XFBS Rankings
After week 12 results
RK Prv TEAM W Opp W Pwr Pts W/L Stk Stk Pts XFBS
SCOREOpponents Defeated T1
H2HT2
CRPIT3
PFPA%1 1 *SYR 12 71 95 W12 12 107 N/A 0.675 0.700 2 3 *IA 9 50 68 W5 5 73 N/A 0.584 0.609 3 2 *USC 8 45 61 L1 -1 60 N/A 0.571 0.536 4 5 FSU 9 44 62 W8 8 70 N/A 0.599 0.530 5 9 UO 8 48 64 W1 1 65 N/A 0.575 0.591 6 7 UCLA 8 44 60 W3 3 63 N/A 0.577 0.545 7 8 TAMU 8 40 56 W3 3 59 N/A 0.572 0.552 8 4 MIA 8 43 59 L1 -1 58 N/A 0.581 0.581 9 6 ORST 8 41 57 L1 -1 56 N/A 0.562 0.538 10 13 MSU 7 37 51 W1 1 52 N/A 0.525 0.517 11 12 TENN 7 34 48 W1 1 49 N/A 0.550 0.483 12 11 UA 6 34 46 L2 -2 44 N/A 0.50408 0.483 13 15 MINN 7 28 42 W2 2 44 N/A 0.50406 0.490 14 10 NEB 6 33 45 L1 -1 44 N/A 0.476 0.496 15 19 ASU 5 32 42 W1 1 43 N/A 0.493 0.485 16 17 UW 6 27 39 W2 2 41 N/A 0.503 0.567 17 23 OSU 5 30 40 W1 1 41 N/A 0.464 0.511 18 14 PSU 6 29 41 L3 -3 38 N/A 0.486 0.473 19 21 OU 5 27 37 W1 1 38 N/A 0.472 0.514 20 16 UM 5 30 40 L2 -2 38 N/A 0.468 0.514 21 20 AUB 5 24 34 W2 2 36 N/A 0.479 0.461 22 18 ND 5 24 34 L2 -2 32 N/A 0.455 0.468 23 26 UI 5 19 29 W1 1 30 N/A 0.446 0.439 24 22 LSU 5 19 29 L1 -1 28 N/A 0.462 0.434 25 24 STAN 4 18 26 L1 -1 25 N/A 0.439 0.402 26 25 UF 5 15 25 L3 -3 22 N/A 0.464 0.496 27 27 TEX 3 12 18 L1 -1 17 N/A 0.404 0.369 28 28 WISC 2 11 15 L3 -3 12 N/A 0.373 0.436 29 30 ALA 2 6 10 L9 -9 1 UGA 0.375 0.353 30 29 UGA 1 5 7 L6 -6 1 N/A 0.355 0.409
TEAM PF PA PFPA% SYR 506 217 0.700 IA 384 247 0.609 UO 317 219 0.591 MIA 290 209 0.581 UW 340 260 0.567 TAMU 336 273 0.552 UCLA 393 328 0.545 ORST 307 264 0.538 USC 375 324 0.536 FSU 351 311 0.530 MSU 360 336 0.517 OU 311 294 0.514 UM 361 342 0.514 OSU 331 317 0.511 UF 375 381 0.496 NEB 276 281 0.496 MINN 280 291 0.490 ASU 285 303 0.485 TENN 336 359 0.483 UA 315 337 0.483 PSU 347 386 0.473 ND 304 346 0.468 AUB 352 411 0.461 UI 301 385 0.439 WISC 294 380 0.436 LSU 282 368 0.434 UGA 240 347 0.409 STAN 237 352 0.402 TEX 206 353 0.369 ALA 206 377 0.353
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.