ACC Football Tiebreaking Procedures
10/29/2001 7:00:00 AM | Football
Oct. 29, 2001
GREENSBORO, N.C. -
The ACC football champion is the team that finishes the season
with the highest winning percentage in conference games. If more than
one team has the same winning percentage, the tied teams are declared
co-champions.
In order to determine the Conference's representative to the
Bowl Championship Series, the procedures listed below will be followed.
All references to rankings refer to the average ranking combining the AP
and USA Today/ESPN polls released the week immediately following the
completion of the regular season for all ACC members. For example, a #11
ranking would be achieved if a team was ranked #10 in one poll and #12
in the other. A #11 ranking would be six spots below a #5 ranking, five
spots below a #6 ranking, and four sports below a #7 ranking.
Two Way Tie (between Teams A & B)
1. Team A defeats Team B and is ranked higher - Team A earns bid
2. Team A defeats Team B and is ranked lower, but in the Top 10 - Team A earns bid *except if Team B is ranked #1 or #2 in the Bowl Championship Series Poll, then Team B earns bid),
3. Team A defeats Team B and is ranked lower, but no less than five positions below Team B - Team A earns bid,
4. Team A defeats Team B and is ranked lower, and more than five positions below Team B - Team B earns bid.
If two teams have the same ranking, or both are unranked, the bid goes
to the team that has won the head-to-head game.
Three-Way Tie (A "mini-conference" is created among the three tied teams.)
Scenario I - All three teams have either a 7-1 or 6-2 conference record
and have each won one and lost one against the other tied teams in the
mini-conference. In this case, the highest ranked team among the three
earns the bid. If two of the three teams have the same ranking, the bid
is earned by the team winning the head-to-head matchup. If none of the
teams are ranked, the BCS bowl would select the team of its choice from
among the tied teams.
Scenario II - All three teams have 6-2 conference records. Within the
mini-conference, Team A is 2-0, Team B is 1-1, and Team C is 0-2.
1. If Team A is ranked higher than Teams B and C, Team A earns bid.
2. If Team A is not the highest ranked, but is in the Top 10, Team A earns bid.
3. If Team A is not ranked, but the highest ranked team in the mini-conference is ranked #21 or lower, Team A earns bid.
4. If Team A is not the highest ranked team and is ranked more than five spots below the highest ranked team in the mini-conference, Team A is eliminated from consideration.
Subsequently,
1. If Team B is ranked higher than Team C, Team B earns bid.
2. If Team B is ranked lower than Team C, but is in the Top 10, Team B earns bid.
3. If Team B is ranked lower than Team C, but ranked no lower than five spots below Team C, Team B earns bid.
4. If Team B is ranked lower than Team C, but is ranked more than five spots below Team C, Team C earns bid.
In the event of a three-way or a four-way tie, the same tie-breaking procedures would apply.
