Miami athletic director Dan Radakovich told ESPN on Monday that the ACC should revisit its tiebreaker system to ensure the conference «puts its best foot forward» in the conference championship game.
No. 12 Miami (10-2) finished in a five-way tie for second place in the ACC at 6-2, but Duke (7-5) made it into the championship game against No. 16 Virginia (10-2) based on the fifth tiebreaker: conference opponent win percentage.
«We've got to get a little better at that,» Radakovich said, «and I can't tell you what the answer is right now, but I think we've got to look at some different things that might be able to streamline that and make sure that the league is going to put its best foot forward.»
ACC coaches and athletic directors voted for the tiebreakers that were added once they removed divisions in 2023. The other Power 4 conferences largely follow similar tiebreaker procedures. The American uses the last available CFP rankings in the case of tied teams with no head-to-head result. The Mountain West used a metrics-based tiebreaker to break a four-way tie for its championship game.
Radakovich said the ACC tiebreakers were based largely on how they were done when leagues had divisions.
«It's too complicated, and we need to look at other options that might make it more simple, but yet take into account the idea of multiple teams being tied,» Radakovich said. «The old system probably didn't contemplate four or five teams being tied for a second-place spot.»
Miami is left to fight for an at-large berth into the College Football Playoff. The Hurricanes are ranked No. 12 heading into the next CFP rankings release Tuesday.
The biggest point of contention for those at Miami centers on Notre Dame, a team the Hurricanes beat
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