college football rankings/ structure

184 views

so i am not american and this is somewhat new to me .. theres like a billion college games on saturday nights.. is there a “superbowl “ for college that means one is the best? or are there just a bunch of sep leagues? is there one power ranking for all ? and is like every single secondary school w a football team ranked ???

In: 1

4 Answers

Anonymous 0 Comments

>is there a “superbowl “ for college that means one is the best?

There are 3 Divisions with Division 1 having two subdivisions (Football Championship Subdivision or FCS and Football Bowl Subdivision or FBS). While some FCS teams will play FBS teams, games are usually played between teams in the same division. Each division and subdivision has their own championship but the closest to the college equivalent to the superbowl is the FBS championship. 99% of the time when people refer to *the* national championship they’re talking about the FBS championship, which is the one being played tonight between TCU and Georgia.

>is there one power ranking for all ?

No. There are multiple different polls in each division put together by different groups and they’re only ranked within their division, not against teams in other divisions. When it comes to the FBS, the one that really matters is the CFP (College Football Playoff) Poll. That’s the one that determines who gets into the playoff.

>and is like every single secondary school w a football team ranked ???

Also no. Every division has a ranking system and every team is looked at for ranking but the lists only go through the top 25 teams of each division.

You are viewing 1 out of 4 answers, click here to view all answers.