All Games
Using all the games that a team has played
| • | Win Percentage |
| • | Fewest Losses |
| • | Most Wins |
| • | Margin of Victory |
| • | Points Scored - average of points scored |
| • | Points Allowed - average of points allowed |
Major Teams
These are games against any team from a conference that is tagged Major. Independent teams considered Major may also be included. By default, these ranking methods uses games against teams from the Conferences and Independents listed below.
ACC
Big Ten
Big 12
Pac-12
SEC
(Independent) Notre Dame
| • | Win Percentage |
| • | Fewest Losses |
| • | Most Wins |
| • | Margin of Victory |
| • | Points Scored |
| • | Points Allowed |
| • | Most Games |
| • | Fewest Games Against Non-Major Teams |
FBS Weighted
Win-Loss record is calculated using the opponent's team weight (see Team Weights)
| • | Weighted Win Percentage |
| • | Fewest Weighted Losses |
| • | Most Weighted Wins |
Home & Away Games
Using only the home or away games (games at neutral sites are not used)
| • | Home Win Percentage |
| • | Fewest Home Losses |
| • | Away Win Percentage |
| • | Most Away Wins |
FBR Strength of Schedule
The current SoS Option settings are used when calculating the following Ranking Methods.
| • | Strength of Schedule |
| • | Opponents' Record |
| • | Opponents' Opponents' Record |
"Game date" verses "Now"
How may games against winning teams did you your team play? Did they have a winning record when you played them - or do they have a winning record now? Is one view more important to you than the other? The next two Ranking Method groups uses games against winning teams and games against ranked teams. They are subdivided into "game date" and "now" groups which uses these points of view.
Winning Teams (At Game Date and Now)
These Ranking Methods use games against teams having a winning record on the game date or now.
| • | Most Games |
| • | Win Percentage |
| • | Most Wins |
| • | Margin of Victory |
Ranked Teams (At Game Date and Now)
These Ranking Methods use games against ranked teams on the game date or now. The methods are further subdivided into ranked groups: 1) AP, Coaches, or Harris Polls, 2) AP Poll only, 3) Coaches Poll only, and 4) Harris Poll only..
| • | Most Games |
| • | Win Percentage |
| • | Most Wins |
| • | Margin of Victory |
Unranked Teams
All of these Ranking Methods are for the fewest loses against teams that are unranked.
Hot Teams
| • | Here are three Ranking Methods using a team's hot streak and one for a team's winning streak. A team's hot streak is determined by looking at its cumulative Win-Lose record in reverse order (i.e., going backwards in time) and remembering the best Win Percentage we see. A hot streak must include at least four games (unless there are no more than four games), and must include at least one loss (unless the team is undefeated). |
| • | Win Percentage in Hot Streak |
| • | Most Wins in Hot Streak |
| • | Fewest Losses in Hot Streak |
| • | Winning Streak |
Upsets
These Ranking Methods uses games where the outcome would be described as an upset.
| • | Most Wins Against Better Ranked Teams |
| • | Fewest Loses Against Worse Ranked Teams |
| • | Most Wins Against Teams with Better Records (both teams must have played at least one game) |
| • | Fewest Losses Against Teams with Better Records (both teams must have played at least one game) |
Voter Polls
These methods reflect the AP and Coaches polls, either by rank or points.
| • | AP Rank |
| • | AP Ranking Points |
| • | Coaches Rank |
| • | Coaches Ranking Points |
| • | Harris Rank (beginning 2005) |
| • | Harris Ranking Points (beginning 2005) |