{"id":5176,"date":"2026-07-18T08:33:21","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T08:33:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=5176"},"modified":"2026-07-18T08:33:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T08:33:21","slug":"acc-revamps-tiebreakers-for-conference-title-game-after-duke-got-in-over-no-10-miami","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=5176","title":{"rendered":"ACC revamps tiebreakers for conference title game after Duke got in over No. 10 Miami"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<div>\n<p><span>CHARLOTTE, N.C. \u2014 The Atlantic Coast Conference is revamping the tiebreaker format for its football championship game following a controversial finish last season that allowed a five-loss Duke team to get in over then-No. 10-ranked Miami \u2014 a situation that put the Hurricanes at risk of missing the expanded College Football Playoff.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=5174\">Steve Yzerman abruptly steps down as general manager of the Detroit Red Wings<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>Miami, which had been the ACC\u2019s most dominant team during the regular season, wound up being selected for the playoff and went on to reach the national title game, where it fell short to No. 1 Indiana, 27-21.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Duke beat No. 20 Virginia in the ACC championship game last year for its first outright ACC title since 1962 but was not selected for the CFP, much to the dismay of Blue Devils coach Manny Diaz.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span>The new football championship tiebreaker policy will take effect beginning with the 2026 season, reflecting the league\u2019s transition to a nine-game conference schedule and ensuring a fair and equitable process for determining participants in the ACC championship game, the league said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The updated tiebreaking procedure is built on three guiding principles:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u22c5 Head-to-head results always will matter most.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u22c5 No team will be overly rewarded or penalized based on the number of conference games it played.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u22c5 When head-to-head competition cannot separate tied teams, the team with the strongest overall body of work will earn the opportunity to compete for the ACC championship and the conference\u2019s automatic qualifier to the College Football Playoff.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cOur game will feature the two most deserving teams,\u201d ACC commissioner Jim Phillips said at ACC Kickoff on Wednesday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Phillips said the third tier of that tiebreaker will be based on a SportSource Analytics metric used by the CFP.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=5172\">Bob Cousy Pass dedicated in Worcester in honor of Celtics legend<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>The updated policy was developed to reward head-to-head results and account for the league\u2019s teams playing an alternate number of conference games while also identifying the two most deserving teams to compete for the ACC championship and the conference\u2019s automatic berth into the CFP.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The conference said the evaluation included more than 10,000 simulated season outcomes to ensure the model fairly addressed a wide range of championship scenarios.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The revised policy was approved following a comprehensive review by the ACC\u2019s athletics directors.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In December, the ACC announced that 12 of its 17 football-playing members would be playing a nine-game football schedule beginning in 2026 while five teams would play eight games. That made the head-to-head tiebreakers even more complicated than in the past.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Boston College will play one of the five teams playing eight conference games this season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The policy will operate as a bridge to accommodate conference games already on the books, with the plan to have 16 of 17 teams playing nine football games regularly by 2027.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=5170\">Tinder usage, beer sales, and train ridership: World Cup\u2019s impact by the numbers<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The conference hopes to avoid a repeat of last year when its most dominant team during the regular season, Miami, missed the title game and was pushed to the bubble for a spot in the College Football Playoff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5175,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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