It looks like you cannot be eliminated in 2025 by directly losing to a team you are being compared to.
In 2024 it stated
(2) For each of the 1 vs. 1 comparisons, either there will be a tie and the committee will move on, or one team will be eliminated if that team has a direct losing record to the other team in consideration. (Rationale: The team with a losing record to any of the other eight teams cannot be the best due to the loss).
So in Round 7. Tiffin would be eliminated due to their direct loss to Huntsville. Hence why people are saying Tiffin cannot get in before Huntsville. Now, Huntsville is only given 1.5 points for the win points and Tiffin is given 0.
Also in 2024 you did head to head wins then went to secondary wins because teams were eliminated in the step above. In 2025 you are calculating those simultaneously.
It looks like in 2024, they calculated all the criteria as teams were eliminated. Head to Head, Common Opponents, Point Gap Ratio. Then selected a team on all 3. Whereas in 2025 you are doing Step 1, potentially selecting a team, if not moving to Step 2, etc, etc.