The eXcellent Football Bowl Subdivision
An online NCAA-style football league using FBPRO'98.

XFBS Rankings

 

Playoff seeding is:

Bye weeks: 1-TENN, 2-IA, 3-UO, 4-MIA

Wild cards: 12-UM @ 5-UW, 11-UCLA @ 6-SYR, 10-ALA @ 7-ASU, 9-FSU @ 8-MSU

Winner of 8/9 plays @ 1-TENN, winner of 7/10 plays @ 2-IA, winner of 6/11 plays @ 3-UO, winner of 5/12 plays @ 4-MIA

 

After week 12 results

Rk Pv TEAM W L W/L% Curr Stk Curr Stk Value Long
W Stk		 Long
L Stk		 Stk
Adj		 Total W of Opp Beaten Quality Win Bonus PF PA

PFPA

%

 PFPA
Adj		 XFBS
SCORE
1* 1 TENN 11 1 0.917 W5 5 6 1 0.10 63 0.063 513 206 0.713 0.000713 1.080380
2* 2 IA 11 1 0.917 W1 1 10 1 0.10 57 0.057 530 224 0.703 0.000703 1.074370
3 3 MIA 10 2 0.833 W8 8 8 1 0.15 55 0.055 443 258 0.632 0.000632 1.038965
4* 4 UO 9 3 0.750 W3 3 5 2 0.06 58 0.058 399 272 0.595 0.000595 0.868595
5 6 UW 9 3 0.750 W4 4 4 2 0.06 49 0.049 367 239 0.606 0.000606 0.859606
6 7 SYR 9 3 0.750 W1 1 7 2 0.06 39 0.039 489 290 0.628 0.000628 0.849628
7 9 ASU 8 4 0.667 W4 4 4 4 0.04 44 0.044 488 326 0.600 0.000600 0.751266
8 11 MSU 8 4 0.667 W3 3 3 2 0.04 33 0.033 382 232 0.622 0.000622 0.740289
9 5 FSU 8 4 0.667 L2 -2 7 2 0.03 42 0.042 346 221 0.610 0.000610 0.739277
10 8 ALA 8 4 0.667 L1 -1 3 1 0.01 33 0.033 286 271 0.513 0.000513 0.710180
11 12 UCLA 7 5 0.583 W6 6 6 4 0.08 37 0.037 332 281 0.542 0.000542 0.700875
12 14 UM 7 5 0.583 W5 5 5 4 0.06 26 0.026 319 403 0.442 0.000442 0.669775
                                   
13 10 OSU 7 5 0.583 L1 -1 4 2 0.01 26 0.026 325 300 0.520 0.000520 0.619853
14 17 ARK 6 6 0.500 W5 5 5 5 0.05 18 0.018 344 322 0.517 0.000517 0.568517
15 13 USC 6 6 0.500 L1 -1 4 2 0.01 31 0.031 355 401 0.470 0.000470 0.541470
16 20 PSU 6 6 0.500 W1 1 2 3 0.00 25 0.025 344 447 0.435 0.000435 0.525435
17 15 TAMU 6 6 0.500 L1 -1 2 3 -0.02 21 0.021 225 372 0.377 0.000377 0.501377
18 21 SC 5 7 0.417 W1 1 3 4 0.00 22 0.022 286 253 0.531 0.000531 0.439197
19 16 ORST 5 7 0.417 L1 -1 2 2 -0.01 28 0.028 277 391 0.415 0.000415 0.435081
20 18 OU 5 7 0.417 L1 -1 2 3 -0.02 26 0.026 300 302 0.498 0.000498 0.423165
21 19 BAY 5 7 0.417 L3 -3 3 3 -0.03 25 0.025 250 313 0.444 0.000444 0.412111
22 22 ND 4 8 0.333 L5 -5 3 5 -0.07 14 0.014 391 474 0.452 0.000452 0.277785
23 27 UF 3 9 0.250 W1 1 2 8 -0.05 13 0.013 226 400 0.361 0.000361 0.213361
24 23 STAN 3 9 0.250 L3 -3 1 3 -0.05 12 0.012 356 522 0.405 0.000405 0.212405
25 24 LSU 3 9 0.250 L2 -2 1 4 -0.05 10 0.010 335 348 0.490 0.000490 0.210490
26 25 NEB 3 9 0.250 L3 -3 1 4 -0.06 14 0.014 249 393 0.388 0.000388 0.204388
27 30 OKST 2 10 0.167 W1 1 1 7 -0.05 12 0.012 277 426 0.394 0.000394 0.129061
28 26 UCF 2 10 0.167 L3 -3 1 4 -0.06 10 0.010 292 417 0.412 0.000412 0.117079
29 28 WISC 2 10 0.167 L9 -9 2 9 -0.16 8 0.008 318 473 0.402 0.000402 0.015069
30 29 UGA 2 10 0.167 L10 -10 2 10 -0.18 9 0.009 168 435 0.279 0.000279 -0.004055

