The seasons.
The scoring inputs.

Formula v0.1 weights are unchanged. These are reproducible draft-model ratings, not official NCAA ratings or an independent audit of every source fact. All scored schedules reconcile with provider records, except the documented official-school schedule supplement for New Mexico State’s postponed 2020 season.

2,098 team-seasons calculated. Only current-directory programs that played major/University Division or I-A/FBS in the selected season are included. Years played in other divisions remain pending a division-specific policy.

Coverage exceptions

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Source-backed lower-division membership exclusions: []

Rivalry model policy

Explicit CFBFR retrospective MODEL rivalry designations for 1980–1999. These scoring conventions are not an independent audit of rivalry inception, contemporary recognition or intensity. Every pair designation is symmetric, with existing scoring weights unchanged.

• The 2025 directory supplies 264 candidate relationships. Within 1980–1999 CFBFR explicitly designates each relationship from the later of 1980 and its first recorded meeting, except documented later-start model exceptions. First meeting is only an eligibility floor, not proof of historical rivalry inception.
• Dates are inclusive. A null activeThrough means no upper date, but this file is only applied inside its 1980–1999 window. A pair with activeFrom after 1999 cannot receive a rivalry adjustment in this batch.
• Generic pair names are used unless a researched year-specific label applies. registryName preserves the modern source-directory label only and must not be displayed as a claim about historical trophy or nickname usage.
• A new trophy does not itself erase an older relationship. Documented newly introduced relationships can begin later under conservative model exceptions, explicitly carried forward from the newer period catalogs.
• Every played meeting of an active pair counts, including bowl rematches. No meeting means no rivalry points. The same pair/date policy applies to both teams; the existing scoring engine separately evaluates outcome, rank and location.
• This catalog does not modify any other era catalog or authorize applying this policy outside 1980–1999.

The designation applies symmetrically to both teams, including postseason rematches. First meeting is not claimed to be the verified start of a rivalry.

Individual honors

Named national player trophy families from2025.1when they existed; season honored rather than ceremony year. AP first-team selections are a separate catalog. Contemporaneous honors are credited for the original fan experience; later vacatur must be disclosed. One shared trophy counts once per team.

Final AP first-team position selections only, 0.5 per distinct selection within the shared honors cap. Historical roster sizes are preserved. No AP second/third teams, preseason teams, other selectors or consensus-only substitutions. AP-specific position annotations take precedence over a table grouping.

Heisman: +5 separately. Named national awards: +1 each. AP first-team position selections: +0.5 each. National awards and AP selections share a +5 season cap. Unknown or excluded award families are identified below; this catalog is not a claim to cover every award ever created.

excludedFamilies

• Coach/conference/weekly/preseason awards and non-AP All-America selectors
• Program-only Disney Spirit recipient1999(East Carolina)
• Bobby Bowden Trophy,CFPA annual awards,Comeback Player of the Year and other families outside2025.1catalog

corrections

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Explicit AP-1 and AP-All-Purpose-1 entries transcribed from the named annual historical tables. Primary AP reporting corroborates the complete 1994, 1995 and 1998 lists; other years retain the secondary tabulation source transparently. The tables cite contemporaneous AP newspaper lists. NCAA consensus rosters were not used as a substitute.

Selection-table attribution: Wikipedia annual All-America college football team tables · CC BY-SA 4.0. Individual year sources are linked below.

Championship and bowl classifications

CFP rounds and national champions follow the CFP history. NY6 bowls outside the playoff use the major-bowl package. Championship-game participants receive the existing conference formula. Recognized shared conference champions without a played title game each receive +8, including Coastal Carolina and Louisiana in 2020. No-game titles do not add an appearance bonus.

No-playing years and schedule corrections

UAB 2015–2016, UConn 2020 and Old Dominion 2020 are excluded from the fan-history average, not scored zero. New Mexico State’s two spring 2021 games are assigned to its school-designated 2020 season. Its fall 2021 schedule remains separate. The canceled 2024 App State–Liberty game is excluded.

Classic.2 correction

Baylor1980:70.39 →69.39. The pre-1981 Davey O’Brien predecessor honored a regional player, so it does not qualify under the existing national-awards eligibility rule. This removes1 point. Tulsa1980–1985: each gains8 points for an omitted Missouri Valley conference championship. Formula weights are unchanged.

Classic-era model policies

On-field fan experience: subsequently vacated wins/titles retained, but pre-existing title ineligibility does not create a title. Full conference championships only; no divisional bonuses. Shared titles credited equally. Final AP and contemporary coaches-poll national champions receive 26 (1990 Colorado/Georgia Tech,1991 Miami/Washington,1997 Michigan/Nebraska). Major bowls are Rose/Sugar/Orange/Cotton through1994; Fiesta joins starting1986; Cotton ordinary starting1995. Only verified bowl national-title matchups receive runner-up16 before standard margin/shutout penalties: pre-Coalition AP#1/#2 bowls1982Sugar,1986Fiesta,1987Orange; Coalition/Alliance first-pair championship games1992–97; BCS1998–99. Final AP#2 status alone does not confer runner-up credit. Title achievement replaces ordinary bowl credit.

Final AP polls published20 ranks through1988 and25 starting1989. Ranked-opponent adjustments use the actual published final poll; no additional ranked teams are invented. Ties count as half a win in regular-season normalization and add zero opponent/rival points. Tied bowls earn no bowl win/loss achievement points. A season is winning when final wins exceed losses. Confirmed no-playing years, including SMU1987–1988, are excluded from fan-history averages. Opponents outside that year’s complete I-A membership list use the non-major opponent penalty when their exact lower subdivision is unavailable; this shares the FCS/small-college penalty and does not assert a specific subdivision.

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