RULE 10 -    If at the end of the season the conference records do not determine the final standings, the tiebreaker will be as follows. In the case of a three way tie, if one of the teams has defeated the other two teams during the regular season, then that team shall have the highest position. If the other two teams have played, and one has defeated the other, then that team shall have the next highest position. If there still remains a tie, the following guidelines will be used to break the tie.

** A plus/minus system will be used. Margin of victory or margin of defeat will decide a team’s plus or minus rating.         

** All games played between the tied teams will be used in this tiebreaker.    

** The cap for margin of victory is 16 points.

** The highest rated team will be the highest seed. The next team with the best rating will be the next seed.     

** If two teams are still tied, a head to head winner will decide the highest seed.    

** If teams are still tied, then division opponents will be used to break ties with the same guidelines are before. If still tied, then
       games played within the conference will be used to break ties.

     Examples:

Team C is the highest seed based on rating

Team B is the next seed based on rating

If A and B would have tied based on ratings, Team A would be the next seed based on head to head competition.

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