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Weighted Drive Performance Poll (WDRIVE)

 

WDRIVE after week 12
RK	Prev	TEAM	PF DRIVE	PA DRIVE	Drive Perf	SOS	WDrive Score	BCS %
1	1	Iowa	2.41	1.23	0.830	0.444	0.784	1.0000
2	3	Arizona	2.10	1.27	0.767	0.451	0.730	0.9307
3	2	USC	2.93	1.75	0.772	0.438	0.724	0.9226
4	4	Notre Dame	1.81	1.56	0.589	0.535	0.609	0.7765
5	5	Alabama	1.40	1.29	0.548	0.438	0.513	0.6544
6	8	Arkansas	1.82	1.74	0.526	0.465	0.507	0.6469
7	6	Florida State	1.90	2.05	0.456	0.535	0.471	0.6011
8	7	Ohio State	1.64	1.86	0.428	0.563	0.455	0.5798
9	9	Oklahoma	1.57	1.96	0.373	0.542	0.388	0.4948
10	10	Miami	1.92	2.36	0.380	0.500	0.380	0.4851
11	11	Texas	1.55	1.94	0.369	0.472	0.359	0.4571
12	12	UCLA	0.69	2.74	0.036	0.618	0.041	0.0518

 

TEAM	PF DRIVE	PF	Give Aways	TDs	Punts	FGA	4th down fails	Off Drives	PA DRIVE	PA	Take Aways	Opp TDs	Opp Punts	Opp FGA	4th down stops	Def Drives
Alabama	1.40	200	15	21	79	20	8	143	1.29	191	10	21	92	17	8	148
Arizona	2.10	286	15	33	59	23	6	136	1.27	178	20	19	69	23	9	140
Arkansas	1.82	236	9	26	65	22	8	130	1.74	226	10	26	65	22	7	130
Florida State	1.90	255	9	31	67	16	11	134	2.05	279	19	35	60	19	3	136
Iowa	2.41	337	18	39	53	29	1	140	1.23	165	21	18	66	18	11	134
Miami	1.92	271	19	34	71	12	5	141	2.36	340	13	39	63	24	5	144
Notre Dame	1.81	263	15	31	70	26	3	145	1.56	223	15	24	77	20	7	143
Ohio State	1.64	248	16	32	78	18	7	151	1.86	284	13	32	73	31	4	153
Oklahoma	1.57	215	15	27	68	20	7	137	1.96	264	17	33	62	16	7	135
Texas	1.55	223	19	26	73	19	7	144	1.94	272	15	34	67	17	7	140
UCLA	0.69	95	23	8	80	14	13	138	2.74	376	15	45	49	26	2	137
USC	2.93	416	9	48	50	33	2	142	1.75	247	14	30	70	19	8	141

 

Weighted Drive Performance Poll (WDRIVE)= 1/3rd: This ranking replaces the coaches poll in the BCS formula if there is low voter turnout. This ranking focuses on how many points you score per drive and how many points you allow your opponents to score per drive and weighs it against your Strength of Schedule (SOS). Drives are determined by focusing on the stats associated with the endings of drives (i.e. turnovers, TDs, punts, 4th down fails/stops and FG attmepts). Unlike the weighted performance power ranking, this poll will not factor in W/L%. The poll applies the Pythagorean formula to a team’s "points for" per drive (PF/D) and "points against" per drive (PA/D).  The formula PF/D^2.37 / (PF/D^2.37 + PA/D^2.37) is used to determine your Drive Performance score. The result is then averaged with your SOS score (this makes sure your ranking is not inflated from beating up on weaker teams) to get the final drive performance score. The way this works is your SOS is compared to a .500 SOS to determine your SOS weight % (e.g. if you have an SOS of .600, your weight % would be 110%, thus slightly increasing your Drive Performance score). The team with the highest final score gets 1.000 and the rest of the teams divide their final score by the final score of the team with the highest score to determine their BCS component %.

 

PF/D and PA/D are determined as follows:

• PF/D: Offensive drive efficiency is calculated by dividing the team's total "points for" by the total number of giveaways, TDs, punts, 4th down fails and FG attempts.
• PA/D: Defensive drive efficiency is calculated by dividing the team's total "points against" by the total number of takeaways, opponent's TDs scored, opponent's punts, opponent's 4th down fails, and opponent's FG attempts.