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The BCS Poll uses a SOS or Strength Of Schedule Rating in it's formula which has caused some confusion amoungst many fans. Here is a detailed, but yet simple breakdown of the 1999 National Champion Florida State ranking for those junkies who really are in the need to know. At the bottom of the page you will find an extra example as well as the 1999 Final BCS Strength Of Schedule listing of all 114 Division I-A teams. Here is a menu for ease of navigation:

STRENGTH OF SCHEDULE AS EXPLAINED BY THE BCS ORGANIZATION

The third component will be the team's strength of schedule. This component is calculated by determining the cumulative won/loss records of the team's opponents and the cumulative won/loss records of the teams' opponents' opponents. The formula shall be weighted two-third (66 2/3%) for the opponent's record and one-third (33 1/3%) for the opponents' opponents record. The team's schedule strength shall be calculated to determine in which quartile it will rank: 1-25, 26-50; 51-75; 76-100 and shall be further quantified by its ranking within each quartile (divided by 25). For example, if a team's schedule strength rating is 28th in the nation, that team would receive 1.12 points (28/25 = 1.12). Should a team play a Division I-AA opponent, only the losses of the Division I-AA team shall be used in determining the opponent's record or the opponent's opponents' record.

OPPONENTS RECORD
FLORIDA STATE - OPPONENTS RECORDS
TEAM
OVERALL
RECORD
RECORD
FOR
BCS
REASON
LOUISIANA TECH
8-3
7-2
 FLORIDA STATE LOSS DOES NOT COUNT (HEAD TO HEAD)
SAM HOUSTON WIN DOES NOT COUNT (I-AA TEAM)
GEORGIA TECH
8-3
8-2
 FLORIDA STATE LOSS DOES NOT COUNT (HEAD TO HEAD)
NC STATE
6-6
5-5
 FLORIDA STATE LOSS DOES NOT COUNT (HEAD TO HEAD)
WILLIAM & MARY WIN DOES NOT COUNT (I-AA TEAM)
NORTH CAROLINA
3-8
3-7
 FLORIDA STATE LOSS DOES NOT COUNT (HEAD TO HEAD)
FURMAN LOSS DOES COUNT (I-AA LOSSES COUNT BUT NOT WINS)
DUKE
3-8
3-7
 FLORIDA STATE LOSS DOES NOT COUNT (HEAD TO HEAD)
MIAMI (FL)
8-4
7-3
 FLORIDA STATE LOSS DOES NOT COUNT (HEAD TO HEAD)
FLORIDA A&M WIN DOES NOT COUNT (I-AA TEAM)
WAKE FOREST
6-5
6-4
 FLORIDA STATE LOSS DOES NOT COUNT (HEAD TO HEAD)
CLEMSON
6-5
6-4
 FLORIDA STATE LOSS DOES NOT COUNT (HEAD TO HEAD)
VIRGINIA
7-4
7-3
 FLORIDA STATE LOSS DOES NOT COUNT (HEAD TO HEAD)
MARYLAND
5-6
4-5
 FLORIDA STATE LOSS DOES NOT COUNT (HEAD TO HEAD)
WESTERN CAROLINA WIN DOES NOT COUNT (I-AA TEAM)
FLORIDA
9-3
9-2
 FLORIDA STATE LOSS DOES NOT COUNT (HEAD TO HEAD)
TOTAL:
69-55
65-44
 ADD THIS TO BCS TOTAL
65-44 OPPONENTS BCS RECORD IS A WINNING PERCENTAGE OF .5963
WHICH YOU GET BY DIVIDING 69 WINS/109 GAMES
OPPONENTS' OPPONENTS RECORD
Now do the same exact type of totals for each team Florida State played.
FLORIDA STATE - OPPONENTS' OPPONENTS RECORDS
TEAM
RECORD FOR BCS
LOUISIANA TECH
48-49
GEORGIA TECH
56-52
NC STATE
60-55
NORTH CAROLINA
54-47
DUKE
58-50
MIAMI (FL)
66-46
WAKE FOREST
51-58
CLEMSON
63-45
VIRGINIA
60-48
MARYLAND
49-58
FLORIDA
68-49
TOTAL:
633-557
633-557 OPPONENTS' OPPONENTS BCS RECORD IS A WINNING PERCENTAGE OF .5319
WHICH YOU GET BY DIVIDING 633 WINS/1190 GAMES
CALCULATIONS
FLORIDA STATE
 
