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Conference Races
Below is a list of the 11 conference races around the nation, along with each individual conference tiebreaker rules. Each conference has a winner or championship game matchup based on if the season ended today. (x-clinched division; y-clinched share of conference; z-clinched conference) -- Updated Dec. 3
ACC Championship
Boston College
Dec. 6 Tampa, Fla. 1 p.m., ABC
Virginia Tech
Comment: According to conference tiebreakers rules -- For a two-team tie: 1) Head-to-head competition between the two tied teams. With Boston's College 27-17 victory over Florida State, the Eagles claim the Atlantic Division. In the Coastal, Virginia Tech beat Georgia Tech 20-17, giving the Hokies the tiebreaker in the Coastal.
Comment: With Missouri's victory over Nebraska, the Tigers hold the two-team tiebreaker in the North. Texas, Oklahoma and Texas Tech are in a three-way tie in the South and they all beat each other. According to conference rules, the higher ranked team in the BCS is awarded the division title -- and that is Oklahoma.
Comment: The Big East champion is the team that finishes the regular season with the
highest winning percentage in conference games and that was Cincinnati.
Comment: According to conference rules, if there is a tie for the Big Ten champion, the winner of the game between these two teams shall represent the conference in the BCS. Based on Penn State's 13-6 win at Ohio State, the Nittany Lions earn the automatic bid to the Rose Bowl.
Tiebreakers: Based on East Carolina's 6-2 record in C-USA play, it claimed the East Division. In the West, Tulsa defeated Rice 63-28, giving the Golden Hurricane the tiebreaker. Tulsa will host the Pirates based on the higher conference winning percentage.
Comment: Buffalo and Ball State each had the best conference records in their repective divisions to clinch spots in the MAC Championship Game in Detroit.
Comment: According to conference rules, the regular season champion shall be determined based on conference winning percentage. With Utah's victory over TCU and BYU, the Utes finished the season undefeated.
Comment: All Southern California has to do is beat UCLA next Saturday to claim the Pac-10 and earn an automatic bid to the Rose Bowl. If it loses, there will be a three-way tie between USC, Oregon and Oregon State. According to conference rules, For multiple-team ties: 1) When three or more teams are tied in conference play, if one has defeated all others, it shall be the Rose Bowl representative. If that is not the case, a comparison of the tied teams' records against the other tied teams shall be made and the team having the best record against the other tied teams shall be the Rose Bowl representative. If two or more teams are still tied after this comparison, the appropriate two-team or multiple-team tie-breaking procedures shall be repeated among those teams still under consideration; 2) If more than two teams are still tied after, each remaining tied team's record against the team occupying the highest position in the final regular season standings shall be compared, with the procedure continuing down through the standings until one team gains an advantage. If at any point in the process the multiple-team tie is reduced to two teams, the two-team tie-breaking procedure shall be applied. If more than two teams are still tied after comparing their records all the way through the Conference standings, the team among the tied teams with the highest ranking in the final BCS standings shall be the Rose Bowl representative.
Comment: According to Sun Belt rules, in the event of a two-way tie for first place, the first tiebreaker is head-to-head, which means the game next week between Troy and Arkansas State will decide the conference title. In the event of a tie between three times, the head-to-head records are first considered. If the three teams are still tied than the New Orleans Bowl would chose its participant.
Comment: With Boise State's 8-0 conference record, the Broncos clinched the WAC. For bowl placement, these are the rules: The top two teams, based upon regular season finish, shall receive guaranteed bowl berths. If the University of Hawaii is bowl eligible, and if the WAC has at least three bowl slots, it shall receive a berth in the Hawaii Bowl, regardless of its place in the Conference regular season standings. Once bowl representatives have been determined, a committee consisting of the Commissioner and Athletics Directors not involved in the pool of eligible teams, in consultation with the Conference’s bowl partners, shall select and place team(s) according to the "right team, right place" principle.
