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2018 XFBS Final Rankings

After week 12 results.

 

RK	Prv	TEAM	W	Opp W	Pwr Pts	W/L Stk	Stk Pts	XFBS SCORE	Opponents Defeated	Subdiv lead?	T1 H2H	T2 W	T3 Stk Pts	L	Opp L	T5 L PWR
Playoff Bye Week Teams
1	1	WYO	10	63	83	W9	9	92	USC UCL CSU UTA USU HI COL UA SYR IA	Y		10	9	2	7	11
2	2	TENN	11	63	85	W3	3	88	WYO ALA UGA UF CLE FSU MIA SYR AUB UM ND	Y		11	3	1	5	7
3	3	IA	10	52	72	W1	1	73	UTA CLE UI PSU NEB MIN UM MSU ND WIS	Y		10	1	2	9	13
4	4	ALA	11	57	79	W2	2	81	HI UGA UF LSU CLE FSU MIA SYR AUB NEB MIN			11	2	1	1	3
Playoff Wildcard Teams
5	6	UTAH	8	43	59	W3	3	62	UCL USU HI COL ASU UA UF MSU		UCLA	8	3	4	16	24
6	5	UCLA	9	45	63	L1	-1	62	CSU USU HI COL ASU UA MIA UM MSU			9	-1	3	10	16
7	8	USC	8	41	57	W4	4	61	UCL CSU UTA HI COL ASU FSU ND			8	4	4	23	31
8	9	MINN	8	37	53	W1	1	54	UI PSU NEB UM MSU ND OSU WIS			8	1	4	21	29
9	11	LSU	7	34	48	W1	1	49	HI UGA UF TEN CLE FSU AUB			7	1	5	24	34
10	7	SYR	7	34	48	L1	-1	47	UGA UF LSU FSU MIA AUB WIS			7	-1	5	18	28
11	14	MIA	6	33	45	W1	1	46	USC UF LSU CLE FSU AUB			6	1	6	29	41
12	10	ASU	6	31	43	L1	-1	42	CSU WYO USU HI LSU WIS			6	-1	6	33	45
Bubble Has Popped - Eliminated From Playoff Contention
13	17	COL	6	28	40	W1	1	41	CSU USU HI ASU LSU OSU			6	1	6	28	40
14	20	OSU	5	28	38	W2	2	40	CLE IA UI PSU UM			5	2	7	47	61
15	15	MSU	6	23	35	W4	4	39	CSU UI PSU ND OSU WIS			6	4	6	25	37
16	19	UA	5	27	37	W2	2	39	USC USU COL ASU PSU			5	2	7	43	57
17	13	NEB	6	27	39	L2	-2	37	UI PSU UM MSU ND OSU		UM	6	-2	6	30	42
18	12	UM	6	27	39	L2	-2	37	SYR UI PSU MSU ND WIS			6	-2	6	23	35
19	16	UF	5	23	33	L3	-3	30	CLE FSU AUB NEB WIS		AUB	5	-3	7	31	45
20	18	AUB	5	21	31	L1	-1	30	CSU UGA CLE UI OSU			5	-1	7	33	47
21	27	CLEM	4	19	27	W1	1	28	UA UGA FSU SYR			4	1	8	36	52
22	26	UI	5	16	26	W1	1	27	USU UGA PSU ND WIS			5	1	7	38	52
23	22	CSU	4	21	29	L2	-2	27	UTA HI UA NEB			4	-2	8	42	58
24	21	FSU	4	19	27	L1	-1	26	COL UA UGA AUB			4	-1	8	37	53
25	23	USU	4	22	30	L4	-4	26	USC CSU HI MIN			4	-4	8	44	60
26	24	WISC	4	16	24	L3	-3	21	PSU NEB ND OSU			4	-3	8	43	59
27	25	UGA	3	15	21	L1	-1	20	USU UF MIA			3	-1	9	51	69
28	29	HI	2	13	17	L1	-1	16	UA MIN			2	-1	10	47	67
29	28	PSU	3	11	17	L2	-2	15	ASU UGA ND			3	-2	9	53	71
30	30	ND	2	11	15	L7	-7	8	MIA OSU			2	-7	10	53	73

 

Note:
*Top 3 seeds will always be the current SUBDIVISION leaders regardless of XFBS Ranking (Noted by asterisk until rankings displayed at end of week 12)

** 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 to 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. Most importantly, it makes winning the last game of the regular season pivotal for bubble teams hoping to make the playoffs.

 

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 T1 Head-to-Head victories followed by T2 highest-to-lowest Total Wins, T3 highest-to-lowest Streak Adjustment, and then T4 lowest-to-highest Loss Power Score ([your losses X 2] + total losses of opponents that beat you) will be used as tiebreakers.

 

If 3 or more teams have the same XFBS score, T1 H2H cannot be used as a tiebreaker - in this scenario, the next tiebreaker is used.

 

Hint: Don't lose to the really bad teams! It could hurt you if it ever comes to T4 deciding your fate (i.e. if two teams are 10-1 and one lost to a 1-11 team and the other one lost to a 6-6 team, the one that lost to the 6-6 team gets the edge if T4 is ever needed).

 

 

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. Subdivision leader is determined based on 1) higher SubDivision W/L, 2) SubDivision H2H victory, 3) higher overall W/L %, 4) higher XFBS Ranking. 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 three or more teams in a subdivision have the same subdivision record, then the tiebreakers after subdivision H2H will be used to determine the subdivision champion.
• 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.