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From the rmlax.com website on deciding a mulit-team tie:

Record vs Common Out-of-Conference opponent. (All teams must have played the same opponent)

If still a tie, then...
Goal differential between the teams that are tied, (No award greater than 8 allowed for routs)

If still a tie, then...
Goal Differential - total league schedule. (No award greater than 8 allowed for routs)

So...if CSU were to beat CU on Saturday and BYU beats Utah, then there's a three-way tie with CSU, CU and BYU all at 2-1.

Looking at the three schedules, I believe UCSB is the only common out-of-conference opponent (not counting Whittier). Does this mean CSU is the #1 seed as they beat UCSB and BYU and CU both lost?

Oops, I knew this was here. So with the common out of conference opponent being UCSB, CSU does get the #1 seed by virtue of their win over the Gauchos and CU and BYU's losses to them.

you got it.

To me it seems really out of place that games against common out-of conference opponents should decide a multi-team tiebreaker. From the list of tiebreakers, it seems more appropriate to me that the other 2 tiebreakers (conference games) ought to come first. Anyone else have any ideas on this?

The RMLC's tiebreaking procedures are drawn verbatim from the Patriot League's in Division I. If it's good enough for them . . . Fortunately for CSU, it worked out in our favor this year. Unfortunately for UCSB, thier seeding in the WCLL did not.

just out of curiosity, what if there was more then 1 common out of conference opponent? which opponent would be chosen?