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medinabuckeye1 · « **Reply #140 on:** October 30, 2020, 06:26:18 PM »

For what it is worth, here is the link.

Here is a paraphrase of the rule as I understand it:

If all games are completed, highest winning percentage.
In the event of unbalanced schedules due to cancellation of games:

If two (or more) teams have the same number of losses but a different number of wins, H2H will take precedence over winning percentage as long as the two (or more) teams meet the minimum number of games (six unless the average for the whole conference is less than six).
If the game was cancelled between two teams with the same winning percentage OR the same number of losses, move to tiebreaker for two teams below.
If a game was cancelled between three or more teams with the same winning percentage OR the same number of losses, move to tiebreaker for three teams below.
The team or teams with the best winning percentage AND the CG participants will earn at least a share of the Division Championship (ie, you can hang a "Division Champion" banner even if you lose this tiebreaker.

Two team tiebreaker:

H2H
Divisional winning percentage - but it is weird in the event of an unbalanced schedule. In that case we ignore this step IF the tied teams have the same number of divisional losses but a different number of divisional wins. ie, 5-1 is better than 4-2 but it is NOT better than 4-1.
Record against the next best team in the division, then the next, but a team is skipped if either of the two did not play that team.
Winning percentage against all common conference opponents.
SoS defined as cumulative winning percentage of non-divisional opponents.
Record against the best team in the other division, then the next, etc - on this one they do clarify that 1-0 IS better than 0-0. They don't say it, but I *THINK* that also means that 0-0 is better than 0-1. I'm not sure.
Overall winning percentage regardless of # of games played
Random Draw.

Example:
Suppose that Ohio State and Michigan both go 7-0 then their game against each other gets cancelled. They would both be 7-0 and obviously tied for the B1G-E Championship (because every other B1G-E team would have at least two losses - to tOSU and M). Tiebreakers:

H2H: n/a, cancelled
Divisional winning percentage: tied at 1.000
Record against next best team, then the next: tied at 1-0 against each of the other five.
Winning percentage against all common conference opponents: For tOSU and M this would be the other five B1G-E teams because they don't have any common B1G-W opponents.
SoS: This would likely decide it in Michigan's favor because their B1G-W opponents (MN and UW) are VERY likely to finish with a better winning percentage than tOSU's B1G-W opponents (IL and UNL). If IL and UNL somehow equaled MN and UW then . . .
Record against the best team in the other division, then the next: This would be decisive unless MN/UW and IL/UNL somehow finished exactly tied with one from the other pair (ie, UW and UNL both go 6-1 while MN and IL both go 2-6)
Overall winning percentage: tied at 1.00
Random Draw

Three team tiebreaker:

H2H...2H but note that if any team in the group did not play all of the others then this step is skipped.
Divisional winning percentage - but same as with two-teams a tie in the loss column is considered a tie
Record against the next best team in the division, then the next, etc. Any team not played by any of the teams in the tie is skipped.
Winning percentage against all common opponents - this is effectively a null step this year because with only two non-divisional opponents it is impossible for three teams in the same division to all play a common team in the other division.
SoS defined as cumulative winning percentage of non-divisional opponents.
Record against the best team in the other division, then the next, etc - on this one they do clarify that 1-0 IS better than 0-0. They don't say it, but I *THINK* that also means that 0-0 is better than 0-1. I'm not sure.
Overall winning percentage.
Random Draw.

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