Atlantic Coast Conference Football Divisional Tiebreaker

In order to determine the Conference's representative to the Bowl Championship Series (BCS), the procedures listed below will be followed. All references to rankings refer to the final BCS standings released on `Selection Sunday' after all regular season games and conference championship games are completed.

Two-Team Tie

      1. Head-to-head competition between the two tied teams
       
      2. Records of the tied teams within the division.
       
      3. Head-to-head competition versus the team within the division with the best overall record.(divisional) Conference record and proceeding though the division. Multiple ties within the division broken from first to last.
       
      4. Overall record versus all common non-divisional opponents.
       
      5. Combined record vs. all non-divisional teams.
       
      6. Record versus common non-divisional teams based on their order of finish (divisional and non-divisional) and proceeding through other common non-divisional teams based on their order of finish within their division.
       
      7. The tied team with the highest ranking in the Bowl Championship Series Standings following the end of regular season games shall be the divisional representative in the ACC Championship Game.
       
      8. The representative shall be chosen by a draw.

Three (or More) Team Tie
(Once tie has been reduced to two teams, the two-team tiebreaker format is used)

      1. Combined head-to-head record among the tied teams
       
      2. Records of the tied teams within the division.
       
      3. Head-to-head competition vs. the team within the division with the best overall (divisional or conference) record, and proceeding through the division. Multiple ties within the division will be broken first to last.
       
      4. Overall record for non-divisional teams.
       
      5. Combined record versus all common non-divisional teams.
       
      6. Record versus common non-divisional with the best overall Conference (divisional) and non-divisional record and proceeding through the other common non-divisional teams based on their order of finish within the division.
       
      7. The tied team with the highest ranking in the Bowl Championship Series Standings following the conclusion of regular season games shall be the divisional representative in the ACC Championship Game, unless the second of the tied teams is ranked within five-or-fewer places of the highest ranked tied team. In this case, the head-to-head results of the top two ranked tied teams shall determine the representative in the ACC Championship Game.
       
      8. The representative shall be chosen by a draw.