Looking at lots of tiebreakers and situations

Hump4Hoops

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This isn't really scratching the surface of what all could happen tomorrow, and I didn't even try to add situations involving complete seeding. Mostly this is just as much information as I could figure involving tiebreakers. I'm sure some if not tons of it is wrong, but I got bored and here it is. Note mistakes and I'll correct them.

Head-to-head

MSU vs
Bama: 1-2
Ark: 1-2
Aubie: 3-0
OM: 2-1

Bama vs
MSU: 2-1
Ark: 2-1
Aubie: 1-2
OM: 2-1

Ark vs
Bama: 1-2
MSU: 2-1
Aubie: 1-2
OM: 0-1*

Aubie vs
Bama: 2-1
Ark: 2-1
MSU: 0-3
OM: 2-1

OM vs
Bama: 1-2
Ark: 1-0*
Aubie: 1-2
MSU: 1-2

So that's your head to head tiebreakers. Bama and Auburn's control of 3/4 series has them locked into hoover, and big advantages for 1 in the west.

3 way ties broken with head-to-head-to-head

MSU wins vs (Bama/Aubie), (Ark/Aubie), (OM/Aubie)
Bama wins vs (MSU/Ark), (MSU/OM), (OM/Ark-NO OM SWEEP)
Aubie wins vs (Bama/Ark), (Bama/OM), (OM/Ark-NO OM SWEEP)
Ark(IF W OM SERIES) wins vs (MSU/OM)
Ark(IF L OM SERIES) wins vs NONE
OM(IF SWEEPS ARK) wins vs (ARK/MSU)
OM(IF NO SWEEP ARK) wins vs NONE

and that's only the beginning, as many 3 way ties would be broken by games against the overall sec champ, which is currently in a 3 way tie.

Ties won considering champion:

USC*(Most complicated because of incomplete series with Bama)
Bama wins vs (Aubie/Ark-IF BEATS USC) (Aubie/OM-IF BEATS USC)
Ark wins vs (Bama/Aubie-IF USC BEATS BAMA)*due to better records vs UF+VU
OM wins vs (Ark/MSU-IF OM 2-1 OVER ARK) (Bama/Aubie-IF USC BEATS BAMA)

UF
Ark wins vs (OM/MSU-IF OM 2-1 OVER ARK)

VU
Ark wins vs (Bama/Aubie)

I did not go into detail on a few of the 3 way ties if UF or VU wins SEC because of Auburn not playing UF and OM not playing Vandy would lead to about a billion more situations to describe. Here's the 5 teams records vs the 3 potential champs:

vs USC
MSU: 1-2
Bama: 1-1*
Ark: 1-2
Aubie: 0-3
OM: 2-1

vs UF
MSU: 1-2
Bama: 0-3
Ark: 2-1
Aubie: DNP
OM: 0-3

vs VU
MSU: 1-2
Bama: 0-3
Ark: 1-2
Aubie: 0-3
OM: DNP

A 5 way tie at this point would include Bama losing to USC, OM 2-1 over Ark, and MSU, Aubie losing final game. Pool of intra-5 wins puts MSU and Bama at 7, Auburn with 6, and Ark+OM with 5. Because of head-to-head, Bama wins the West, and Arkansas stays home. (Starting with 5 and working towards 4 way ties helped simplify the point system for me)

4 way ties:

Bama(5)->MSU(5)->Aubie(4)->Ark(4)
MSU(6)->Bama(5)->Aubie(4)->OM(3)
Bama(6)->MSU(4)->OM(4)->Ark(4)
MSU(6)->Aubie(4)->OM(4)->Ark(4)
Auburn(6)->Bama(5)->OM(4)->Ark(3)

(Some of these 4 way ties could only be for 1st - 4th place, others only to decide 2-5. I think.)

This is MOSTLY raw information, a few things I'm sure about, and probably some I'm dead wrong about. One thing I don't have a clue about is what's the next tiebreaker withing a multi-way tie, do you compare head to head for teams that tie in overall wins between the group, or do you immediately go to record vs #1 seed?
 

8dog

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thats not the case for the other teams.

This is primarily b/c AU won 2 of 3 from OM, Ark, and Bama.
 

Paper Dog

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They own the tie-breaker on four of five teams in the West .... MSU is the only Western Division series they did not win