ACC Tiebreaker Guidelines

[Hoyacane1620]

 

[SFbayCane]

Rule 127.4a (not shown): When in doubt, suck Notre Dame's **** and elevate Duke as much as possible.

 

[Headhunter]

All offensive lineman from teams located within the state of North Carolina are allowed to hold without penalty.

 

[Home Slice]

Is this the Tobacco Road policy or the one they won't use?

 

[Empirical Cane]

In summary:

1. Whatever screws Miami shall take precedence over all other W/L records
2. See #1.

 

[KANE]

Rule 5a Section F: All penalties are called in accordance with NCAA policy, and guidelines…. unless competing against teams wearing white helmets, with an orange and green split U logo on the sides. In that case, do whatever the fucc you please, without fear of consequence.

 

[ThomasM]

15-0 means no tie-breakers needed.

 

[CaneinBroward]

15-0 means no tie-breakers needed.

Unless 2 other ACC teams also go through the season undefeated.

 

[ThomasM]

Unless 2 other ACC teams also go through the season undefeated.

An impossible feat I had not yet considered.

 

[CaneinBroward]

An impossible feat I had not yet considered.

Yeah, the odds on that would be astronomically high. Even moreso in the mediocre ACC.

 

[ThomasM]

Yeah, the odds on that would be astronomically high. Even moreso in the mediocre ACC.

Considering they all play each other, I don't think it's possible for three to go through the regular season undefeated. I mean we play everyone in the Coastal. Atlantic teams all play each other. At best, there could be two undefeated ACC teams. One in the Atlantic, and one in the Coastal. Not sure how there could be a third, unless they ducked not only a divisional foe, but also the undefeated team from the other division.

Come to think of it, I bet the ACC could make it work for the Carolina schools.

 

[CaneinBroward]

Considering they all play each other, I don't think it's possible for three to go through the regular season undefeated. I mean we play everyone in the Coastal. Atlantic teams all play each other. At best, there could be two undefeated ACC teams. One in the Atlantic, and one in the Coastal. Not sure how there could be a third, unless they ducked not only a divisional foe, but also the undefeated team from the other division.

Come to think of it, I bet the ACC could make it work for the Carolina schools.

No, they don't all play each other anymore. There is no more Atlantic and no more Coastal.

 

[ThomasM]

No, they don't all play each other anymore. There is no more Atlantic and no more Coastal.

Shows you how much attention I pay now. Hmmm, I must be doing something right.

 

[Kn[]_[]ckles3o5]

Bump

I saw a bad podcast this am that discussed the tie breaker rules for a three-way tie between Miami, SMU, and Clemson. The host was a Nole and did some simple math gymnastics to float the idea that Miami would be on the outside looking in should this scenario play out. He did this mostly as a jab to say Miami would miss out on the ACC tile game and a potential elusive 1st championship but fully acknowledged an undefeated Miami would not get left out of the playoff on a technicality and might even have a better path as the first non-bye seed.

The idea intrigued me so I Iooked into it and my conclusion was quite interesting.

Looking at the schedules right now. SMU and Clemson both have a slight edge because they will play "undefeated" Virginia and Pitt. This is certainly good for SMU whose conference schedule is decent overall.

All three teams play FSU and Louisville, so their records don't matter

My perspective is that there are 5 really bad teams in the ACC FSU, NC St, UNC, Wake, Stanford and those teams will lose most of their games

SMU plays Stanford

Miami plays Wake

Clemson plays Wake, Stanford, and NC State

I don't believe Pitt or Virigina is head and shoulders better than the rest of the league and I expect their records to reflect that fact.

This means that at the end of the year Clemson would be the most likely undefeated team to miss the ACC Championship and with their one loss it is conceivable (IMO unlikely) they may not even make the field of 12