I’m watching the game and the announcer said whoever wins goes to the playoffs.
Current records:
Jaguars 8-8
Titans 7-9
If the Titans win they both would have 8-9 records, but the Jaguars beat the Titans on Dec. 11.
I don’t get it.
Last I checked Tenn. would be 4-2 in the division, Jags 3-3.
If the Titans were to win tonight, then they would have split their season matchup against one another (each winning a game), and thus, it would go to record in the division, which, as @John_DiFool notes, would give the Titans the edge.
Thank you both.
Jumping back in here. The NFL tie breaking procedure can be dizzying. It is multi-tiered. Here is how to determine the division winner between two teams.
Between two clubs
- Head-to-head, if applicable.
- Best won-lost-tied percentage in conference games.
- Best won-lost-tied percentage in common games, minimum of four.
- Strength of victory in all games.
- Strength of schedule in all games.
- Best combined ranking among conference teams in points scored and points allowed in all games.
- Best combined ranking among all teams in points scored and points allowed in all games.
- Best net points in conference games.
- Best net points in all games.
- Best net touchdowns in all games.
- Coin toss.
I remember that it has come down to a coin toss a few times.
And for three or more teams they are slightly different. It’s laid out here:
Here is the page straight from the NFL.
Nope, I stand corrected. I just looked it up. In one year it almost came down to a coin flip, but that was avoided. That was in 1970 when there were far fewer tiebreakers.
To date, the deepest the tiebreakers have gone is to #5.
- Head-to-head, if applicable.
- Best won-lost-tied percentage in conference games.
- Best won-lost-tied percentage in common games, minimum of four.
- Strength of victory in all games.
- Strength of schedule in all games.
In 1970 when they almost had to use the coin toss, the NFL realized how terrible that would be and so they created a more complex tiebreaker procedure.