FB: New England Small College Athletic Conference

[AmherstStudent05]

Just so we are clear as I understood it, you wouldn't be claiming a share of a title and a 33% chance of an automatic bid. In a world where point differential can be determinative, you could know you needed to lose by a certain number of points on the last week of the season to ensure sole possession of the conference championship and the bid that goes with it.

I'm not sure how much that would impact team behavior but it's hard to say it would be zero. If Wesleyan is up 7 against Trinity with 2 minutes to play and knows that if they don't win by at least 9 points Trinity will be declared conference champs rather than them of course they try to drive down the field for a field goal rather than take a knee. These are obviously corner cases but I don't like the incentive structure of point differential tiebreakers.

[Nescacman]

We think NPI is the way to go, particularly if the NESCAC wakes up and starts playing out of conference games.

[Nescacman]

Here you go...

https://athletics.bowdoin.edu/news/2026/11/3/bowdoin-football-program-update.aspx

Congratulations to the new Interim HCOF of the Bowdoin Polars, Nick Turchyn.