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Big South Conference automatic qualifier scenarios

Stony Brook (5-0), Coastal Carolina (4-1) and Liberty (4-1) remain in contention for the Big South Conference regular-season title and automatic berth in the FCS playoffs.

If Liberty beats Stony Brook and Coastal Carolina defeats Charleston Southern to create a three-way tie in the final standings, fewest points allowed in all conference games will determine which team gets the automatic bid.

Stony Brook has allowed 68 points, Coastal Carolina 106 and Liberty 110.

If the teams remain tied, strength of schedule as determined by the Sagarin ratings will crown a champion.

Stony Brook

Stony Brook can clinch the conference's automatic bid with:

A victory at Liberty to finish as outright Big South champions at 6-0, or

A loss at Liberty coupled with a Coastal Carolina victory over Charleston Southern to tie as co-champions at 5-1, plus finishing with fewer points allowed in conference games than Coastal Carolina and Liberty.

Coastal Carolina

Coastal Carolina can clinch with:

A victory over Charleston Southern and a Stony Brook loss at Liberty to tie as co-champions with Stony Brook and Liberty at 5-1, plus finishing with fewer points allowed than Stony Brook and Liberty.

Liberty

Liberty can clinch with:

A victory over Stony Brook and a Coastal Carolina loss to Charleston Southern to tie as co-champions with Stony Brook at 5-1, and winning the two-way tiebreaker of head-to-head, or

A victory over Stony Brook and a Coastal Carolina victory over Charleston Southern to tie as co-champions at 5-1, and finishing with fewer points allowed in conference games than Stony Brook and Coastal Carolina.

Source: Big South Conference.