Tiers and Scoring System

Scoring System:

POINTS for WINS:

• 3 points for a win in regulation against an FBS opponent
• 2 points for a win in overtime against an FBS opponent
• 2 bonus points for win against a Tier 1 opponent
• 1 bonus point for win against a Tier 2 opponent
• 0.5 bonus points for win against a Tier 3 opponent
• 0 bonus points for win against a Tier 4 opponent
• 2 bonus points for a Tier 4 team’s win over a Tier 1 opponent
• 1 bonus point for a Tier 4 team’s win over a Tier 2 opponent
• 1 bonus point for a Tier 3 team’s win over a Tier 1 opponent
• 0 points for a win over an FCS opponent

POINTS for LOSSES

• 0 points for a loss against an FBS opponent
• 1 point for an overtime loss against an FBS opponent
• 1 bonus point for a Tier 4 team’s loss to a Tier 1 opponent
• 0.5 bonus points for a Tier 4 team’s loss to a Tier 2 opponent
• 0.5 bonus points for a Tier 3 team’s loss to a Tier 1 opponent
• -1 point deduction for a loss against an FCS opponent

Tiers for 2013:

Tier 1	Tier 2	Tier 3	Tier 4
Alabama	Arizona	Air Force~	Akron
Clemson^	Arkansas State^	Arizona State~	Alabama-Birmingham
Florida	Ball State^	Arkansas~	Army~
Georgia	Boise State~	Baylor~	Auburn~
Kansas State^	Bowling Green State^	Brigham Young~	Boston College~
Kent State^	Central Florida	Central Michigan	Buffalo
Louisiana State	Cincinnati~	Connecticut~	California~
Louisiana Tech^	East Carolina^	Duke^	Colorado
Louisville^	Florida State	Georgia Tech~	Colorado State
Nebraska	Fresno State^	Houston~	Eastern Michigan
Northern Illinois^	Iowa State^	Indiana^	Florida Atlantic
Northwestern^	Louisiana-Monroe^	Louisiana-Lafayette	Florida International
Notre Dame^	Miami (FL)~	Marshall^	Georgia State~
Ohio State	Michigan	Memphis^	Hawaii~
Oregon	Middle Tennessee State^	Michigan State~	Idaho
San Jose State^	Mississippi State	Minnesota	Illinois~
South Carolina	North Carolina	Mississippi~	Iowa~
Stanford	Ohio^	Missouri~	Kansas~
Texas A&M^	Oklahoma~	Navy~	Kentucky~
UCLA^	Oklahoma State~	Nevada~	Maryland~
	Oregon State	North Carolina State~	Massachusetts
	Penn State~	Pittsburgh~	Miami (OH)
	Rice^	Purdue	Nevada-Las Vegas
	Rutgers	Southern Methodist	New Mexico
	San Diego State^	Tennessee~	New Mexico State
	Southern California~	Texas Tech~	North Texas
	Syracuse^	Texas-El Paso^	South Alabama
	Texas~	Troy	South Florida~
	Texas Christian~	Utah~	Southern Mississippi~
	Toledo^	Virginia	Temple~
	Tulsa	Virginia Tech~	Texas State
	Utah State^	Wake Forest	Texas-San Antonio
	Vanderbilt^	West Virginia~	Tulane
	Washington^	Western Kentucky^	Washington State
	Wisconsin~	Wyoming^	Western Michigan~

^ – promoted
~ – relegated

Past Champions:

The 2009 Uncle Popov College Football Champion was determined by a voting poll made up of writers and readers of the blog.  The 2010 and 2011 polls were based off of a formula that utilized variables such as offensive performance relative to opposing defenses and recruiting.  The 2012 poll saw the incorporation of a points-based system.  The current poll uses this latter system.

• 2009: Alabama Crimson Tide
• 2010: TCU Horned Frogs
• 2011: Alabama Crimson Tide
• 2012: Notre Dame Fighting Irish