XFBS Rankings
After week 12 results.
Note:
*Top 3 seeds will always be the current SUBDIVISION leaders regardless of XFBS Ranking** Human owned teams are highlighted in yellow
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. 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 XFBS playoff seed. The poll essentially weighs a team's Standings Power Ranking by another factor called the Streak Adjustment (StkAdj). Early in the season, the XFBS rankings may be somewhat turbulent with teams likely to jump or drop considerably; however, this tends to ease considerably later in the season. Here is a breakdown of the XFBS ranking components:
THE XFBS RANKING FORMULA: (W X 2) + Opp W + Streak Adjustment = XFBS SCORE
Example: 10 wins, 67 Opp W, L1 = (10 X 2) + 67 + (-1) = 86 XFBS Score
W: Purely based on your overall wins as shown in the Standings Power Rankings
Opp W: This equates a Quality Win Bonus. It is based on the "Opp W" amount on the Standings Power Poll. It essentially rewards teams for beating teams with good records.
Streak Adjustment: The Streak Adjustment is based on the team's current winning or losing streak (e.g. "W3" in the Standings). Using W3 as an example, the Streak aDjustment would be +3. Using L1 as an example, the streak adjustment is -1. Your current win / loss streak can send you up or down the rankings each week just like in the NCAA.
Tiebreakers: The Streak Adjustment should create a sufficent distinction between teams to avoid requiring a tiebreaker by the end of the season. That said, if needed the Head-to-Head victories followed by Composite RPI rankings and then PFPA% will be used as a tiebreaker. If 3 or more teams have the same XFBS score, H2H cannot be used as a tiebreaker - in this scenario, the next tiebreaker is used.
Composite RPI (CRPI): This poll is similar to the normal RPI used in the NCAA with some slight differences. It is based on the average of your average Strength of Schedule (avgSOS) %, your W/L %, and your Opponent’s SOS %. Average SOS is based on the average of your game by game by game SOS%, your Strength of Wins (SOW) %, and your Strength of Losses (SOL) %. The game by game SOS% (gbgSOS%) is determined by averaging the SOS% calculated for each game. This is slightly different from normal SOS calculations. Each week your team's SOS is determined based on opponent's W/L and your opponent's opponents W/L. Then this SOS for each week is averaged. The Strength of Wins (SOW) % tells you if your wins were against quality teams. The SOS % for only your wins is calculated to determine your SOW %. Teams that have not won yet will automatically have a 0.000 SOW %. (i.e. if you have a zero % SOW and have won games, then those wins were obviously against weaker competition). Strength of Losses (SOL) % tells you if your losses were against good or bad teams. The SOS % for only your losses is calculated to determine your SOL %. Teams that have not lost will automatically have a 1.000 SOL %. Opponent’s SOS % is based on the SOS% of your opponent's opponents. This component tells you if the W/L% of the teams on your schedule (which affects your SOS%) is inflated because they faced poor competition.
PFPA%: This formula is purely based on Points For (PF) and Points Against (PA) accumulated over the season, The formula is: PF/(PF+PA). This formula will be used after week 1 games to provide an early ranking, but is only used as a tiebreaker after week 1.
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.