Conference Championship Saturday

And says what?

You can tell from every interview he does where the state of the Canes programme is brought up (before Cristobal arrived) that he hates Diaz's guts.
And he should. More than anyone, Mario KNOWS how crappy Diaz was as a coach and leader. Dude ran the program into the ground and we all saw how much crap Mario had to clear away before the program started showing signs of life again. Manny Diaz lucked into an ACC title today, doesn't change the fact that honestly, without these dumbass tiebreakers, he had a 7-5 team, and a program trending downwards.
 
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Nope, most conferences have updated their stuff over the years to get CFP rankings in there somewhere. The ACC still has a **** lottery listed as an option.
Not from what I've seen (and everyone always end in a lottery if none of the other tiebreakers break a tie):

SEC policy as of CBS Sports report dated 11/16/25 (no mention of CFP rankings):

https://www.cbssports.com/college-f...ebreakers-texas-a-m-alabama-georgia-ole-miss/

SEC tiebreaker policy​

The following procedures will be used, in order, to determine that game's entries:
  • A. Head-to-head competition among the tied teams
  • B. Record versus all common conference opponents among the tied teams
  • C. Record against highest (best) placed common conference opponent in the conference standings, and proceeding through the conference standings among the tied teams
  • D. Cumulative Conference winning percentage of all conference opponents among the tied teams
  • E. Capped relative total scoring margin (see Appendix A) per SportSource Analytics versus all conference opponents among the tied teams
  • F. Random draw of the tied teams
ACC policy from ACC website

https://theacc.com/documents/2023/5/17/ACC_FOOTBALL_TIEBREAKER_POLICY.pdf

a. Combined head-to-head win-percentage among the tied teams if all tied teams are common opponents.
b. If all tied teams are not common opponents, the tied team that defeated each of the othertied teams.i. If all tied teams are not common opponents and no tied team defeated each of the other tied teams, but a tiedteam lost to each of the other tied teams, such team shall be eliminated and removed from the tie.
c. Win-percentage against all common opponents.
d. Win-percentage against common opponents based upon their order of finish (overall conference winpercentage,with ties broken) and proceeding through other common opponents based upon their order offinish.
e. Combined win-percentage of conference opponents.
f. The tied team with the highestranking by the Team Rating Score metric provided by SportSource Analyticsfollowing the conclusion of regular season games.
g. The participant shall be chosen by a draw as administered by the Commissioner or Commissioner’sdesignee.

Big 10 policy from CBS Sports report dated 10/31/25

Big 10 Policy
  • A. The tied teams will be compared based on head-to-head matchups during the regular season.
  • B. The tied teams will be compared based on record against all common conference opponents.
  • C. The tied teams will be compared based on record against common opponents with the best conference record and proceeding through the common conference opponents based on their order of finish within the conference standings. The tied teams will be compared based on the best cumulative conference winning percentage of all conference opponents.
  • D. The representative will be chosen based on the highest ranking by SportSource Analytics (team Rating Score metric) following the regular season.
  • E. The representative will be chosen by random draw among the tied teams conducted by the commissioner or designee.
Big 12 Policy
  • A. The records of the three (or more) tied teams will be compared based on winning percentage in games among the tied teams — if all teams involved in the tie did not play each other, but one team defeated all other teams involved in the tie, the team that defeated all other teams in the tie is removed from the tiebreaker, and the remaining teams revert to the beginning of the applicable tiebreaker process (i.e., two team or three or more team tie). Also, if all teams involved in the tie did not play each other and no team defeated all other teams involved in the tie, move to the next step in tiebreaker.
  • B. The records of the three (or more) tied teams will be compared based on winning percentage against all common conference opponents played by all other teams involved in the tie.
  • C. Record of the three (or more) tied teams against the next highest placed common opponent in the standings (based on the record in all games played within the conference), proceeding through the standings. When arriving at another group of tied teams while comparing records, use each team's win percentage against the collective tied teams as a group (prior to that group's own tie-breaking procedure) rather than the performance against individual tied teams.
  • D. Record of the three (or more) tied teams based on combined win percentage in conference games of conference opponents (i.e., strength of conference schedule)
  • E. Total number of wins in a 12-game season. The following conditions will apply to the calculation of the total number of wins: Only one win against a team from the FCS or lower division will be counted.
 
