MAAC Football League
Tiebreaker
The
tiebreaker procedure will be used only to determine a league champion for
purposes of a postseason opportunity.
A. Two-Way Tiebreaker
In
the event of a two-way tie in the standings, the following tiebreaker system
shall be used ? in order ? until the tie is broken:
- Winning percentage of
each team in head-to-head competition.
- Winning percentage of
each team vs. the first-place team, or their composite winning percentage
against any teams tying for first place.
- Winning percentage of
each team vs. the second-place team, or their composite winning percentage
against any teams tying for second place.
- This process continues
with winning percentage vs. the third-place team, fourth-place team, etc.,
as necessary, until the tie is broken and seeding is complete.
If a tie still exists
after exhausting steps 1-4, the most recent rankings of USA Today’s
Sagarin poll will be utilized to determine the Conference champion.
B. Three-Way (or more)
Tie-breaker
In
the event of a three-way tie (or a tie involving more than three teams) in the
standings, the following tiebreaker system shall be used in the order listed.
- The winning percentages
of the teams involved in the tie vs. each other shall be compared. If one
team’s winning percentage is superior to the others, that team shall be
removed from the tie and seeded highest of the teams involved in the tie.
If two teams subsequently remain, that tie shall be broken utilizing the
two-way tiebreaker procedure.
- If no single team has a
superior winning percentage after the comparison described in No. 1, but
multiple teams have the same superior percentage to any other teams
involved in the tie, those teams with the superior percentage will be
compared using either the two-way or three-way tiebreaker procedure. The
team that has the advantage will be seeded highest of all teams involved
in the original tie. The other team(s) (the loser(s) of the appropriate
tiebreaker) will again be compared to the remaining teams in the tie,
beginning with step No. 1 of the three-way tiebreaker.
- If all winning
percentages in the three-way (or more) tie vs. teams involved in the tie
are the same, each team’s winning percentage vs. the first-place team or
teams tying for first place shall be compared. If one team’s winning
percentage is superior to the others, that team shall be removed from the
tie and seeded highest of the teams involved in the tie. If two teams
remain, that tie shall be broken utilizing the two-way tiebreaker
procedure.
- If all winning
percentages in the three-way (or more) tie vs. teams involved in the tie
are the same, each team’s winning percentage vs. the first-place team or
teams tying for first place shall be compared. If multiple teams have a
superior winning percentage to any other team in the original tie, those
teams with the superior percentage will be compared using either the
two-way or three-way tiebreaker procedure. The team that has the advantage
will be seeded highest of all teams involved in the original tie. The other
team(s) (the loser(s) of the appropriate tiebreaker) will again be
compared to the remaining teams in the tie, beginning with step No. 1 of
the three-way tiebreaker.
- This process continues
as necessary, comparing winning percentages of teams in the tie vs. the
second-place team or their composite percentages vs. teams tying for
second place, third place, etc., until all ties are broken and seeding is
complete.
- If all steps above have
been exhausted and the tie cannot be broken, the most recent rankings of
USA Today’s Sagarin poll will be utilized to determine the Conference
champion.