Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84 / QGSI 2.0; site qubix.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!zehntel!dual!amdcad!decwrl!sun!qubix!lab From: lab@qubix.UUCP (Q-Bick) Newsgroups: net.sport.football Subject: Re: Richardson's rankings, tie-breakers, etc. Message-ID: <1565@qubix.UUCP> Date: Fri, 30-Nov-84 14:34:47 EST Article-I.D.: qubix.1565 Posted: Fri Nov 30 14:34:47 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 4-Dec-84 04:39:19 EST References: <77@decwrl.UUCP> Organization: Quadratix ... Quartix Lines: 29 > This is how the NFL tie-breakers work (this is from memory, so it might not > be perfectly correct): > 1. Head-to-head competition (points if teams are 1-1) > 2. Division record (only applied to teams in the same division) > 3. Conference record > 4. Record against common opponents (pct. - teams may have different > number of games against common opponents) > 5. Net points in conference games > 6. Net points in all games > 7. Net TD's in all games > 8. Coin flip > > Hmm, for some reason I had the impression there were nine - perhaps I missed > one (or perhaps number 1 should be overall record). The missing item is "Strength of Schedule" (cumulative record of opponents) > That inspires a trivia question - when was the last time a major sport > championship (baseball, football, basketball, hockey) featured two opponents > from the Northeast (for the sake of argument, let's say Penn., NJ, NY, and > New England)? Respond directly to me (let's not flood the net with > identical answers) and I'll post the result. Unless you include Maryland (the Orioles), it goes a LONG way back. -- The Ice Floe of Larry Bickford {amd,decwrl,sun,idi,ittvax}!qubix!lab You can't settle the issue until you've settled how to settle the issue.