From: skywalke@dino.qci.bioch.bcm.tmc.edu (Timothy B. Reynolds)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.football.pro
Subject: NFL TIEBREAKERS
Date: 15 Dec 1992 16:42:02 GMT
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With the season winding down I thought I would 
re-post this for ya.......

From USA Today:

Wild Card ties

If necessary to break ties to determine the three wildcard teams
from each conf. and the site of a first-round playoff game, the
following steps will be taken:

1. If the tied clubs are from the same division, use division tiebreaker.
2. If the tied clubs are from different divisions, use the following steps.

TWO CLUBS

1. Head to head, if applicable.
2. Best won-lost-tied percentage in games witnin the conference.
3. Best won-lost-tied percentage in common games, minimum of four.
4. Best average net points in conference games.
5. Best net points in all games.
6. Strength of schedule.
7. Best net touchdowns in all games.
8. Coin toss.

THREE OR MORE CLUBS

1. Head-to-head sweep (applicable only if one club has defeated
each of the otners, or if one club has lost to each of the others).

2. Best won-lost-tied percentage in games within the conference.
3. Best won-lost-tied percentage in common games, minimum of four.
4. Best average net points in conf. games.
5. Best net points in all games.
6. Strength of schedule.
7. Best net touchdowns in all games.
8. Coin toss.

NOTE: If two teams remain tied after a third or additional teams are
eliminated, the tiebreaker reverts to step 1 of the appicable two-club
format. When tne first wildcard team has been identified, the procedure
is repeated to name the second wild card, i.e., eliminate all but
the highest-ranked club in each division prior to prooceding to step 2,
and repeated a third time, if necessary, to identify the third wild card.
in situations where three or more teams from the same division are
involved in the procedure, the original seeding of teams remains the
same for subsequent applications of the tiebreaker if the top-ranked
team in that division qualifies for a wildcard

DIVISION TIES
                 
If two or more clubs in the same division finish with identical best
won-lost-tie percentage, the following steps will determine a cham-
pion. The same steps are used to determine sites of postseason
games.

TWO TEAMS

1. Head-to-head (best won-lost-tied percentage in games between
the clubs).
2. Best won-lost-tied percentage in games within thne division.
3. Best won-lost-tied percentage in games witnin the conference.
4. Best won-lost-tied percentage in common games, if applicable.
5. Best net points in division games.
6. Best net points in all games.
7. Strength of schedule.
8. Best net touchdowns in all games.
9. Coin toss.

THREE OR MORE TEAMS

1. Head-to-head (best won-lost-tied percentage in games among the
clubs).
2. Best won-lost-tie percentage in games within tne division.
3. Best won-lost-tie prcentage in games within t'ne conferenoe.
4. Best won-lost-tie percentage in common games.
5. Best net points in division games.
6. Best net points in all games.
7. Strength of schedule.
8. Best net touchdowns in all games.
9. Coin toss.

NOTE: If one team wins multiple-team tiebreaker to advance to playoff
round, remaining teams revert to step 1 of applicable two-club  for-
mat, i.e., either in division tiebreaker or wild-card tiebreaker. If two
teams in a mutiple-tie possess superior marks in a tiebreaking
step, this pair of teams advance to the top of the applicable two-club
format to break the tie. One team advances to playoff round, while
other retums to originial group an step 1 of applicable tiebreaker.




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