10.28.2008
10.20.2008
Big XII South Tiebreakers
For those of you who are interested, there would be a Big XII South tie in the case of Texas losing any of their remaining games, and Oklahoma winning the rest of their games. All of Texas' remaining games are against teams Oklahoma will have beaten if they win out. Here are the list of things (in order) that would be used to determine the Big XII South Champion given a three way tie in the conference:
1. The records of the three teams will be compared against each other.
2. The records of the three teams will be compared within their division.
3. The records of the three teams will be compared against the next highest placed teams in their division in order of finish (fourth, fifth and sixth).
4. The records of the three teams will be compared against all common conference opponents.
5. The highest ranked team in the first Bowl Championship Series Poll following the completion of Big 12 regular season conference play shall be the representative.
6. The team with the best overall winning percentage [excluding exempted games] shall be the representative.
7. The representative will be chosen by draw.
Notice #5. Given the fact that Texas' lose would have come later in the season, Oklahoma would be more likely to be ranked ahead of them in the BSC. Oklahoma State or Texas Tech could be ranked ahead of Oklahoma after beating Texas, but Oklahoma would hypothetically beat them later in the season to win out, and Oklahoma would move ahead of them in the rankings.
So after all this is said and done, Oklahoma only needs Texas to lose to Oklahoma State or Texas Tech (if OSU or TT's only loss is to OU) if they win out the rest of the season to be the Big XII South Champs. Following this line of though, if Oklahoma wins the Big XII Championship game, and either Penn State or Alabama lose one of their remaining games (they each play one more ranked team on the road), Oklahoma would make the BSC Championship game.
So think happy thoughts (those of you who care).
