tiebreaker
Example Sentences
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The Broncos have the tiebreaker edge on the Patriots so just need to win, but should Denver stumble, New England can bag top spot with a win over Miami.
From BBC
Only after those tiebreakers would the award be shared.
From BBC
But Alabama’s loss, combined with Notre Dame’s weekend off and the weirdness of Atlantic Coast Conference tiebreakers keeping Miami out of its own title game, created a nightmare scenario for the selection committee.
The quintet was so hopelessly tangled that it took the fifth tiebreaker, the combined win-percentage of conference opponents, to determine who would meet the Cavaliers in Charlotte.
Yet due to scheduling quirks and tiebreakers, it’s Alabama that will play No. 4 Georgia for the SEC championship and a likely first-round playoff bye.
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