OPPONENTS RECORD
OPPONENTS' OPPONENTS RECORD
RECORD
65-44
633-557
WINNING %
0.5963302
0.5319327
HERE IS THE FORMULA TO WEIGHT THE OPPONENTS WINNING PERCENTAGE BY 66 2/3%
AND THE OPPONENTS' OPPONENTS WINNING PERCENTAGE BY 33 1/3%
BY PLUGGING IN THE NUMBERS YOU GET:
QUARTILE RANK

AFTER COMPLETING THE CALCULATIONS FOR ALL DIVISION I-A TEAMS,
0.5749 RANKS 6TH AMOUNG THE 114 TEAMS.

6 IS THEN DIVIDED BY 25 TO GIVE THE TOTAL THAT IS TO BE ADDED TO THE BCS POLL.
6/25 = 0.24

0.24 IS ADDED TO THE BCS POLL TOTAL
HERE IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE
LOUISIANA TECH - OPPONENTS RECORDS
TEAM
OVERALL
RECORD
RECORD
FOR
BCS
REASON
FLORIDA STATE
11-0
10-0
 LOUISIANA TECH WIN DOES NOT COUNT (HEAD TO HEAD)
TEXAS A&M
8-3
7-3
 LOUISIANA TECH WIN DOES NOT COUNT (HEAD TO HEAD)
SAM HOUSTON STATE
6-5
0-4
 ONLY WINS VERSUS I-A TEAMS COUNT, I-AA LOSSES DO COUNT
LOUISIANA TECH LOSS DOES NOT COUNT (HEAD TO HEAD)
ALABAMA
10-2
10-1
 LOUISIANA TECH LOSS DOES NOT COUNT (HEAD TO HEAD)
LOUIS -LAFAYETTE
2-9
1-8
 ONLY WINS VERSUS I-A TEAMS COUNT: MID TENN
I-AA LOSSES DO COUNT
LOUISIANA TECH LOSS DOES NOT COUNT (HEAD TO HEAD)
MIDDLE TENNESSEE
3-8
0-7
 ONLY WINS VERSUS I-A TEAMS COUNT, I-AA LOSSES DO COUNT
LOUISIANA TECH LOSS DOES NOT COUNT (HEAD TO HEAD)
CENTRAL FLORIDA
4-7
2-6
 ONLY WINS VERSUS I-A TEAMS COUNT: E. MICH, MID TENN
I-AA LOSSES DO COUNT
LOUISIANA TECH LOSS DOES NOT COUNT (HEAD TO HEAD)
TOLEDO
6-5
5-4
 ONLY WINS VERSUS 1-A TEAMS COUNT: UMASS DOES NOT COUNT
LOUISIANA TECH LOSS DOES NOT COUNT (HEAD TO HEAD)
LOUIS-MONROE
5-6
3-5
 ONLY WINS VERSUS I-A TEAMS COUNT: UL-LAF, MID TEN, TULSA
I-AA LOSSES DO COUNT
LOUISIANA TECH LOSS DOES NOT COUNT (HEAD TO HEAD)
UAB
5-6
5-5
 LOUISIANA TECH LOSS DOES NOT COUNT (HEAD TO HEAD)
SOUTHERN CAL
6-6
5-6
 LOUISIANA TECH WIN DOES NOT COUNT (HEAD TO HEAD)
TOTAL:
66-57
48-49
 ADD THIS TO BCS TOTAL
48-49 OPPONENTS BCS RECORD IS A WINNING PERCENTAGE OF .4948
WHICH YOU GET BY DIVIDING 48 WINS/97 GAMES
1999 FINAL BCS STRENGTH OF SCHEDULE RANKINGS
AS OF DECEMBER 4, 1999
1999 OPPONENTS
RECORD 		Opponents' Opponents Strength Of Schedule
Rank School W-L Pct W-L Pct SOS
1 Alabama 80-38 0.6780 676-610 0.5257 0.6272
2 Michigan 67-45 0.5982 666-556 0.5450 0.5805
3 Auburn 62-37 0.6263 547-577 0.4867 0.5797
4 Notre Dame 74-46 0.6167 673-672 0.5004 0.5779
5 Florida 68-49 0.5812 733-570 0.5625 0.5750
6 Florida State 65-44 0.5963 633-557 0.5319 0.5749
7 Ohio State 70-49 0.5882 710-589 0.5466 0.5743
8 Penn State 72-49 0.5950 704-625 0.5297 0.5733
9 South Carolina 66-43 0.6055 606-587 0.5080 0.5730
