So with Baylor losing, what is the highest ISU can finish in conference? Any way to still make 3rd?
Highest possible finish
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I don't think the tie breakers come into effect for finishing position. I'm guessing if all those teams won as did ISU the final standings would just have us tied for 3rd and then the next lowest record team would show as 7th.
I don't believe this is correct. If we all won tomorrow we would still finish in a third place tie with all of them. We would just be last among those schools in terms of bowl priority. Tiebreakers are in place to break ties for championships, seedings, etc; not to break ties in final standings.
No such criteria in the Big 12. After the CFP and NY6 bowl selections, Big 12-affiliated bowls are free to select whomever they want.
Yes I agree, they can pick who they want, they just get to select in an order of highest payout first. So the highest paying bowl, Alamo, gets first pick of the bowl eligible teams, but can pick any of the eligible teams. Camping gets second pick of teams left, and so on.
With Texas losing, an cyclone win tomorrow will most put us as 4th assuming okie lite beats Kansas and Oklahoma beats wvu.
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I would bet this happens. Especially since UT just lost, okie st plays ku, and wv plays ou
While technically true because of head to head, I don't believe the conference uses the tie breaker system for 3rd thru 10th so I believe we would be considered tied for 3rd officially as far as the conference is concerned.
Yep.
Tiebreakers are only for deciding who fills slots for finite spots in the championship game. Bowls can pick whoever, and there's nothing that requires the ties be broken in the standings.
Win tomorrow, we're tied for 3rd (unless something really **** y happens and we have it solely). Lose tomorrow we're tied for 4th or 5th.
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With the Texas loss here are the scenarios:
Best case: sole possession of 3rd (okie state and West Virginia both lose, isu wins)
Most likely case: tie for 3rd (okie state wins, isu wins)
Also likely : tie for 4th (isu loses, West Virginia loses, there would be a 4 way tie for 4th)
Worst case: tie for 5th (isu loses, West Virginia and okie state wins) tied with Texas and kstate
Best case: sole possession of 3rd (okie state and West Virginia both lose, isu wins)
Most likely case: tie for 3rd (okie state wins, isu wins)
Also likely : tie for 4th (isu loses, West Virginia loses, there would be a 4 way tie for 4th)
Worst case: tie for 5th (isu loses, West Virginia and okie state wins) tied with Texas and kstate
One more really weird and unlikely scenario:
OSU loses to KU
WVU loses to OU
ISU loses to KSU
That would give us a 5 way tie for 3rd at 5-4.
Tiebreakers are completely immaterial for anything other than the championship game. Win tomorrow and we tie for third.
Kingbury got himself another trip to Ames Iowa next year with the win last night according to the AD. The AD said the program isn't where they want to be, but it isn't far off.
IMO Tech isn't the old Colorado led Dan Hawkins of the Big 12, but they're not far off.
IMO Tech isn't the old Colorado led Dan Hawkins of the Big 12, but they're not far off.
