Momentum Poll (MP) - 1/3rd of BCS formula
After week 12
Rnk Prv TEAM Stk StkValue W/L% Last 5 W/L% Weighted W/L% StkAdj SCORE 1 1 Iowa W2 2 0.833 0.800 1.083 0.02 1.103 2 5 Boise State W3 3 0.667 0.800 0.867 0.03 0.897 3 8 USC W2 2 0.667 0.800 0.867 0.02 0.887 4 2 Oregon L2 -2 0.750 0.600 0.825 -0.02 0.805 5 6 Virginia Tech W3 3 0.583 0.800 0.758 0.03 0.788 6 7 Florida State W3 3 0.667 0.600 0.733 0.03 0.763 7 3 Arkansas L1 -1 0.667 0.600 0.733 -0.01 0.723 8 4 Purdue L2 -2 0.667 0.600 0.733 -0.02 0.713 9 11 Michigan State W1 1 0.750 0.400 0.675 0.01 0.685 10 12 Washington W3 3 0.583 0.600 0.642 0.03 0.672 11 19 Louisiana State W1 1 0.583 0.600 0.642 0.01 0.652 11 14 Ohio State W1 1 0.583 0.600 0.642 0.01 0.652 13 8 Stanford L1 -1 0.583 0.600 0.642 -0.01 0.632 14 17 Oklahoma W2 2 0.500 0.600 0.550 0.02 0.570 15 12 Miami L1 -1 0.500 0.600 0.550 -0.01 0.540 15 10 Texas AM L1 -1 0.500 0.600 0.550 -0.01 0.540 17 22 Nebraska W2 2 0.417 0.600 0.458 0.02 0.478 18 21 Tennessee W1 1 0.417 0.600 0.458 0.01 0.468 19 18 Wisconsin L1 -1 0.500 0.400 0.450 -0.01 0.440 20 14 Oklahoma State L2 -2 0.500 0.400 0.450 -0.02 0.430 21 24 Florida W2 2 0.417 0.400 0.375 0.02 0.395 22 16 Notre Dame L2 -2 0.583 0.200 0.408 -0.02 0.388 23 25 Iowa State W1 1 0.333 0.600 0.367 0.01 0.377 23 25 West Virginia W1 1 0.333 0.600 0.367 0.01 0.377 25 20 Alabama L2 -2 0.417 0.400 0.375 -0.02 0.355 26 22 Houston L1 -1 0.333 0.400 0.300 -0.01 0.290 27 27 Michigan L2 -2 0.250 0.200 0.175 -0.02 0.155 28 28 Georgia L5 -5 0.250 0.000 0.125 -0.05 0.075 29 29 UCLA L6 -6 0.167 0.000 0.083 -0.06 0.023 30 30 Texas L12 -12 0.000 0.000 0.000 -0.12 -0.120
This poll is one of two polls created to give coaches an ability to directly impact their BCS ranking. Over time, teams tend to remain in the same place in a power poll unless there is something factored in to account for the team's current winning or losing streak and momentum. This poll places extra emphasis on win streaks. In fact, this poll makes it vitally important to end the regular season with a win streak as it could easily affect your BCS playoff seed.
The poll weighs a team's overall W/L% with its W/L% in its last 5 games and then adjusts this weighted W/L% by another factor called the Streak Adjustment (StkAdj). The Streak Adjustment is purely based on the team's current winning or losing streak (e.g. "W3" in the Standings).
The formula works like this:
(W/L% X ((Last 5 games W/L% - 0.5) + 1)) + (StkValue X .01)
Obviously, the Last 5 Games W/L% will have a bigger impact on one's score later in the season.
Tiebreakers include: head to head win, overall W/L%, W/L% in last 5, StkAdj, and then conference W/L%.