10 Michigan State 65-47 0.5804 675-552 0.5501 0.5703
11 Clemson 63-45 0.5833 617-572 0.5189 0.5619
12 Miami, FL 66-46 0.5893 628-629 0.4996 0.5594
13 Texas 76-54 0.5846 738-721 0.5058 0.5584
14 Nebraska 69-53 0.5656 727-630 0.5357 0.5556
15 UCLA 64-47 0.5766 623-606 0.5069 0.5534
16 Tennessee 60-49 0.5505 666-526 0.5587 0.5532
17 Purdue 61-47 0.5648 638-575 0.5260 0.5519
18 Missouri 63-46 0.5780 601-610 0.4963 0.5507
19 Temple 63-44 0.5888 561-639 0.4675 0.5484
20 Iowa 62-48 0.5636 627-584 0.5178 0.5483
21 Northwestern 61-47 0.5648 601-582 0.5080 0.5459
22 Louisiana State 61-47 0.5648 588-580 0.5034 0.5444
23 Virginia 60-48 0.5556 605-563 0.5180 0.5430
24 California 61-51 0.5446 648-592 0.5226 0.5373
25 Washington 60-50 0.5455 633-584 0.5201 0.5370
26 Duke 58-50 0.5370 622-569 0.5223 0.5321
27 Illinois 57-51 0.5278 639-553 0.5361 0.5305
28 Texas A&M 58-51 0.5321 619-595 0.5099 0.5247
29 Oklahoma State 60-50 0.5455 585-630 0.4815 0.5241
30 Cincinnati 56-44 0.5600 516-629 0.4507 0.5236
31 Colorado 57-50 0.5327 598-604 0.4975 0.5210
32 Vanderbilt 58-51 0.5321 571-574 0.4987 0.5210
33 UAB 57-48 0.5429 547-600 0.4769 0.5209
34 North Carolina 54-47 0.5347 564-581 0.4926 0.5206
35 Brigham Young 55-50 0.5238 586-554 0.5140 0.5206
36 North Carolina State 60-55 0.5217 649-621 0.5110 0.5182
37 Arizona 63-57 0.5250 667-660 0.5026 0.5175
38 Southern Cal 62-58 0.5167 692-647 0.5168 0.5167
39 Washington State 63-55 0.5339 630-681 0.4805 0.5161
40 Southern Miss 56-50 0.5283 556-582 0.4886 0.5151
41 Georgia Tech 56-52 0.5185 603-589 0.5059 0.5143
42 Colorado State 55-50 0.5238 547-579 0.4858 0.5111
43 Arizona State 57-56 0.5044 644-598 0.5185 0.5091
44 Oregon 56-57 0.4956 653-584 0.5279 0.5063
45 New Mexico 52-46 0.5306 497-592 0.4564 0.5059
46 San Diego State 52-49 0.5149 536-568 0.4855 0.5051
47 Kentucky 54-52 0.5094 566-575 0.4961 0.5050
48 Stanford 55-58 0.4867 674-579 0.5379 0.5038
49 West Virginia 56-52 0.5185 565-633 0.4716 0.5029
50 Wyoming 52-48 0.5200 491-571 0.4623 0.5008
51 Minnesota 50-50 0.5000 570-569 0.5004 0.5001
52 Rutgers 55-56 0.4955 618-604 0.5057 0.4989
53 Virginia Tech 50-51 0.4950 577-563 0.5061 0.4987
54 Oregon State 52-52 0.5000 587-599 0.4949 0.4983
55 Indiana 52-56 0.4815 628-555 0.5309 0.4979
56 Memphis 53-54 0.4953 579-578 0.5004 0.4970
57 Baylor 56-54 0.5091 574-642 0.4720 0.4967
58 Georgia 50-55 0.4762 630-543 0.5371 0.4965
59 Rice 56-53 0.5138 556-648 0.4618 0.4964
60 Arkansas 49-53 0.4804 587-551 0.5158 0.4922
61 Mississippi 51-57 0.4722 617-551 0.5283 0.4909
62 Utah State 51-46 0.5258 450-621 0.4202 0.4906
