This is a replication of the NCAA’s NCAA Power Index calculations. These numbers are not official but should be very very close to the official data used to select and seed teams for the NCAA Division III football playoff. Feel free to tweet @FFTMAG if you notice an error or have a question. Read about the NCAA’s Football NPI dials here: FB NCAA Power Index.
For more on NPI specific to football, see What D3 Football Fans Should Know About NPI – D3 Datacast – Episode 89.
For a comprehensive explanation and review of NPI, see Episode 83 of The D3 Datacast.
Pool A (automatic bid) status is based on conference record and then using NPI to break ties. We’re not currently using actual conference tiebreaking procedures (such as head-to-head) in the display below. When an automatic bid has been clinched it will be assigned and displayed regardless of NPI ranking.
Interested in how NPI could look at the end of the season? Logan Hansen has an excellent tool to help see the range of outcomes and their likelihood based on 10,000 simulations to help set your expectations.
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