The ballooning of convention membership, coupled with divisionless standings, has added substantial complexity to tiebreaker situations for convention championship sport races throughout school soccer. However nowhere has it been extra obvious than within the Massive 12. 

9 groups are nonetheless alive to achieve the Massive 12 Championship Recreation with one week left within the common season: Arizona State, Iowa State, BYU, Colorado, Baylor, Kansas State, TCU, Texas Tech and West Virginia. There are greater than 250 completely different “situations” that would play out in an eight-way tie, per the Massive 12 workplace. 

Arizona State, Iowa State, BYU and Colorado all enter Week 14 with 6-2 data in convention play. If all of them win, the more than likely situation is Arizona State vs. Iowa State in Arlington. In the meantime, Deion Sanders’ Colorado not controls its personal title sport future after struggling a second loss in convention play to Kansas. 

Per CBS Sports activities’ Dennis Dodd: 

The best technique to put that is to say that two groups that find yourself with two losses (at 7-2) are within the Massive 12 Championship Recreation. From there it will get difficult. In a four-way tie the place all the highest 4 groups win, more than likely Arizona State performs Iowa State. That could be a tiebreaker damaged by widespread opponents. Nonetheless, the Massive 12 workplace stated “there are situations” the place the Solar Devils and Cyclones can win and never make the championship sport. That may contain widespread opponents of different groups.

In a method three-way tie that includes Colorado, Iowa State and Arizona State, a Texas Tech win towards West Virginia places Colorado in. In that situation it might be Colorado towards both Iowa State or Arizona State. Once more, widespread opponents’ data could be decided to separate the Cyclones from the Solar Devils.

Three-team tie situations:

• Colorado loss: Arizona State vs. Iowa State
• Arizona State loss: Iowa State vs. BYU
• Iowa State loss: Arizona State vs. BYU
• BYU loss:
  • If Texas Tech defeats West Virginia, then
    • If Baylor beats Kansas and Cincinnati beats TCU: Colorado vs. Iowa State
    • In any other case: Colorado vs. Arizona State
  • If West Virginia defeats Texas Tech: Arizona State vs. Iowa State

Massive 12 championship odds

Arizona State is the favourite to win the Massive 12 at +135, adopted by Iowa State +260, BYU +320 and Colorado +650. Odds through Fanduel. See what betting websites say concerning the upcoming Week 14 slate in school soccer. Use FanDuel promo code to get within the sport.