SEC Tiebreaker Rules

[DallasRTR]

Who gets into the SEC Championship Game?
We have 2 losses. Three teams have 1 loss, but A&M and Texas must play each other, so one of them will have another loss.

Lets say Georgia beats Tennessee – now you have 1 team with 1 loss and multiple teams with 2 losses. So, who gets in with several teams at 2 losses?

Just wondering what the tiebreaker rules are – out of the 2 loss teams, we beat Georgia, Missouri and LSU, all with 2 losses. Does that have anything to do with it?

 

[81usaf92]

Correction is below.

 

[BamaFanOnBeach]

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Southeastern Conference Football Standings with Tiebreakers

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If tenessee loses and we win out I think we are in

 

[81usaf92]

Okay here are the tiebreaker rules

• Head-to-head competition among the tied teams
• Record versus all common Conference opponents among the tied teams
• Record against highest (best) placed common Conference opponent in the Conference standings, and proceeding through the Conference standings among the tied teams
• Cumulative Conference winning percentage of all Conference opponents among the tied teams
• Capped relative total scoring margin versus all Conference opponents among the tied teams
• Random draw of the tied teams

 

[81usaf92]

Tiebreaker 2 would be a crazy thing to factor in but it would probably leave you with Bama, Georgia, and Tennessee while eliminating everyone else. Alabama probably wins that 3 way tie based on scoring margin. I think that is why with a Georgia win next week, Alabama’s numbers of reaching Atlanta skyrocket.

 

[Bama9001]

I was wondering about those tiebreaker rules. Glad this thread came up. We need to win out but not sure I want to make the SECCG. Seems the loser of a conference championship game is at a disadvantage and could miss the playoffs entirely if it's a 3rd loss.

 

[colbysullivan]

I was wondering about those tiebreaker rules. Glad this thread came up. We need to win out but not sure I want to make the SECCG. Seems the loser of a conference championship game is at a disadvantage and could miss the playoffs entirely if it's a 3rd loss.

Yup

 

[81usaf92]

apparently the Mizzou-Arkansas could decide the 2nd participant in the SECCG

If Georgia beats Tennessee and both LSU and Alabama win out it comes down to Mizzou (Alabama) and Arkansas (LSU) in determining who goes to play the Texas and aTm winner.

 

[bamaga]

Who gets into the SEC Championship Game?
We have 2 losses. Three teams have 1 loss, but A&M and Texas must play each other, so one of them will have another loss.

Lets say Georgia beats Tennessee – now you have 1 team with 1 loss and multiple teams with 2 losses. So, who gets in with several teams at 2 losses?

Just wondering what the tiebreaker rules are – out of the 2 loss teams, we beat Georgia, Missouri and LSU, all with 2 losses. Does that have anything to do with it?

I brought this up in another thread, let’s say Arkansas beats Texas , Georgia beats Tennessee and Texas beats Aggie . Otherwise everyone wins out. Not out of the realm of possibilities, only the Arkansas win would be a long shot. That would leave eight teams at 6-2 In the conference. I’m pulling for chaos!

 

[Tideflyer]

Just me, but I would rather the scenario play out that gives us the best opportunity to play for all the marbles, even if that means not going to Atlanta. Can’t worry about all that now. Have to concentrate on each of the next three teams we play. All the rest is beyond our control.

 

[bamaga]

Also, would it be better to not participate in the SEC championship game? Great if you win, but if you lose would they take a 3 loss team over all the 2 loss teams? I don’t think so.

 

[DzynKingRTR]

apparently the Mizzou-Arkansas could decide the 2nd participant in the SECCG

If Georgia beats Tennessee and both LSU and Alabama win out it comes down to Mizzou (Alabama) and Arkansas (LSU) in determining who goes to play the Texas and aTm winner.

wouldn't tennessee still have an advantage over us?

 

[DzynKingRTR]

Also, would it be better to not participate in the SEC championship game? Great if you win, but if you lose would they take a 3 loss team over all the 2 loss teams? I don’t think so.

plus an extra game where someone important could get hurt

 

[81usaf92]

wouldn't tennessee still have an advantage over us?

Not in this scenario because you have a cluster of 2 loss teams. Mizzou gives Alabama a huge advantage over every one else.

 

[crimsonaudio]

wouldn't tennessee still have an advantage over us?

"If three or more teams are tied, then round-robin record is only used if every tied team played all the other tied teams OR one team beat all the other teams OR one team lost to all the other teams.

Otherwise, it is ignored and we move to the next step.

See section 2.A.2. on the third page of the official SEC tiebreak procedure for this rule."

 

[day-day]

SEC Football Tie-Breaking Process - Southeastern Conference

This gets deeper into the details...have fun.

 

[Power Eye]

apparently the Mizzou-Arkansas could decide the 2nd participant in the SECCG

If Georgia beats Tennessee and both LSU and Alabama win out it comes down to Mizzou (Alabama) and Arkansas (LSU) in determining who goes to play the Texas and aTm winner.

Maybe I don’t understand the tie-breaker rule of head-to-head competition amongst tied teams, but in that scenario we'd have a 2-1 record amongst tied teams and LSU would be 1-2.

The more I think about this, I just can't see the committee leaving out the loser of the SECCG when their record would be the same as the other contenders if not for the extra game. The only scenario I see that happening is if the SEC runner up was ranked lower than those teams going into the game.

 

[Windsortide]

I was wondering about those tiebreaker rules. Glad this thread came up. We need to win out but not sure I want to make the SECCG. Seems the loser of a conference championship game is at a disadvantage and could miss the playoffs entirely if it's a 3rd loss.

That is the million dollar question for the committee. Will they punish an SEC team for losing the SECCG for teams in other conferences that t have played a weaker schedule.

 

[AlistarWills]

Sooo….who wants to take a stab at a current pecking order based on those tiebreakers?

 

[JamieSPC]

Also, would it be better to not participate in the SEC championship game? Great if you win, but if you lose would they take a 3 loss team over all the 2 loss teams? I don’t think so.

Have heard this discussed a lot and I am leaning toward the game being about playing for a bye. Just my opinion... But I don't think the committee punishes a Power 4 team for losing its championship game by leaving them out; could affect seeding though.