Championship Game Participants

A. The participating teams shall be decided by conference winning percentage. In the event of a tie, the following tiebreak formula shall be used to determine which team(s) will participate in the Mid-American Conference Championship Game.
 
B. Scenario – Two Teams
1. Head – to - head competition between the two tied teams.

2. Win percentage versus all common opponents.

3. The team with the higher ranking by the Team Rating Score metric provided by SportSource Analytics following the conclusion of regular season games.

4. 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.

5. Combined conference win percentage of conference opponents.

6. The representative shall be chosen by a draw as administered by the Commissioner or the Commissioner’s designee.

C. Scenario – More than Two Teams
1. Combined head – to - head win percentage among the tied teams if all tied teams are common opponents.
 
2. If all the tied teams are not common opponents, the tied team that defeated each of the other tied teams advances.
 
3. Win percentage versus all common opponents.
 
4. The team with the higher ranking by the Team Rating Score metric provided by SportSource Analytics following the conclusion of regular season games.
 
5. 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.
 
6. Combined conference win percentage of conference opponents.
 
7. The representative shall be chosen by a draw as administered by the Commissioner or the Commissioner’s designee