BCS Rankings
After week 12
BCS Weighted Division Poll Weighted Drive Perf Poll Computer Rankings RNK TEAM W L BCS AVG Prev RK RK % RK % PYTH SOL SOW WRPI WPPP SPP COMP AVG RK % 1 Iowa 11 1 1.0000 1 1 1.0000 1 1.0000 1 2 1 1 2 1 1.3 1 1.0000 2 Arizona 10 2 0.9150 2 2 0.8978 2 0.9307 2 1 2 2 1 2 1.8 2 0.9167 3 USC 9 3 0.8278 3 3 0.7275 3 0.9226 3 2 3 3 3 3 3.0 3 0.8333 4 Notre Dame 7 5 0.7513 5 3 0.7275 4 0.7765 4 4 4 4 4 4 4.0 4 0.7500 5 Alabama 7 5 0.6706 4 5 0.6908 5 0.6544 5 6 5 5 6 5 5.3 5 0.6667 6 Arkansas 6 6 0.5785 7 7 0.5886 6 0.6469 6 8 7 7 7 7 7.0 7 0.5000 7 Miami 6 6 0.5419 8 8 0.5572 10 0.4851 7 5 6 6 8 6 6.3 6 0.5833 8 Ohio State 5 7 0.5292 6 6 0.5913 8 0.5798 8 7 8 7 5 8 7.5 8 0.4167 9 Oklahoma 4 8 0.4495 10 9 0.5205 9 0.4948 9 10 9 10 9 9 9.3 9 0.3333 10 Florida State 4 8 0.4240 9 10 0.4210 7 0.6011 10 9 11 9 10 10 9.8 10 0.2500 11 Texas 3 9 0.3474 11 11 0.4183 11 0.4571 11 11 10 11 11 11 11.0 11 0.1667 12 UCLA 0 12 0.1172 12 12 0.2166 12 0.0518 12 12 12 12 12 12 12.0 12 0.0833 * The Weighted Drive Performance Ranking is replaced by the Coach's Poll if and only if six or more coaches vote.
How it works:
- Four teams make the playoffs (no byes).
- Playoff seeding is entirely based on the final BCS rankings. The teams ranked 1 – 4 in the final BCS rankings make the playoffs. 1 plays 4 and 2 plays 3.
- In the first round, the higher seed is rewarded with a home game, but the champiosnhip game is played in a BCS bowl (i.e. neutral field) to simulate the bowl game atmosphere. The ENADD utility will be used to ensure there is no home field endurance advantage in the BCS bowl championship round.
BCS Rankings
- BCS Rankings are not published until after week 7 results, but some of the other polls will be published after week 2. Voting in the coach's poll will not be available until week 1 has been played.
- The BCS formula: The percentage totals of the Coaches Poll (CP), Weighted Divisional Power Rankings (WDP), and the Computer Rankings are averaged to determine the overall BCS score. The teams’ averages are ranked to produce the BCS Standings. For example:
A = Team is No. 1 in WDP rankings = 1.000
B = Same team is No. 1 in CP with all voters = 1.000
C = Same team is No. 3 in Computer Rankings = 0.920
Result: (A+B+C)/3 = Total Score of 0.973- NOTE: To protect the integrity of voting, all votes in the coaches poll after completion of week 12 games will be published. Coaches cannot vote for their team, so all coaches must vote after week 12 games to increase the likelihood that teams are ranked fairly. If participation/ownership drops too much by week 12 (i.e. less than 50% of the league's teams have owners), then the Weighted Drive Performance Poll will replace the coach's poll as 1/3rd of the BCS formula.