63 Kansas State 52-60 0.4643 658-570 0.5358 0.4881
64 Air Force 50-51 0.4950 525-582 0.4743 0.4881
65 Wake Forest 51-58 0.4679 627-560 0.5282 0.4880
66 Iowa State 53-56 0.4862 581-603 0.4907 0.4877
67 Louisiana Tech 48-49 0.4948 520-582 0.4719 0.4872
68 Utah 50-53 0.4854 549-576 0.4880 0.4863
69 UTEP 57-57 0.5000 578-690 0.4558 0.4853
70 Syracuse 51-55 0.4811 581-601 0.4915 0.4846
71 Mississippi State 48-57 0.4571 623-537 0.5371 0.4838
72 Pittsburgh 51-58 0.4679 619-585 0.5141 0.4833
73 Kansas 53-60 0.4690 641-620 0.5083 0.4821
74 Maryland 49-58 0.4579 591-544 0.5207 0.4789
75 Wisconsin 47-56 0.4563 595-544 0.5224 0.4783
76 Oklahoma 49-59 0.4537 602-572 0.5128 0.4734
77 Louisville 48-54 0.4706 534-581 0.4789 0.4734
78 Western Michigan 54-56 0.4909 521-705 0.4250 0.4689
79 Nevada 49-54 0.4757 493-624 0.4414 0.4643
80 Tulane 50-57 0.4673 535-633 0.4580 0.4642
81 Army 50-57 0.4673 533-638 0.4552 0.4632
82 Houston 47-62 0.4312 592-571 0.5090 0.4571
83 East Carolina 45-64 0.4128 622-564 0.5245 0.4500
84 Texas Tech 46-63 0.4220 601-605 0.4983 0.4475
85 San Jose State 42-53 0.4421 465-550 0.4581 0.4474
86 Eastern Michigan 48-57 0.4571 489-672 0.4212 0.4452
87 Fresno State 47-60 0.4393 552-662 0.4547 0.4444
88 Navy 50-69 0.4202 625-692 0.4746 0.4383
89 UNLV 43-62 0.4095 561-578 0.4925 0.4372
90 Kent 48-61 0.4404 489-671 0.4216 0.4341
91 New Mexico State 40-56 0.4167 480-548 0.4669 0.4334
92 Tulsa 43-57 0.4300 486-629 0.4359 0.4320
93 Marshall 48-66 0.4211 537-650 0.4524 0.4315
94 Central Florida 43-60 0.4175 483-578 0.4552 0.4301
95 Boston College 43-66 0.3945 580-582 0.4991 0.4294
96 Buffalo 44-53 0.4536 410-685 0.3744 0.4272
97 Southern Methodist 40-55 0.4211 449-583 0.4351 0.4257
98 Toledo 43-56 0.4343 456-662 0.4079 0.4255
99 Ohio 43-59 0.4216 480-635 0.4305 0.4245
100 Boise State 40-58 0.4082 481-641 0.4287 0.4150
101 Hawaii 47-70 0.4017 552-701 0.4405 0.4147
102 Ball State 43-63 0.4057 486-667 0.4215 0.4109
103 Arkansas State 40-59 0.4040 457-621 0.4239 0.4107
104 Miami, OH 42-66 0.3889 522-639 0.4496 0.4091
105 Bowling Green 41-59 0.4100 442-683 0.3929 0.4043
106 Texas Christian 40-66 0.3774 533-635 0.4563 0.4037
107 Akron 40-71 0.3604 548-636 0.4628 0.3945
108 LA-Monroe 36-61 0.3711 433-581 0.4270 0.3898
109 Idaho 32-57 0.3596 451-572 0.4409 0.3867
110 LA-Lafayette 35-62 0.3608 477-620 0.4348 0.3855
111 North Texas 37-67 0.3558 498-622 0.4446 0.3854
112 Central Michigan 37-70 0.3458 470-642 0.4227 0.3714
113 Northern Illinois 31-70 0.3069 491-628 0.4388 0.3509
114 Middle Tennessee 29-55 0.3452 328-631 0.3420 0.3442