4-way tie scenario

[WhiteShepherd07]

Help me settle an argument with an Ole Miss friend.

In the stickied thread above (State and Ole Miss Win out and State wins the egg bowl), friend is claiming since ole miss would have only 1 SEC WEST loss they would trump us to go to Atlanta since we have 2 SEC West losses.

So someone break this down for me, is it the SEC conference record that matters or is it divisional records within the conference?

 

[BulldogBlitz]

Just point a scream "Katy Perry"

 

[LawDawg97]

Wait and maybe Arkansas will settle it for you

 

[WutheringDawg]

http://www.secsports.com/article/11145479/sec-divisional-tie-breaker

If someone wants to tidy it up you can but that link has the official procedures.

And if you read the parenthetical for the three team tie breaker it states that once teams are eliminated you then follow the procedure for a classic two team tie breaker. Which would have us with a head to head victory. Your rebel buddy is uninformed.

 

[Cousin Jeffrey]

He's wrong.
In the given scenario, division record would never come into play. The first tie-breaker is record among the tied teams. That would eliminate LSU and Alabama with 1-2 records, leaving us and Ole Miss with 2-1 records. Then you start at the beginning with the 2-team tie-breaker, which would be head-to-head, giving us the advantage.

 

[WhiteShepherd07]

Thanks guys.