What are the MEAC Tie Breaker Rules?


The Founder

The Founder

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Say if NCCU wins out and A&T's only loss is to NCCU....does it boil down to that head to head match up since NCCU has lost one to a MEAC team already?
 
But then there's Howard... they could also have 1 loss if they win their next 2 games. That would take the tiebreaker to ranking which would mean NCA&T makes it to the HB.
 
I think this is the biggest problem with the MEAC not having a championship game and all the teams don't play one another. This is going to be an issue for the SWAC also. Watch and see.

For example...what if this were to happen in the SWAC this year if there was not a championship game:

Alabama A&M and GSU did not play one another.....there is no championship game and both teams lost one game by equal points. How should that be resolved? Should the team who scored the most points overall be considered the champion? Yet, what if the opposing team had all low scoring wins?
 
The Founder said:
I think this is the biggest problem with the MEAC not having a championship game and all the teams don't play one another. This is going to be an issue for the SWAC also. Watch and see.

For example...what if this were to happen in the SWAC this year if there was not a championship game:

Alabama A&M and GSU did not play one another.....there is no championship game and both teams lost one game by equal points. How should that be resolved? Should the team who scored the most points overall be considered the champion? Yet, what if the opposing team had all low scoring wins?
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No it would likely default to highest ranking.
 
jag4life said:
No it would likely default to highest ranking.
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Nope.....not in the Swac

Look forward to this

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The easiest thing would be for A&T to win its next two games.

Other Scenarios:

An A&T win + NCCU loss against BCU = A&T Earns Berth to Celebration Bowl & A share of the MEAC Crown.

An A&T win + NCCU win this week = Another Aggie/Eagle MEAC Championship game to make the Celebration Bowl. The winner of that said game takes the Celebration Bowl Berth.

Howard needs win out, have A&T & Central lose this Saturday + NCCU to beat A&T for Howard to make the Celebration Bowl.
 
If these people can't even get POTW right half the time you know we can't trust them with something important like a tie breaker lol
 
westcoastaggie said:
The easiest thing would be for A&T to win its next two games.

Other Scenarios:

An A&T win + NCCU loss against BCU = A&T Earns Berth to Celebration Bowl & A share of the MEAC Crown.

An A&T win + NCCU win this week = Another Aggie/Eagle MEAC Championship game to make the Celebration Bowl. The winner of that said game takes the Celebration Bowl Berth.

Howard needs win out, have A&T & Central lose this Saturday + NCCU to beat A&T for Howard to make the Celebration Bowl.
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Interestingly enough, the selection committee has a warm spot available for A&T in the playoffs if they somehow stumble these next two weeks.

 
In_The_662 said:
If these people can't even get POTW right half the time you know we can't trust them with something important like a tie breaker lol
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They've already screwed that up by the press release they sent out today about the tie breaker scenerios.

We play a 7 game conference record and not just a 4 game division race.

The teams in each divison with the best divisional records will advance to the Toyota SWAC Football Championship on December 2 in Houston. The head-to-head meeting is the tie-breaker.


• Tie-breaker scenarios
West Division race
Grambling State (3-0 in divisional games)
Remaining divisional game:
vs. Southern on Nov. 25 in Bayou Classic


Southern (2-0 in divisional games)
Remaining divisional games:
@Texas Southern Nov. 11
vs. Southern on Nov. 25 in Bayou Classic


• The skinny: It will come down to the Bayou Classic on Nov. 25 in New Orleans to determine the West Division winner regardless of what occurs between now and then.

That's not really correct because if su loses to stu they will have 2 conference loses and grambling only have 1 more conference game. Even if they lose that game they will still be 6-1 in conference no matter what their division record is.


• East Division race
Alcorn State (2-0 in divisional games)
Remaining divisional games:
vs. Mississippi Valley State Nov. 11
@Jackson State Nov. 18


• Alabama State (2-1 in divisional games)
Remaining divisional games:
@Mississippi Valley State Nov. 18


• The skinny: Alcorn State can clinch the East this Saturday with a victory against Mississippi Valley State. It would make them 3-0 in the division and because they hold a head-to-head tie-breaker advantage against Alabama State (Alcorn State defeated Alabama State 24-10 back on Oct. 5), then Alcorn State would represent the East.


• If Alcorn loses this Saturday, it would boil down to next Saturday, Nov. 18th games.

• Alabama State would need to defeat Mississippi Valley State AND Alcorn State would have to lose BOTH their remaining divisional games against Mississippi Valley State and at Jackson State if they were to represent the East

Their explanation is almost right to this but they are still talking division and not overall conference record. If these two teams end up tied, alcorn wins because of the head to head game as a tie breaker. as both could be either 5-2 or 4-3 in conference play.
 
That is not correct for Alcorn/Alabama St. The ONLY way Alabama St. would win the EAST is if they beat Both Grambling and Valley while Alcorn lose to Valley and Jackson St.
 
tierre said:
That is not correct for Alcorn/Alabama St. The ONLY way Alabama St. would win the EAST is if they beat Both Grambling and Valley while Alcorn lose to Valley and Jackson St.
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That's what we thought but that's not what the Swac is putting out. According to them, those 3 games against the other division don't mean a thing.
 
Fiyah said:
That's not really correct because if su loses to stu they will have 2 conference loses and grambling only have 1 more conference game. Even if they lose that game they will still be 6-1 in conference no matter what their division record is.
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The scenario should be this:
West Division
Grambling: Can clinch the West Division with a win over Alabama State and if Southern loses to Texas Southern on Saturday, or can clinch the West by winning its last two remaining games against Alabama State and Southern.
Southern: Can clinch the West by winning its last two remaining games against Texas Southern and Grambling.

It makes me a little uneasy that they would only put emphasis on the divisional games as if the interdivisional games don't count at all.
 
Screw the divisional/conference far and against points rule, in case of a 3-way tie, the SWAC would just flip a coin after the SCG ends. LMAO!!!
 
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The scenario should be this:
West Division
Grambling: Can clinch the West Division with a win over Alabama State and if Southern loses to Texas Southern on Saturday, or can clinch the West by winning its last two remaining games against Alabama State and Southern.
Southern: Can clinch the West by winning its last two remaining games against Texas Southern and Grambling.

It makes me a little uneasy that they would only put emphasis on the divisional games as if the interdivisional games don't count at all.
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I think you should email them and ask for clarification on this. Does the 3 interdivisional games count as part of the record when determining the divisional races.
 
So are they saying a team can win only their four division games and lose every single other game and go to thd championship? Lunacy.
 
GRAM4LIFE said:
So are they saying a team can win only their four division games and lose every single other game and go to thd championship? Lunacy.
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No, they just released a correction confirming the very scenarios we've address for each division. It isn't just divisional games.
 
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