Big 12 announces new tiebreaker process

The Big 12 won't have a title game, but it does have a new tiebreaker process that will prioritize head-to-head results in any two-team tie.

ESPN's Max Olson has more:

The new plan, agreed to by Big 12 coaches and athletic directors at the end of their spring meetings in Phoenix, would honor head-to-head results in a two-team tie and established criteria for solving a tie of three or more teams.

In the event of a three-team tie, if the records of the three teams against each other doesn't solve the tie - as was the case for the conference in 2008 - their records against the next-highest team in the standings would be compared.

If that doesn't break the tie, scoring differential between the tied teams would decide it. And if none of those steps solve the problem, the league's champion would be determined in a draw at the conference office.

Conference commissioner Bob Bowlsby said four tiebreaker options were considered, and that a consensus was reached on the above.

It ranged from strength of non-conference schedule to victories over highest CFP-ranked team to other nuances. Generally speaking, the one we adopted is the one we think is most clear-cut and most understandable.

Texas Tech athletic director Kirby Hocutt, who also serves on the College Football Playoff Committee, said:

We live in a society where we expect a winner and a loser, and I think the majority of the population would say that's why you compete. The head-to-head winner should be crowned the champion. Going forward, that'll be the case.