Rankings and Tie Breakers

Team ranking is determined in this order: 

1. Total Wins
2. Head to Head Record
3. Points Score
4. Coin Flip
5. Win Percentage*

Total wins is the first determining factor between teams in deciding a team's rank. So a team with 5 wins will be ranked higher than a team with 4 wins. If teams have the same number of wins, the teams will refer to their head to head record to determine who wins the tie breaker.

Head to Head Record is the record two or more teams possess that shows the results of any games played against each other in conference play. 

Differing Head to Head Record: 

• If two or more teams have played each other in conference play, the result of those games, or game, would account for their head to head record against that team. For example, if Team A plays Team B once in conference play the result of that one game would account for their head to head record against Team B. If a one team's head to head record is better than another team's, they would receive the tie breaker in regards to head to head record.

Matching Head to Head Record:

• If two teams have played each other an even number of times and have matching head to head records then no tie breaker is awarded to either team and the following tie breaker as listed above will be used to determine ranking. For example, if Team A has played Team B twice and both teams won one game and lost one game they would have a matching head to head record. 

Head to Head Record for 3 or More Teams:

• If 3 or more teams have the same record head to head record will still be used as a preliminary tie breaker. The head to head record will be used in round robin formatting. For example: Team A, Team B, and Team C all possess the same conference play record. Team A beat both Team B and Team C. Team B lost to Team A and beat Team C. Team C lost to both teams. In this situation Team A would receive the highest spot available, Team B would receive the spot directly behind Team A, and Team C would be placed right behind Team C.
• If head to head record isn't able to determine a tie breaker winner among the three teams, each team's Points Score will then be used.

If head to head record is not able to determine the tie breaker between two teams, each team's Points Score will be used. Points Score is defined below.

Points are scored based on the number of wins and losses and what seed the opponents of those wins or losses possess. For example, a win over a team ranked 3rd would be worth more points than a win over a team who is ranked 7th and conversely a loss to a team ranked 3rd would be better than loss to a team ranked 7th. These points are used to determine rankings as a tie breaker between teams who have the same record. 

Points are scored by a team after every game a team wins or loses. Points are scored as follows:

Wins:

For every win a team receives they are awarded a certain amount of points which corresponds directly to the win percentage of the team they just beat. 

For example Team A beats Team B. Team B has 2 wins and 1 loss for a win percentage of .667. Team A would then be awarded .667 points for beating Team B. 

Each win is tallied together to  get a team's "Wins Points Score"

Losses:

For every loss a team receives they are deducted a certain amount of points which corresponds directly to the win percentage of the team that just defeated them. 

The points deducted from a teams Points Score is equal to the win percentage of the team that defeated them minus 1.

For example, Team A loses to Team B. Team B has 2 wins and 1 loss for a win percentage of .667. Team A would then be deducted .333 points for losing to Team B because Team B's winning percentage minus 1 is equal to -.333.

Each loss is tallied together to  get a team's "Losses Points Score"

The points of all wins and losses are summed together to get a team's "Points Score". This points score is used as a tie breaker between teams with the same conference and head to head record.

If each team in a tie breaker situation possess the same head to head record and have the same Points Score then a coin flip will be used as the next tie breaker.

If each team's Head to Head Record and Points Score are not able to determine the tie breaker, a coin flip will be used. 

Coin Flip Between 2 Teams:

• A simple coin flip will be used where the two teams in question will decide who will call the result of the flip. Then a coin will be flipped in a manner that is acceptable in its randomness (having an equal chance of landing on either side) and the winner of the coin flip will receive the tie breaker.

Coin Flip Between 3 Teams:

• A simple coin flip will be used where the three teams in question will secretly determine what result of the flip they expect. The odd man (the one team that chose a different result of the flip than the other two teams) will receive the highest seed. Then the remaining two teams will refer to the process for a coin flip between two teams to determine the remaining spots.

*Win percentage will only be used when one of the two teams in question have not been able to play a full conference schedule due to weather or other unavoidable circumstances.*

If two teams have the same number of wins but one team has played fewer games than the other, the win percentage of each team will be used to determine the winner of the tie breaker. Win percentage is simply the number of wins a team has divided by the number of games played total (only conference games will apply in regards to team wins and team games played). Whichever team has the greater win percentage in regards to conference play will be awarded the tie breaker.