Tiebreaker Procedures
As of Tuesday, October 7, 2014

The following are tiebreaker procedures for conference tournament seeding.
Note: "Head to Head should be interpreted as the cumulative record of head to head records between all the tied teams. In the case of a tie involving more than two teams, the tiebreaker criteria should be used to remove one team before going back to the original criteria (at the start) and attempting to break the teams that remain tied.  For example, when separating Teams A, B and C, which finished tied, the cumulative head to head records should be used.  In this case, the tiebreaker criteria may remove one team (Team C for example) from contention.  At that point, the process starts over with the applicable tiebreaker criteria when attempting to break the tie between Teams A and B.”

Football
CCIW has an automatic qualification for the NCAA Football Championship. If the conference ends in a tie or is unable to finish the season due to some type of disaster, the representative will be chosen in the following manner:

1. Head-to-head competition
2. Best record by tied teams against the next best team or the next best tied teams in conference standings
3. Point differential between tied teams in conference 
4. The fewest defensive yards given up versus tied teams in conference 
5. Random drawing by CCIW commissioner.

Men’s & Women’s Soccer
The following tie-breaking procedure (listed in priority order) will be used to determine participants and seeding:

1. Head-to-head competition
2. Goal differential in conference up to 3 points per game.
For example Team A defeats Team B 2-0, Team A shall be awarded 2 tie breaking points. Team C defeats Team D 5-1; Team C is awarded 3 tie-breaking points the maximum allowed.
3. Fewest goals allowed in conference.

Volleyball
Tiebreaker rule for seeding of the conference tournament will use the following criteria:

1. Match record within the conference
2. Head-to-head competition between all tied teams
3. Win/loss percentage in conference games
4. Head-to-head between all remaining tied teams
5. Point differential for conference games
6. Return to head to head for any remaining tied teams.

Men’s & Women’s Basketball
Seeding will be determined by regular season finish. Ties are broken by the following:

1. Head-to-head competition.
2. Record against team(s) above the tie beginning with the highest ranked team.
3. Record vs. team or teams in 3 rd place. If still tied, go to the next place for determination, et cetera.
4. Road record against conference schools.
5. Record in their last seven conference games.
6. The point spread of the tied teams’ head-to head competition.
7. Coin toss

Baseball
In case of a tie, the following will be used as a tiebreaker to seed the conference tournament:

1. Head-to-head competition
2. Record versus the other CCIW tournament teams
3. Record against 5th place team to 8th place team until tie is broken.

Softball
The following system shall be used as a tiebreaker in determining the tournament participants:

1. Head-to-head competition in the CCIW only.
2. Record versus first place team to eighth place team until tie is broken.
3. Fewest runs allowed between the teams involved in the tie.
4. Fewest runs allowed in all CCIW games.

Men's & Women's Lacrosse
The following tiebreaker procedure will be used to determine conference tournament hosts, seeding and participation:

1. Head-to-head results among the tied teams.
2. Record vs. team or teams above the tie. If still tied, go to the next place for determination, et cetera.
3. Goal-differential in conference games among tied teams: An extra point shall be awarded for each goal a team wins by up to a maximum of seven goals in games among tied teams (example: 8-1 is worth seven points, 7-1 is worth six, 9-1 is worth seven).
4. Fewest goals allowed in conference games among tied teams.
5. Coin flip (or similar random action involving all tied teams).