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If there is a three way tie in the Atlantic..Go Gators
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If there is a three way tie in the Atlantic..Go Gators


Sep 16, 2016, 12:38 PM

Source: ESPN David Hale

Let’s look at the system:

(1) Combined head-to-head win percentage.

(2) Win percentage of the teams tied within the division.

(3) Head-to-head competition versus the team within the division with the best overall (division and non-divisional) conference win percentage.

Given the aforementioned scenario in which Florida State, Louisville and Clemson each finish 7-1 in ACC play, with each sharing a loss to another in that group, none of those three tiebreakers would give us an answer.

(4) Combined win percentage versus all common non-divisional opponents.

There aren’t any common opponents outside of the ACC, so again, this would be a moot point.

(5) Overall win percentage versus non-divisional opponents.

(6) Win percentage versus non-divisional opponents based upon order of finish.

This is where Louisville could be hurt, as the Cardinals will have the toughest non-conference game with a trip to Houston. But if all three have the same non-conference record, too, we keep moving on to ...

(7) The team with the highest ranking by SportSource Analytics (the stats service used by the playoff committee), assuming the next team is not ranked within five places of the highest-ranked team.

In this case, all three would need to be ranked within five places of each other. If only two are, then we’d go to the two-team tiebreaker and whichever team had the head-to-head victory would advance.

Is your head hurting yet?

So, let’s say all three teams end up 11-1 with their only losses to each other, and all three are ranked within five spots of each other, then we get to the ultimate tiebreaker ...

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What a cliff hanger!


Sep 16, 2016, 12:45 PM

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Re: What a cliff hanger!


Sep 16, 2016, 12:50 PM

Btw, if that actually happens, it then says that the champion will be chosen by a draw administered by commissioner John Swofford.

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Re: If there is a three way tie in the Atlantic..Go Gators


Sep 16, 2016, 12:52 PM

All the tie breaker scenarios that mention "non divisional " opponents is referring to teams who play in the Coastal division. It is not referring to teams outside the ACC.

But...you are right if Clemson, FSU, and Louisville all finish 11-1 with losses to each other it's a moot point.

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ESPN dreaming of ways to get two SEC teams in the playoffs***


Sep 16, 2016, 1:09 PM



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Easy way to avoid this scenario


Sep 16, 2016, 3:48 PM

Don't lose

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We do Chicken right...it's not just for frying anymore!


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