About these ratings

Unofficial. Unofficial. Not affiliated with the NCAA, the College Football Playoff, the OHSAA or Joe Eitel.

The formula

Rating = L1 / G + 10 × L2 / divisor

• Level 1 (L1): points for each win, set by the tier of the team you beat.
• G: games played so far.
• Level 2 (L2): for each win, the Level 1 points that beaten team has earned. It rewards beating teams that themselves win.
• Divisor: the number of games on your opponents' schedules. A full slate of 12 opponents who each play 12 games gives 144.

Tiers and points

Ohio scores a win by the enrollment division of the loser. For FBS, the tier of the team you beat takes its place:

• Power 4 (SEC, Big Ten, Big 12, ACC, plus Notre Dame): 6.5
• Other FBS: 5.0
• FCS: 3.0
• Below FCS: 1.5

Every loss costs the same, whoever beat you.

What counts

Regular-season games and conference championship games count. Bowl games, College Football Playoff games and FCS playoff games do not. Those appear on team pages and score pages with a red *. Rated W-L is the record in counted games only.

Current and final divisor

The tables show two divisors. Following Joe Eitel's convention, the current divisor counts every opponent's schedule as a full 12 games until a shortfall has actually happened (a cancellation, or an opponent whose season ended short). That is why ratings climb toward their true value as games are played. The average uses the current divisor. The final divisor uses each opponent's full schedule as currently known, so it shows where the divisor is headed. The two agree once the regular season is over.

How this differs from Ohio

• Tiers replace enrollment divisions, and the points gaps between tiers are wider than Ohio's half-point steps.
• One national table replaces Ohio's regions, and each conference also has its own page. The cut line is a plain top 12 by rating (12-team CFP); it ignores conference automatic bids.
• Schedules are 12 games, not 10, so a full divisor is 144, not 100.
• Conference championship games are added late in the season, once the matchup is known.
• Playoff-status labels and max/min projections are not shown yet.

Credit

The method is the OHSAA football computer-ratings formula, and the presentation follows Joe Eitel's Harbin site (joeeitel.com). Many thanks to Joe for the model.

Unofficial. Not affiliated with the NCAA, the College Football Playoff, the OHSAA or Joe Eitel.