well aware of that but it was a revolving door of injuries this year and last <| sep |> Looks like both scenarios come down to points scored . Head to head record between 2 teams isn ' t the same as record between common opponents . I suggest if you have divisions , you should have division record as a tiebreaker . This seems to be what you ' re looking at anyway . Scenario # 1 has A , B , and C all with the same record and all split their head to head matchups 11 . If you don ' t use division record A would win at 42 , then points scored determines the seeding . Scenario # 2 is a bit more of a mess . A , B , and D all have the same record . Team A is 20 against D , so hold the tie breaker over them . But Team B split with A and D , so their tiebreaker would come down to points scored . Using the transitive property , if BD and AD , then AB . To avoid this confusion , division record would be a better tiebreaker .