Ohio Valley Question??

[matfu]

could somebody explain to me why east ill is 6-1 in the conference, tenn-martin 5-1 and tenn state 5-1 and all play conference games next weekend. doesn't that mean diff teams will play a diff number of conference games? also how would a tiebreaker be determined if they win out?

[BigApp]

hmmmm, interesting. A couple of websites have it like that...maybe they just haven't updated yet?

[matfu]

i found the answer on another thread...under the eku upsets ut martin thread

[Lehigh Football Nation]

Flip the coin

[*****]

could somebody explain to me why east ill is 6-1 in the conference, tenn-martin 5-1 and tenn state 5-1 and all play conference games next weekend. doesn't that mean diff teams will play a diff number of conference games? also how would a tiebreaker be determined if they win out?UT Martin and TN St did not play. TN St has an exemption to play classic games.
2006 Ohio Valley Conference Standings
Through games of Nov 11, 2006

Conference Points Overall Points
Team W L T For Opp Pct W L T For Opp Pct
---- - - - --- --- --- - - - --- --- ---
Eastern Illinois.... 6 1 0 169 76 .857 7 4 0 256 227 .636
UT Martin........... 5 1 0 140 90 .833 8 2 0 226 138 .800
Tennessee State..... 5 1 0 156 102 .833 6 4 0 238 222 .600
Jacksonville State.. 4 2 0 215 93 .667 6 4 0 261 165 .600
Eastern Kentucky.... 4 3 0 175 165 .571 5 5 0 218 237 .500
Tennessee Tech...... 3 3 0 117 145 .500 3 7 0 160 267 .300
Southeast Missouri.. 2 5 0 85 176 .286 4 6 0 174 275 .400
Samford............. 1 7 0 106 195 .125 3 8 0 166 250 .273
Murray State........ 0 7 0 101 222 .000 1 9 0 181 344 .100

Eastern Illinois (7-4,6-1)
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Sep 02 at Illinois............ 17-42 L 45444
Sep 09 INDIANA STATE.......... 31-21 W 7517
Sep 16 at Illinois State...... 30-44 L 12512
Sep 23 *at Samford............. 24-13 W 5355
Sep 30 at Hawai`i............. 9-44 L 29358
Oct 07 *SOUTHEAST MISSOURI..... 21-0 W 10215
Oct 14 *at Eastern Kentucky.... 28-21 W 10100
Oct 21 *MURRAY STATE........... 20-10 W 9422
Oct 28 *at UT Martin........... 9-15 L 6935
Nov 04 *TENNESSEE STATE........ 29-3 W 5912
Nov 11 *at Tennessee Tech...... 38-14 W 2268
Sat 11/18/2006 Jacksonville St at Eastern Ill 2:30 PM

Tennessee State (6-4,5-1)
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Sep 02 ALABAMA A&M............ 20-27 L 19487
Sep 09 *MURRAY STATE........... 25-15 W 10613
Sep 16 vs Jackson State....... 31-30 WO 53441
Sep 23 at Vanderbilt.......... 9-38 L 27460
Sep 30 vs Florida A&M......... 22-25 LO 57885
Oct 14 *TENNESSEE TECH......... 30-20 W 9720
Oct 21 *at Jacksonville State.. 38-31 W 11800
Oct 28 *SAMFORD................ 29-7 W 18758
Nov 04 *at Eastern Illinois.... 3-29 L 5912
Nov 11 *SOUTHEAST MISSOURI..... 31-0 W 4271
Sat 11/18/2006 Tenn St at Eastern Ky 1:00 PM

UT Martin (8-2,5-1)
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Sep 02 at Ohio................ 3-29 L 15010
Sep 07 URBANA................. 28-0 W 3791
Sep 16 GARDNER-WEBB........... 35-9 W 2004
Sep 23 *JACKSONVILLE STATE..... 24-14 W 2017
Sep 30 at Austin Peay......... 20-10 W 6127
Oct 05 *at Tennessee Tech...... 35-16 W 2891
Oct 21 *at Samford............. 10-6 W 5840
Oct 28 *EASTERN ILLINOIS....... 15-9 W 6935
Nov 04 *at Southeast Missouri.. 28-14 W 4125
Nov 11 *EASTERN KENTUCKY....... 28-31 L 5843
Sat 11/18/2006 Tenn-Martin at Murray State 2:00 PM

[GannonFan]

So how do tie-breaks go in the OVC with regards to Tenn St? If everyone ends up with 1 conference loss between those 3 who gets in?

[skinny_uncle]

I think Tenn-Martin would bet the bid since they beat EIU head to head.

[Maroons]

http://www.anygivensaturday.com/forum/showthread.php?t=16441&page=2

Check it there... at least thats what I think is happening... and what the EIU fans are hoping for.

[*****]

OVC TIEBREAKER

In the event of a tie for the Ohio Valley Conference championship, the following procedures will be used to break all ties to determine the league's NCAA I-AA playoff representative:

TWO-WAY TIES
1.) A two-way tie shall exist only if the tied teams have the same number of losses.
2.) Should two teams have the same number of losses, and the two teams played each other during the regular season, the winner of the head-to-head contest shall be the league’s postseason representative.
3.) If the two tied teams have the same number of losses, but did not play each other during the regular season, the following procedure shall be utilized to break the tie:
a.) A comparison of each team’s head-to-head record against the team occupying the highest position in the regular-season standings that each team has played. If one team won its game against that team, the winning team shall be declared the representative.
b.) Should the procedure outlined in Item a. fail to break the tie, the process will continue to the next-place team and beyond until the tie is broken.
c.) When arriving at another group of tied teams, composite records between the tying teams shall be utilized to determine if one of the tied teams has won more games against the group of tied teams.
4.) If the procedures described previously fail to break the tie, the representative shall be determined by a coin flip.

MULTIPLE TIES
1.) A multiple tie (three or more teams) shall exist only if the tied teams have the same number of losses.
2.) If all of the teams involved in the multiple tie played each other during the regular season, then the composite records among the tied teams shall be compared to break the tie.
3.) If the process outlined in Step 2 reduces the tie to a tie among two teams, the two-team tiebreaker formula shall then be utilized.
4.) If not all of the tied teams played each other during the regular season, or if step 2 does not break or reduce the tie, the following procedure shall be utilized:
a.) A comparison of each of the tied teams’ head-to-head record against the team occupying the highest position in the regular-season standings that each team has played. If one team won its game against that team, the winning team shall be declared the representative.
b.) Should the procedure outlined in Item a. fail to break the tie, the process will continue to the next-place team and beyond until the tie is broken.
c.) When arriving at another group of tied teams, composite records between the tying teams shall be utilized to determine if one of the tied teams has won more games against the group of tied teams.
5.) If the procedures described previously fail to break the tie, the representative shall be determined by a blind drawing.

[*****]

So how do tie-breaks go in the OVC with regards to Tenn St? If everyone ends up with 1 conference loss between those 3 who gets in?EIU.