higher ranking by the Team Rating Score metric provided by SportSource Analytics following the conclusion of regular season games.
7. The representative shall be chosen by a draw as administered by the Commissioner or Commissioner’s designee.

(Courtesy UT Athletics)