BCYFCA Tie Breaking Procedure
BCYFCA Rule 5

5. CHAMPIONSHIPS & PLAYOFFS

5.1 BCYFCA leagues shall be divided into two conferences: North Conference and South Conference. Leagues shall be assigned to a Conference based on the Area into which they are grouped in accordance with Section 7 of the BCYFCA By-Laws.

5.2 Within each Conference, the teams of each division shall be seeded into the playoff bracket according to their win/lost percentage in regular season games played within that team’s Conference, as scheduled by BCYFCA. Games that have been forfeited shall be counted with equal weight in the calculation of the win/lost percentage as if the game had been played. Games that have been cancelled by the BCYFCA shall be counted in the calculation of the win/lost percentage as if they had never been scheduled.

5.4 Ties among teams with identical Conference win/loss percentages shall be broken according to the following table.

Two Team Tie-Breaker

Three or More Team Tie-Breaker

a. Highest win/loss percentage in regular season games between the tied teams (Head-to-Head record)

a. The tied team that has defeated all of the other tied teams (Head-to-Head sweep)

b. Highest win/loss percentage in all regular season games.

b. For Conference Championships or for elimination from playoffs, a half-game, single elimination playoff among the tied teams shall determine seeding, with the winner of the playoff being the higher seed, the runner up being the next higher seed, etc. Seeding in this tie-breaking playoff shall be determined randomly.

c. For Conference Championship or for elimination from playoffs, the winner of a tie breaking game of regulation length between the two teams shall be the higher seed.

c. Random seeding (e.g., by lot)

d. Random seeding (e.g., by lot)

5.5 All tie-breaking games shall be played at locations and times determined by the BCYFCA Executive Board.

5.6 The highest seeded team in each division of each Conference shall be the Conference Champion for that division.

5.7 A maximum of four (4) teams shall qualify for the playoffs from each tackle division of each Conference.

5.8 The playoff system will be set as follows:

5.8.1 In the first round, the 1st seed of each division will play the 4th seed; the 2nd seed will play the 3rd seed. (If there are fewer than four teams in a Conference’s division, the playoff bracket will be adjusted such that higher seeds have byes in the first round.)

5.8.2 The first round playoff games will be hosted by two (2) member organizations South Conference, and two (2) member organizations the North Conference. One site of each Conference will host lower division games of that Conference; the other site will host upper division games of that Conference.

5.8.3 In the second round of the Conference playoffs, the higher seeded team will host the playoff games. If the higher seeded team is unable to host the game, the BCYFCA BOD will determine its location.

5.8.4 The winners of each Conference’s playoff brackets will meet in the BCYFCA Superbowl, whose location is determined by rotation among the BCYFCA member leagues.

5.9 The Conference Champions will receive a Conference Championship Trophy.

5.10 The Superbowl Champions shall receive $125.00 plus a Superbowl Championship Trophy.