So, our league, which is now going on its 15th year of existence, has been hashing through all of our rules and have made some great changes. One area we are split on is the tiebreaker for standings and playoff seeding. Fleaflicker has us rank 5 tiebreaker rules in order of most preferred to least preferred. To add some fodder to our league discussion, I am seeking some insight onto the pros and cons of each option, and what your personal preferences are.

Our current ranking is:

1) most points in the season

2) division record

3) head to head record

4) points against

5) combined record of season opponents

I had all 16 league members rank the 5 options from best to worst and this did not clear up much. Here is what the results were.

Points 1st - 3, 2nd - 3, 3rd - 6, 4th - 2, 5th - 2

Head to Head 1st - 6, 2nd - 6, 3rd - 2, 4th - 0, 5th - 2

Division Record 1st - 6, 2nd - 5, 3rd - 2, 4th - 1, 5th - 2

Points Against (Hardest points) 1st - 0, 2nd - 2, 3rd - 4, 4th - 7, 5th - 3

Record Against (Hardest record) 1st -1, 2nd - 0, 3rd - 2, 4th - 6, 5th - 7

Sorting out this mess, here is my best interpretation.

1st Head to Head

2nd Division

3rd Points for (to me this is clearly 3rd place)

4th Points Against (to me this is clearly 4th place)

5th Opponents Record (to me this is clearly 5th place)

I think my plan is to have all 16 vote between head to head and division for first and second tiebreakers. I do want to have a short discussion first, laying out pros and cons better.

Who has insight into this topic???