Rangers could potentially avoid the dreaded Champions League qualifiers next season - if certain results go their way elsewhere.
Coefficient points in Scottish football have dropped significantly in recent times with results in Europe hurting the nation as a whole.
Both Rangers and Celtic were forced to play qualifiers last season to earn their spot in the League Phase. Unfortunately for the Ibrox outfit they were unable to see off Club Brugge to make the top table.
Ultimately it would be Europa League football for Rangers earlier this term, but depending on how the Greek division plays out this campaign, Gers could benefit into next term.
The BBC crunched the numbers and have discovered that Danny Rohl's side could win the Scottish Premiership title this year which would hand the club a boost.
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According to the Beeb, since 2024, UEFA has noted club coefficients over a five-year period through "title-holder rebalancing".
That means that if the winner of the Champions League also qualified for the tournament via their league division, "the club with the best individual coefficient of all the domestic champions involved in qualifying will enter the league phase directly instead of the original round they had qualified for".
Olympiakos in Greece benefited from the ruling last season after PSG won the competition but they sit five points behind Super League leaders AEK Athens as well as behind PAOK on goal difference.
Should they fail to retain their league crown, Rangers would be next in line with a coefficient base of 37th spot behind Olympiakos' 34th. The Light Blues would therefore head straight into the Champions League proper as winners of the Scottish top flight.
It would only help Gers in Scotland that the "title-holder rebalancing" would advantage.
That's because Celtic's coefficient place is all the way back in 58th while current leaders Hearts are sitting 154th. Shakhtar Donetsk or Ferencvaros would be in line for the boost should Rangers fail to make it count.
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