Big 12 Tiebreaker Tracker · 2026

Unofficial fan tool. Applies the official Big 12 tiebreaking procedures to live results after every game.

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  • Arizona at BYU (2026-09-12)
  • Houston at Texas Tech (2026-09-19)
  • Arizona State at Kansas (2026-09-19)
  • Colorado at Baylor (2026-09-26)
  • Utah at Iowa State (2026-09-26)
  • Oklahoma State at West Virginia (2026-09-26)
  • Kansas State at Cincinnati (2026-09-26)
  • TCU at UCF (2026-09-26)
  • Cincinnati at Arizona (2026-10-03)
  • West Virginia at Iowa State (2026-10-03)
  • UCF at Houston (2026-10-03)
  • Texas Tech at Colorado (2026-10-03)

The official tiebreaking procedure

Two teams tied for first who met during the season both make the championship game — the head-to-head winner is the #1 seed. Otherwise ties for the two berths break in order:

  1. Head-to-head among the tied teams (for 3+ teams: win percentage in games among the tied group; a team that beat every other tied team is seeded even if the group didn't all play each other).
  2. Common opponents: win percentage against all conference opponents common to the tied teams.
  3. Next highest placed common opponent, proceeding down the standings — tied placement groups are compared as a collective group.
  4. Strength of conference schedule: combined conference win percentage of each team's conference opponents.
  5. Total wins in a 12-game season (at most one win over an FCS or lower-division team counts; NCAA-exempt extra games excluded).
  6. SportSource Analytics team Rating Score after the final weekend of the regular season.
  7. Coin toss.

In multi-team ties, once one team is seeded the remaining teams restart the procedure from the top; at two teams the two-team rules apply. Steps 6–7 use non-public inputs, so when a projection reaches them it is flagged until the conference's values are known.