Football

MAC Announces New Football Tiebreaker Procedures

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. 
 
The 2024 MAC Football Championship Game will be held on Saturday, December 7, at Ford Field in Detroit, Mich. and will be broadcast on ESPN.