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Not from what I've seen (and everyone always end in a lottery if none of the other tiebreakers break a tie):

SEC policy as of CBS Sports report dated 11/16/25 (no mention of CFP rankings):

https://www.cbssports.com/college-f...ebreakers-texas-a-m-alabama-georgia-ole-miss/

SEC tiebreaker policy​

The following procedures will be used, in order, to determine that game's entries:
  • A. Head-to-head competition among the tied teams
  • B. Record versus all common conference opponents among the tied teams
  • C. Record against highest (best) placed common conference opponent in the conference standings, and proceeding through the conference standings among the tied teams
  • D. Cumulative Conference winning percentage of all conference opponents among the tied teams
  • E. Capped relative total scoring margin (see Appendix A) per SportSource Analytics versus all conference opponents among the tied teams
  • F. Random draw of the tied teams
ACC policy from ACC website

https://theacc.com/documents/2023/5/17/ACC_FOOTBALL_TIEBREAKER_POLICY.pdf

a. Combined head-to-head win-percentage among the tied teams if all tied teams are common opponents.
b. If all tied teams are not common opponents, the tied team that defeated each of the othertied teams.i. If all tied teams are not common opponents and no tied team defeated each of the other tied teams, but a tiedteam lost to each of the other tied teams, such team shall be eliminated and removed from the tie.
c. Win-percentage against all common opponents.
d. Win-percentage against common opponents based upon their order of finish (overall conference winpercentage,with ties broken) and proceeding through other common opponents based upon their order offinish.
e. Combined win-percentage of conference opponents.
f. The tied team with the highestranking by the Team Rating Score metric provided by SportSource Analyticsfollowing the conclusion of regular season games.
g. The participant shall be chosen by a draw as administered by the Commissioner or Commissioner’sdesignee.

Big 10 policy from CBS Sports report dated 10/31/25

Big 10 Policy
  • A. The tied teams will be compared based on head-to-head matchups during the regular season.
  • B. The tied teams will be compared based on record against all common conference opponents.
  • C. The tied teams will be compared based on record against common opponents with the best conference record and proceeding through the common conference opponents based on their order of finish within the conference standings. The tied teams will be compared based on the best cumulative conference winning percentage of all conference opponents.
  • D. The representative will be chosen based on the highest ranking by SportSource Analytics (team Rating Score metric) following the regular season.
  • E. The representative will be chosen by random draw among the tied teams conducted by the commissioner or designee.
Big 12 Policy
  • A. The records of the three (or more) tied teams will be compared based on winning percentage in games among the tied teams — if all teams involved in the tie did not play each other, but one team defeated all other teams involved in the tie, the team that defeated all other teams in the tie is removed from the tiebreaker, and the remaining teams revert to the beginning of the applicable tiebreaker process (i.e., two team or three or more team tie). Also, if all teams involved in the tie did not play each other and no team defeated all other teams involved in the tie, move to the next step in tiebreaker.
  • B. The records of the three (or more) tied teams will be compared based on winning percentage against all common conference opponents played by all other teams involved in the tie.
  • C. Record of the three (or more) tied teams against the next highest placed common opponent in the standings (based on the record in all games played within the conference), proceeding through the standings. When arriving at another group of tied teams while comparing records, use each team's win percentage against the collective tied teams as a group (prior to that group's own tie-breaking procedure) rather than the performance against individual tied teams.
  • D. Record of the three (or more) tied teams based on combined win percentage in conference games of conference opponents (i.e., strength of conference schedule)
  • E. Total number of wins in a 12-game season. The following conditions will apply to the calculation of the total number of wins: Only one win against a team from the FCS or lower division will be counted.
Good eye, maybe I was reading some old pre CFP era tiebreakers or something. Amazing that all of these conferences are possibly setting themselves up for what just happened to the ACC. Then again, only the ACC could have this happen to them so there's that...
 
Good eye, maybe I was reading some old pre CFP era tiebreakers or something. Amazing that all of these conferences are possibly setting themselves up for what just happened to the ACC. Then again, only the ACC could have this happen to them so there's that...
Yes, I fully expect every conference spring meeting to have a vote changing the 2nd tiebreaker to higher CFP ranking. The amount of money the ACC may be losing tomorrow isn't chump change.
 
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