Dr Pepper Big 12 Football Championship Tiebreaker Policies

The following steps will be used as the tiebreaker procedures to determine the participants for the Dr Pepper Big 12 Football Championship. If two teams are tied in the Big 12 standings (conference games only), the following steps will be taken until a determination is made:

A - The tied teams will be compared based on their head-to-head record during the season.

B - The tied teams will be compared based on win percentage against all common conference opponents.


C - The tied teams will be compared based on win percentage 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.

D - The tied teams will be compared based on combined win percentage in conference games of conference opponents.

E - The tied teams will be compared based on total number of wins in a 12-game season.

F - The representative will be chosen based on highest ranking by SportSource Analytics (team rating score metric) following the last weekend of regular-season games.

G - The representative will be chosen by a coin toss.

For the Conference’s complete tiebreaker procedures, including a tie of three or more teams,  please click here.