​Last season, Duke won the tiebreaker over Miami and went to the ACC Championship game against Virginia despite only being 7-5 overall. That was not the best look for the ACC and the conference knew it had to revise things. Add to that the scheduling change coming this year where most teams will move to nine conference games, but a handful will stick with eight for a bit longer and it gets more complex.Fortunately, and maybe shockingly, they come up with a fantastic solution centered on neither punishing nor helping teams for the number of ACC games they play. The first and most important thing to understand is that if you’re tied in either the win or the loss column, you are effectively tied. In MLB we call this being “a half game up.” Often, a baseball fan will say, “we’re a half game up but tied in the loss column.” That sort of language will now be relevant here.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementIf there’s just two things to remember, here they are. 1) If you have the same number of conference wins or conference losses as another team, you’re effectively tied. 2) If you’ve played, head-to-head will break the tie. If you haven’t, it will go to SportsSource Analytics which includes non-conference games.Last year it went by ACC record of your opponents meaning a random late season game between UNC and Syracuse could be what determines if Miami or Duke play for a championship. Now, the team with the better overall resume including non-conference games will get the bid. This is a major change and would have sent Miami to Charlotte instead of Duke.I break down several scenarios in the video below and you can read the official tiebreaker policy below that if anything remains unclear. I think they actually did a great job but let us know what you think in the comments.ACC Football TiebreakerDefining Tied Teams:a. Step 1: Identify the team or teams with the best Conference win percentage;plus,b. Step 2: Any team or teams which played an alternate number of Conferencegames and have either the same number of Conference wins or the samenumber of Conference losses as the team(s) identified in Step 1.c. No other teams may be defined as Tied Teams.Once the Tied Teams have been identified:a. In the event of a tie involving teams which played an alternate number ofConference games, all ties will be broken starting with the highest winpercentage, working downward.b. Two-Team Tiei.The tied team which defeated the other tied team in head-to-headConference competition.ii.The tied team with the better ranking in the Team Success Rankingprovided by SportSource Analytics following the conclusion of allregular-season games.iii.The participant shall be chosen by a draw as administered by theCommissioner or Commissioner’s designee.b. Three (or More) Team Tiei.If all the Tied Teams are common opponents:The Tied Team with the best record among the Tied Teams; ifnecessary, the tiebreaker will restart, including the definitionof tied teams.The Tie