Big Ten Announces New Football Tiebreaking Procedures
Big Ten Announces New Football Tiebreaking Procedures
The Big Ten Conference on Monday announced new football tiebreaking procedures for the 2024 Discover Big Ten Championship Game, the first in Big Ten history to match the No. 1 and No. 2 teams in the overall conference standings.
If two teams are tied in the Big Ten standings (conference games only) the following steps will be taken until a determination is made.
1. The tied teams will be compared based on head-to-head matchups during the regular season.
2. The tied teams will be compared based on record against all common conference opponents.
3. The tied teams will be compared based on record against common opponents with the best conference record and proceeding through the common conference opponents based on their order of finish within the conference standings.
4. The tied teams will be compared based on the best cumulative conference winning percentage of all conference opponents
5. The representative will be chosen based on the highest ranking by SportsSource Analytics (team Rating Score metric) following the regular season
6. The representative will be chosen by random draw among the tied teams conducted by the Commissioner or designee
