League points will determine standings. In the instance of a tie, the tiebreakers below (listed in order of application) will be used to determine seeding:
- Head-to-head points (if 3 or more teams are tied, compare the total points earned against all other tied teams. The team with the most points earned will be rewarded the seed in question. If two teams have the exact amount of most points earned in this comparison, the other teams will be removed from the tie-breaker and the team with most points earned head-to-head with the remaining two teams will be rewarded the seed.)
- Number of league wins
- Points earned against the highest seeded team, in descending order (1st place to 11th)
- Number of league regulation wins
- Least goals allowed in league play
- Comparison of overall winning percentage against each common non-conference opponent
- Coin Toss (League office will determine which team has heads and which team has tails)
- In the case of ties among three or more institutions, the criteria will be used in order until a team(s) is separated from the pack. At that point, the committee returns to the first criteria and begins anew to break the “new” tie. In other words, when a four-way tie becomes a three-way tie, the committee treats the three-way tie as a “new” tie and starts over with the first criteria.