With the final weekend of the PBC soccer regular season approaching, there is a lot still to be decided in the PBC Women's Soccer standings. With the PBC Tournament looming, the eight women's teams are set but just two seeds have been determined ahead of Saturday's regular season finale. 
 
As Things Stand: 

	Team	Points
1	North Georgia	27
2	Lander	22
3	Columbus State	21
4	GCSU	17
5	Flagler	14
6	USCA	11
-	USC Beaufort	11
8	Clayton State	10

 North Georgia has secured the PBC Regular Season Title and the #1 seed in the PBC Tournament. The remainder of the seeds will be discussed from lowest seed (#8) to highest seed (#2).

The #6, #7 and #8 seed in the PBC Tournament have not been decided. There are multiple possible outcomes between Clayton State, USCA and USC Beaufort which will be discussed below.
 
Clayton State currently sit in eight with 10 points and will host North Georgia on Saturday in their final game of the PBC regular season. Should Clayton State lose, they will remain in 8^th and receive the #8 seed in the PBC Tournament. 
USC Beaufort currently sit tied for 6^th and have played all 10 PBC contests, ending the season with 11 points. 
USCA currently sit tied for 6^th with 11 points and host Middle Georgia on Saturday in their final game of the PBC regular season. Should USCA win, they will move above both Clayton State and USCB. 
 
The first step of the tie break process is head-to-head results. At any point in the process below, the following head-to-head results are true:
Should USCA and USC Beaufort be tied, USCA won vs USCB on October 25^th in Bluffton and therefore have the upper hand in the tie. 
Should Clayton State and USC Beaufort be tied, USCB won vs Clayton State on September 24^th in Bluffton and therefore have the upper hand in the tie.

#6, #7 and #8 Outcome 1: USCA lose vs Middle Georgia, they remain on 11 points. Clayton State tie, they will move to 11 points.  
Clayton State, USCA and USC Beaufort will be in a three-way tie for 6^th place with 11 points. All three teams will enter a mini conference to determine their head-to-head results. 
 

	USCB	USCA	Clayton State
vs USCB	-	W	L
vs USCA	L	-	W
vs Clayton State	W	L	-
	1-1	1-1	1-1

 
All teams in the mini conference have the same head-to-head, and no ties were broken. The next step is to compare each team's results vs the highest seed not involved in the tie and continue until the tie is broken. 

• All three teams lost to #1 North Georgia, so the process moves to the #2 seed which will be Lander or Columbus State depending on the results from this weekend.  
• If Columbus State is the #2 seed, all three teams lost to CSU, so the process would move to their results vs #3 seed Lander. 
• If Lander is the #2 or #3 seed , Clayton State & USC Beaufort both lost to Lander, but USCA tied with Lander. USCA is no longer tied and would receive the #6 seed in the PBC Tournament. 

 
Clayton State and USC Beaufort both remain tied and will return to the beginning of the tie-break process, which is head-to-head results. USCB has the upper hand in the tie break vs Clayton State, therefore USCB would take the #7 seed, and Clayton State would take the #8 seed. 
 
#6, #7 and #8 Outcome 2: Clayton State win and move to 13 points. USCA lose and remain on 11 points, or tie and move to 12 points. 

Clayton State would receive the #6 seed in the PBC Tournament.
USCA would receive the #7 seed in the PBC Tournament (If they are tied with USCB, they have the upper hand in the tiebreak, therefore receiving the #7 seed regardless). 
USC Beaufort remain on 11 points and would receive the #8 seed in the PBC Tournament.
   

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The #5 and #6 seed may also need to be broken by a tie between USCA and Flagler. The breakdown of outcomes for these teams is below. 
 
Flagler is currently in 5^th place with 14 points and host GSW on Saturday.  

• If Flagler tie, they will secure the #5 seed in the PBC Tournament. 
• If Flagler lose, they will remain on 14 points. 

USCA currently sit tied for 6^th with 11 points. If USCA win, they will move to 14 points.
 
#5 and #6 Outcome 1: If Flagler lose and USCA win, both teams will be tied for 5^th place.
The first step of the tie break process is head-to-head results. USCA and Flagler tied on October 22^nd in Aiken. The next step is to compare each team's results vs the highest seed not involved in the tie and continue until the tie is broken.

• Both teams lost vs #1 North Georgia, so the process moves to the #2 seed which will be Lander or Columbus State depending on the results from this weekend.
• If Columbus State is the #2 seed, both teams lost to CSU, so the process would move to their results vs #3 seed Lander. 
• If Lander is the #2 or #3 seed, USCA tied vs Lander, while Flagler lost to Lander. USCA has the upper hand in the tie break vs Flagler, and therefore USCA would receive the #5 seed and Flagler would receive the #6 seed. 

 

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The #4 and #5 seed may also need to be broken by a tie between GCSU and Flagler. The breakdown of outcomes for these teams is below.
 
GCSU is currently in 4^th place with 17 points and travel to Lander on Saturday.  

• If GCSU win or tie, they will secure the #4 seed in the PBC Tournament. 
• If GCSU lose, they will remain on 17 points. 

Flagler is currently in 5^th place with 14 points. If Flagler win, they will move to 17 points. 
 
#4 and #5 Outcome 1: If GCSU lose and Flagler win, both teams will be tied for 4^th place. 
The first step of the tie break process is head-to-head results. GCSU and Flagler tied on September 27^th in St. Augustine so the tie remains. The next step is to compare each team's results vs the highest seed not involved in the tie and continue until the tie is broken.

• Both teams lost vs #1 North Georgia, so the process moves to the #2 seed which will be Lander or Columbus State depending on the results from this weekend.
• If Columbus State is the #2 seed, both teams lost to CSU, so the process would move to their results vs #3 seed Lander. 
• If Lander is the #2 or #3 seed, both teams lost to Lander so the process would move to their results vs #6 seed.
• If Clayton State is the #6 seed, both teams won vs Clayton State and the tie break would move to the #7 seed. 
• If USCA is the #6 or #7 seed, Flagler tied with USCA, but GCSU won vs USCA. GCSU has the upper hand in the tie break vs Flagler, and therefore GCSU would receive the #4 seed and Flagler would receive the #5 seed.

Since GCSU has the upper hand in the tiebreak with Flagler, and no other team can tie or surpass GCSU in the standings, GCSU has secured the #4 seed in the PBC Tournament.  
   

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The #2 and #3 seed may also need to be broken by a tie between Lander and Columbus State. The breakdown of outcomes for these teams is below.

Lander is currently in 2^nd place with 22 points and host GCSU on Saturday.  

• If Lander win, they will secure the #2 seed in the PBC Tournament. 
• If Lander lose, they will remain on 22 points. 
• If Lander tie, they will move to 23 points. 

Columbus State is currently in 3^rd place with 21 points and host Albany State on Saturday.  

• If Columbus State lose, they will remain on 21 points and secure the #3 seed in the PBC Tournament. 
• If Columbus State tie, they will move to 22 points. 
• If Columbus State win, they will move to 24 points. 

 
#2 and #3 Outcome 1: If Lander lose, and Columbus State tie, both teams will be tied for 2^nd.  
The first step of the tie break process is head-to-head results. Lander won vs Columbus State on October 11^th in Columbus. Lander has the upper hand in the tie break vs Columbus State, and therefore Lander would receive the #2 seed and Columbus State would receive the #3 seed.
 
If Lander lose or tie, and Columbus State win, Columbus State would receive the #2 seed and Lander would receive the #3 seed.