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Yahoo Tiebreaker Tiebreaker

So I finished Week 1 tied. Currently 6th, while the other team is 7th. Let's conjure up this scenario..we both go on to finish with the EXACT same record for the remainder of the season and we end up 6th and 7th. What's the tiebreaker there? We both have the same exact winning percentage, we both tied our head to head matchup. Those were the only tiebreaker scenarios listed on Yahoo's help page. What comes next? Possible:

  • Bench points for the original head to head matchup
  • Total points scored overall
  • Schedule difficulty(this one is a stretch..)

Anyone have any insight into this?

Posted Sep 13, 2016, 3:01 PM UTC

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toolroomknights•

The tiebreaker is division record, if you don't have divisions, then fantasy points, if you have the same record and same fantasy points with no division, then the tiebreak goes to whoever scored the most points in the previous week.

For example, tie break would be whoever had most week 13 points. If you tied? Then week 12 points, and so on.

Source: League commissioner of 13 years

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bl1ndvision•

the tiebreak goes to whoever scored the most points in the previous week.

that makes sense.

What if they tied there?? :-o

How far down the rabbit hole does it go?

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toolroomknights•

All the way down to week 1.

If somehow 2 teams literally scored the exact same score EVERY week and finished with the same record, it's a coin flip. Yahoo will automatically pick a random winner.

Source

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RH_Demiurge•

And if the coin lands and stays on its edge?

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toolroomknights•

Then you virtually flip it again.

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LetMeRageThatOP•

Thanks!

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bl1ndvision•

Total points scored overall is pretty standard, i believe. If somehow you scored the exact number of total points, I'm not sure what the tiebreaker is after that. My guess would be head-to-head winner. If you were tied there, maybe bench points? I've never heard of that happening, but it probably has at some point.

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