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.

1,426 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 2014–2024. These are scoring conventions, not an independently verified history of when every rivalry began. Both teams receive the same designation in the same season. No score weight changes.

• The 2025 pair registry defines the candidate relationships. For 2014–2024, CFBFR explicitly designates those relationships retrospectively from the later of 2014 and their first recorded meeting, except dated primary-source exceptions below.
• First meeting is only an eligibility floor under this model convention; it must never be described as verified rivalry inception.
• Specific documented new trophy relationships can begin later. New names for established rivalries do not by themselves erase prior rivalry status. Historical labels are supplied when researched.
• These dates are inclusive. An activeThrough of null has no upper limit, but this catalog is only applied within its declared 2014–2024 window.
• Every actual meeting of an active pair counts, including a postseason rematch. A dormant year with no game produces no rivalry adjustment.
• This catalog does not authorize applying any pair before 2014 or change the separately published 2025 catalog.

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 from2025.1, using season honored rather than ceremony year. AP first-team selections are maintained in a separate catalog. One shared trophy counts once per team. FWAA2018–2022 and Shaun Alexander are one award, not two. Explicit exclusions and unresolved family-years below are not claims that no winner existed.

Final/postseason AP first-team position selections only. Each distinct position selection earns 0.5 within the shared national-honors cap. A player selected at two positions counts twice; no duplicate position entries. AP used 25 slots through 2020 and expanded to 27 in 2021. This does not include preseason, midseason, second-team or other selectors.

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 and preseason awards
• Non-AP All-America selectors
• Fan-only/program-only Disney Spirit recipients (2017,2018,2024)
• Bobby Bowden Trophy, CFPA annual awards, Comeback Player of the Year and other families outside the2025.1 catalog

Annual tables transcribed and matched to the original AP first-team lists, including AP syndicated reporting and complete school reproductions. Team naming standardized to current program aliases.

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.

Recalculated early draft examples

These early Indiana/Oklahoma State examples now use the same historical inputs as every other program; they were not frozen to their original estimates.

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