How do you determine who the West Champion is going to be if all teams don't play the same amount of games?

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  • A team must play at least six games to be considered for the CG unless the average number of games played by all teams is below six (actually 5.5 because they round) in which case the eligibility threshold is that you have to have played no less than two fewer games than the average played by all teams.
  • Winning percentage if all conference games are played, but if not and if two teams are tied in the loss column the H2H result between them takes precedence over winning percentage. As I understand this, if Michigan goes 6-1 with a cancelled game and beats Ohio State while Ohio State goes 7-1 with no cancellations, Michigan would get the CG bid despite having a lower winning percentage than Ohio State.
Tiebreaker for 2-team tie:
  • H2H
  • Divisional record but note that if two teams have the same number of losses but a different number of wins this one is skipped. Note, however, that this is NOT skipped if they have the same number of wins but a different number of losses.
  • Record against the next highest placed team in the division, then the next, then the next, etc. Note here that 0-0 is the same as 1-0 or 0-1. Ie, this step is only decisive if one team beat a team that the other team lost to.
  • Winning percentage against all common conference opponents (ie, if you had a common non-divisional opponent(s).
  • Cumulative winning percentage of non-divisional opponents (including whichever non-divisional opponents you actually played and not including cancelled games)
  • Record against the best team in the other division, then the next, then the next, etc. In this case 1-0 is better than 0-0 and (I think) 0-0 is better than 0-1.
  • Best overall record (inoperative this year since there are no OOC games.
  • random draw
Three team tiebreaker (Note that at each step, if only two teams remain, those two revert to the two-team tiebreaker above):
  • H2H...2H. In the event of an unbalanced schedule in which some of the tied teams did not play each other, this step gets skipped
  • Divisional record but the same stipulations as with the two-team tiebreaker above.
  • Record against the next best team(s) in the division, then the next, etc. Same stipulation as above.
  • Winning percentage against all common conference opponents. This is EXTREMELY unlikely to be decisive since it would require two teams to have a common non-divisional opponent that one beat and the other lost to.
  • Cumulative winning percentage of non-divisional opponents. This step is skipped if one or more of the tied teams did not play any non-divisional opponents.
  • Record against the best team in the other division, then the next, etc. Same stipulation as above.
  • Best overall record (inoperable this year).
  • Random Draw

If the B1GCG is unable to be played then the two divisional champions shall be declared co-champions and the following procedure used to determine the B1G representative to the CFP games:
  • Teams ranked #1, #2, #3, or #4 are automatically placed in the CFP.
  • If the two division champions met previously and neither is ranked 1-4 the the team ranked highest in the fifnal CFP Poll (Note, NOT the H2H winner) shall be the representative UNLESS the other team is ranked within five spots. If they are within five spots then the H2H winner goes.
  • If they did NOT meet previously the the higher ranked team in the final CFP Poll goes.
  • If the two teams are tied in the CFP Poll (I don't think that is possible but this is 2020 so who knows) then we go to best B1G winning percentage.
  • Winning percentage against all common conference opponents.
  • Overall winning percentage (inoperable since there are no OOC games).
  • Longest Loser Rule: The team furthest removed from CFP, BCS, or Rose Bowl participation goes.
  • Random draw.
 
guffus said:
Winning percentage if all conference games are played, but if not and if two teams are tied in the loss column the H2H result between them takes precedence over winning percentage. As I understand this, if Michigan goes 6-1 with a cancelled game and beats Ohio State while Ohio State goes 7-1 with no cancellations, Michigan would get the CG bid despite having a lower winning percentage than Ohio State.
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That's huge.
 
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