1.   Both teams had tied on points and goal difference.

2.   Four teams tied for the SEC regular-season championship.

3.   If Cal splits its home games with Arizona State and Arizona this week, and USC wins its final two games, the teams would tie for fourth place.

4.   If the Northwestern University football team can tie for first place in the Big Ten, anything is possible.

5.   If the teams tie for the Big Ten title, Ohio State will go to the Rose Bowl by virtue of its better overall record.

6.   It was the third time in as many games the teams have tied this season.

7.   Missouri up, Indiana up, the two teams tied as Stewart and Knight raged along the sidelines.

8.   Should two teams tie with the best record, they would not play a playoff game for home-field advantage in the playoffs.

9.   The Holowesko team tied with Hungary.

10.   The Lakers assumed that if the teams tied with the same record, Phoenix would gain home-court advantage.