| NEWS SEC announces football tiebreaker rules for 16-team league - Houston Chronicle

[SEC Sports]

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/sports/college/longhorns/article/football-sec-tiebreaker-rules-aggies-texas-19715300.php

1. Head-to-head outcome among the tied teams.
2. Record vs. all common conference opponents among the tied teams.
3. Record against highest (best) placed common conference opponent in the conference standings, and proceeding through the conference standings among the tied teams.
4. Cumulative conference winning percentage of all conference opponents among the tied teams.
5. Capped relative total scoring margin versus all conference opponents among the tied teams.
6. Random draw of the tied teams.

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

Please give a scenario where auburn eventually has a year where they end up tied for 2nd behind Alabama, all tiebreakers are exhausted, they lose the random draw and end up playing @ Iowa in the first round of the payoffs and lose 3-0.

 

[TerryP]

Random fact: Neither Alabama nor Auburn have ever played Iowa.

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

Random fact: Neither Alabama nor Auburn have ever played Iowa.

Was looking at Iowa's schedule today... they got a really good draw...

 

[TerryP]

Was looking at Iowa's schedule today... they got a really good draw...

It's an odd schedule seeing your main rival in week one.