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Pac 12 Divison Tiebreakers
FremontTroll
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The North is drawing very live to a 3-way (keep reading @Swaye) tie at this point since OUR Dawgs get Stanford at home and have to go to Eugene.
I saw someone complaining that Oregon would go to the 'ship in this situatuon because they ran through a shit nonconference while we lost to Auburn and Stanford probably loses to ND. Not true. Nonconference never comes into it:
Head-to-head results (best record in games between tied teams)
Record in intra-divisional games
Record against the next highest placed team in the division (based on the record in all conference games), proceeding through the division
Record in common conference games
Highest ranking in SportSource Analytics poll entering the final weekend of the regular season
So if it is a 3 way tie at 8-1 it comes down to the SportsSource poll which I don't think is even made public.
If it is a 3 way tie at 7-2 then the best games for UW to drop are:
1. Colorado (not intra-divisional or a common conference game)
2. Utah/ASU/UCLA (not intra-divisional)
3. OSU (assuming they finish last in the north)
4. Cal/WSU (prefer whichever finishes lower)
I saw someone complaining that Oregon would go to the 'ship in this situatuon because they ran through a shit nonconference while we lost to Auburn and Stanford probably loses to ND. Not true. Nonconference never comes into it:
Head-to-head results (best record in games between tied teams)
Record in intra-divisional games
Record against the next highest placed team in the division (based on the record in all conference games), proceeding through the division
Record in common conference games
Highest ranking in SportSource Analytics poll entering the final weekend of the regular season
So if it is a 3 way tie at 8-1 it comes down to the SportsSource poll which I don't think is even made public.
If it is a 3 way tie at 7-2 then the best games for UW to drop are:
1. Colorado (not intra-divisional or a common conference game)
2. Utah/ASU/UCLA (not intra-divisional)
3. OSU (assuming they finish last in the north)
4. Cal/WSU (prefer whichever finishes lower)
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Why is it better to lose to OSU than WSU? Why is it better to lose to Colorado than Utah? Its nonsensical.
Just go straight to point differential or the polls instead of trying to parse meaningless distinctions in conference record.
Close loss to Auburn in Atlanta > beating up on Portland State in any type of analytical ranking.
Beating BYU would eliminate Oregon in this tiebreaker scenario...then it would depend on ND v Stanford.
No way are 3 dreck teams going 8-1 in this conference. 8-1 is a rare conference record to pull in the PAC 12. There is too much dreck at the top. Ain’t happening.
7-2 or 6-3 three way tie, sure.
And why is Oregon assumed to be one of the teams we are tied with and not Cal?
UW 6-3
Stanford 6-3
Oregon 6-3
Cal 6-3
WSU 6-3
OSU 1-8
Who goes?