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Template:Infobox NCAA football rankings

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Usage[edit]

{{Infobox NCAA football rankings
| season = 
| image = 
| image_caption = 
| preseason_number_1 = 
| champions = 
| conference =
}}

Parameters[edit]

* denotes a required field

Parameter Explanation Example
season* The year of the season; if blank, defaults to current year 2007
image An image for the rankings in that season if there is one. Follow Wikipedia guidelines. Example.png
image_caption A caption for the image, if provided Image of the 2007 season final AP Poll.
preseason_number_1 The team ranked #1 in the pre-season AP Poll and/or the team ranked #1 in the Coaches Poll. (only two major polls with a long history which have preseason rankings) [[2007 Georgia Bulldogs football team|Georgia Bulldogs]]
champions The name of the team(s) that won the National Championship for that season. [[2007 Buffalo Bulls football team|Buffalo Bulls]]
conference The football conference that had the most teams in the final AP Poll. (Reason AP is used is because BCS does not do a "final" poll after bowl games are played) [[Southeastern Conference|SEC]] (5 teams)
division Omit for Division I. III

Example[edit]

Here is an example of one filled out:

{{Infobox NCAA football rankings
| season = 2006
| image = Wikipedia.svg
| image_caption = Image of the 2006 season final AP Poll.
| preseason_number_1 = [[2006 Ohio State Buckeyes football team|Ohio State Buckeyes]]
| champions = [[2006 Florida Gators football team|Florida Gators]]
| conference = [[Southeastern Conference|SEC]] (5 teams)
}}