It seems like a decent probability that if BYU loses one of its road games and

Oct 15, 2024
3:48:17pm

nephicoug All-American

wins out but Kansas State wins out and Iowa State only loses to KSU, then BYU might be out of the conference title game but would have a decent chance at making the playoff with an 11-1 record - all based on the tiebreakers

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It seems like a decent probability that if BYU loses one of its road games and

nephicoug

Oct 15, 3:48pm

5 more games to play before I'm looking at scenarios

byusage

Oct 15, 3:50pm

I'll start looking after Utah

MaxxPower

Oct 15, 4:25pm

seems like a bit of a stretch for a b12 team that doesn't make CCG to still get

Coog4Life

Oct 15, 3:51pm

Isn't head to head first, and BYU would be 1-0 against the other 2, while they

fbguru

Oct 15, 3:54pm

No. Head to head only applies if everyone has played everyone OR 1 of the tied

Coog4Life

Oct 15, 3:56pm

Mmmmm I’m pretty sure you’re wrong.

Icelandic Cougar

Oct 15, 3:59pm

you need to pull up the full rules where it deals with 3 or more team ties

Coog4Life

Oct 15, 4:03pm

Yeah, BYU would have highest win % in games against the other teams in the tie breaker. So we’d be in and then KSU would

mvtoro

Oct 15, 3:56pm

Nope

Coog4Life

Oct 15, 3:56pm

RE: Nope

mvtoro

Oct 15, 3:58pm

Here you go sir

Coog4Life

Oct 15, 3:59pm

BYU would be in with Kansas State (edit)

CMuehle

Oct 15, 3:59pm

That's not how the tiebreaker rules read

Coog4Life

Oct 15, 4:00pm

I think BYU is still in.

CMuehle

Oct 15, 4:12pm

BYU's loss would be outside of the three tied teams whereas the other two

nephicoug

Oct 15, 4:59pm

Unless the three plus teams didn't play each other, than that tiebreaker doesn't apply

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