 

Note:
*Top 3 seeds will always be the current SUBDIVISION leaders regardless of XFBS Ranking

** Human owned teams are highlighted in yellow

 

How it works:

  • Top 12 teams make the playoffs.
  • Seeds 1-4 get a bye week.
  • Seeds 5-8 get home field advantage in the wildcard round
  • Subdivision champions will always be in the top three. Win your subdivision and you are guaranteed a bye week and a 1-3 seed! Note: Subdivision champion is determined based on final conference record, not overall W/L record. If the top two teams in a subdivision have the same subdivision record, then the one that won the H2H game between them will be the subdivision champion. If more than two subdivision teams have the same subdivision record at the top of the subdivision standings and the subdivision champion CANNOT BE DETERMINED REASONABLY USING HEAD-TO-HEAD, then it is determined based on the following tie breakers: 1) Overall W/L %, 2) Opponent Win Total of subdivision opponents only, 3) XFBS Ranking, 4) CRPI.
  • The final XFBS rankings are adjusted to reflect the following playoff seeding:
    (1) Subdivision champions/leaders are seeded 1-3 even if their final XFBS Ranking score is lower than an at large team.
    (2) The 4-12 at large seeds are then based on final XFBS ranking.

 

XFBS Rankings

  • This poll was created to give coaches an ability to directly impact their playoff chances and seeding. 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 / loss 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% by another factor called the Streak Adjustment (StkAdj) and further weighs in two other factors called the PFPA Adjustment (PFPA-Adj) and the Quality Win Bonus.
  • The Streak Adjustment is based on the team's current winning or losing streak (e.g. "W3" in the Standings) plus it's longest winning streak minus its longest losing streak TIMES .01. Your current win / loss streak can send you up or down the rankings but this is offset by your previous streaks.
  • The Quality Win Bonus is based on the "Opp W" amount on the Standings page power poll. It essentially rewards teams for beating teams with good records. It is multiplied by .001
  • The PFPA Adjustment is determined by dividing the PF by the sum of PA and PF TIMES .001. It acts mainly as a tiebreaker within the formula. PFPA Adj is very similar to the Pythagorean ranking the league used to have.
  • The Quality Win Bonus and PFPA Adjustment should create a sufficient distinction between teams to avoid requiring a tiebreaker. That said, if needed the Head-to-Head victories followed by Composite RPI rankings will be used as a tiebreaker.

 

The formula works like this:

  • W/L% + (Current StkValue + Longest W Strk - Longest Losing Streak) X .01 + Opp W Total X .001 + (PF / [PF + PA]) X .001 = XFBS SCORE

 

How do you take advantage of this poll?

  • 1) Get the longest consecutive win streak you can. Let's say you now have a 1 game losing streak but had a 6 game winning streak at one point, this means you won't fall in the rankings as much as you would have if the longest win streak you achieved was only 2 games.
  • 2) End the season with a winning streak. If you end the season with an L1, a team with a similar record could jump past you.
  • 3) Win those big games! If you are on the bubble or just want to be ranked higher than another team with the same record as you, then make sure you win your games against teams that have won a lot of games. This gives you a boost in your Quality Win bonus.
  • 4) Score and don't get scored on! If you and another team have the same W/L% and StkAdj and Quality Win Bonus, the team with the better PFPA Adj value gets ranked higher. It's that simple.