Football Rankulator is a software utility which allows you to create your own computer rankings of college Division 1A football teams.

You can also keep an eye on the conference races, team schedules and strength of schedule, the polls, and the BCS standings.

In the beginning we had the AP and Coaches polls. Then came the Bowl Championship Series (BCS). The BCS included the AP and Coaches polls, but added strength of schedule, quality wins, and a bunch of computer rankings to the mix.

Computer rankings have been a big part of the BCS formula from the start. However, the details of their inner workings remain hidden, such as the criteria they use, the reason some teams go up after they lose and other teams go down after they win.

Football Rankulator is a sports software that allows you create rankings.

If you want answers to these types of questions, well, you have come to the wrong place! We do not know either. But now there is Football Rankulator. With Football Rankulator (FBR) you can create your own computer rankings. From dozens of ranking methods, you decide what is important and what is not important.

You decide how much weight to give a particular ranking method. If you do not like the results, change the criteria. Best of all, you know how it works because you are in control. There is also a unique strength of schedule calculation.

You can actually see the break down of opponent schedules and opponent opponent schedules. And like the rankings, you can control how your version of the strength of schedule works. There is no data entry.

The Division 1A and 1AA data are provided free of charge, i.e., schedules and scores plus the AP, Coaches, and BCS numbers. Datafiles are updated in a timely fashion and available for download so you do not have to enter a single score, and the software will even download the datafile for you.

Of course, if you want to enter the scores yourself, you may. If you follow Division II or III football, the software will allow you to enter their schedules and scores.

Limitations:

· data modifications are not saved
· scores will only be processed through mid October.

What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

· Two new game attributes have been added: Time, TV schedule
· Note: Because of the dynamics of game times and TV schedules, WSA will not provide this information in the datafiles; these attributes have been added for your convenience. When you download a datafile, just be sure to use the "Merge" option - merging will not alter any time or TV schedules you have entered
· Game add/edit dialog has been redesigned
· Games may be added even if opponents are not known (e.g., bowl games, conference championships, etc.)
· Note: the latest 2006.fbd file will contain the Div1-A conference championships and bowl games
· Improvements to the user configurable grid columns feature
· the Game Page grid is now configurable
· Polls are listed by date in ascending order instead of descending order
· History list of last 10 tracked teams are maintained during a FBR session
· Numerous GUI enhancements and bug fixes