CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The Mid-American Conference (MAC) on Wednesday announced new football tiebreaking procedures for the 2024 MAC Football Championship Game, the first in MAC history to match the No. 1 and No. 2 teams in the overall conference standings.
If two teams are tied in the MAC standings (conference games only), the following steps will be taken until a determination is made:
- Head-to-head competition between the two tied teams
- Win percentage versus all common opponents
- Win percentage versus common opponents based upon their order of finish (overall conference win percentage, with ties broken) and proceeding through other common opponents based upon their order of finish
- Combined conference win percentage of conference opponents
- The tied team with the higher ranking by the Team Rating Score metric provided by SportSource Analytics following the conclusion of regular season games
- The representative shall be chosen by a draw as administered by the Commissioner or Commissioner’s designee
To see the full policy, including the tiebreaking process for three-or-more teams, click HERE.