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FILE - Pittsburgh head coach Pat Narduzzi looks on during the first half of an NCAA college football game against Clemson Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Matt Freed, File)

‘Not fair at all.’ In the super-sized conference era, a school’s fate could hinge on tiebreakers

There is growing concern among college football coaches about spots in the Power Four conference title games coming down to tiebreakers instead of play on the field. That concern is highest in the ACC, where seven teams have two conference losses or less with three weeks to go in the regular season. Pitt coach Pat Narduzzi prefers the old divisional play system, which he feels was fairer. Duke coach Manny Diaz says the heightened impact of tiebreakers is one of the “unintended consequences” of massive conference expansion that makes it impossible for every team to play each other.

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