Conference tiebreakers still not functioning as intended
In the Deep Dive, it said that this is how they resolve tiebreakers:
Improved Tiebreaker Logic:
- First, we look at the head-to-head record between tied teams.
- If the teams didn’t all play each other or the head-to-head doesn’t resolve the tie, we check the team’s record against common conference opponents.
- If they are still tied, we use the CFP ranking to determine placement.
So right now, I have four teams tied for 2nd place in the American Conference: Rice, Temple, (25) Memphis, and UAB, in that order. They did not all play each other. Rice did not Temple, Temple did not play Memphis, Memphis did not play UAB, so the first tiebreaker should be thrown out. Since these are all four opponents, the only team that they all played was USF. However, all of them won, as USF was winless in conference play. So it should have gone to the third tiebreaker, which is CFP ranking. Memphis was the only one ranked, yet was listed behind Rice and Temple.
Conference opponents listed here:
Rice: FAU, Rice, UTSA, Memphis, Navy, UNT, USF, Tulsa
Temple: FAU, CLT, UAB, USF, UTSA, Navy, Tulsa, ECU
Memphis: Navy, Tulane, Rice, CLT, Army, UNT, UTSA, USF
UAB: Tulane, Temple, Tulsa, USF, CLT, ECU, Army, FAU,