There will be an eight-team seeded championship the week prior to the NCAA championship. The conference champion shall be determined by the winner of the championship match.
Seeding for the Championship tournament will be determined by conference standings using best conference records and/or tie-breakers below. The format of the championship will be an eight-team single-elimination playoff. The championship will take place with the first round on Tuesday (1-seed hosts 8-seed, 2-seed hosts 7-seed, 3-seed hosts 6-seed and 4-seed hosts 5-seed), before semifinal action Thursday (1/8 winner vs. 4/5 winner at the highest seed and 2/7 winner vs. 3/6 winner at the highest seed. The championship match will be Saturday at the highest remaining seed. We do not reseed, as the 1/8 winner will play 4/5 winner and 2/7 winner will play 3/6 winner in semifinal. The winner of the championship match shall determine the conference champion.
* Note that the Empire 8 will not re-seed after the opening round
The tie-breakers shall be as follows (in the instance of a three or more way tie, once one team is advanced by a tie-breaker, the remaining teams will begin the tie-breaker process anew starting with the first criteria):
- Head-to-head record amongst all tied teams
- Percentage of sets won versus sets played amongst tied teams
- Percentage of sets won versus sets played amongst all conference teams
- Record versus all teams ranked higher than the tied teams
- Point differential amongst tied teams
- Coin toss