Template:NCAA Division I FBS CFP ranking movements/doc

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{{NCAA Division I FBS CFP ranking movements}} may be used to track NCAA Division I FBS football ranking movements during the College Football Playoff (CFP) era (2014–present). For the BCS era (1998–2013), use {{NCAA Division I FBS football ranking movements}}. For rankings prior to 1998, see {{Ranking movements}}.

Usage

The template may be added by pasting the template as shown below into an article and then filling in the desired fields. Any parameters left blank will not be displayed but they should not be omitted.

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{{NCAA Division I FBS CFP ranking movements
| year            = {{year}}
| finalpollweek   = 16
| cfpfirstweek    = 9
| AP_ref          = <!-- <rev></ref> or {{citation needed}} -->
| coaches_ref     = <!-- <rev></ref> or {{citation needed}} -->
| cfp_ref         = <!-- <rev></ref> or {{citation needed}} -->
| AP_pre          = 
| coaches_pre     = 
| AP_1            = 
| coaches_1       = 
| AP_2            = 
| coaches_2       = 
| AP_3            = 
| coaches_3       = 
| AP_4            = 
| coaches_4       = 
| AP_5            = 
| coaches_5       = 
| AP_6            = 
| coaches_6       = 
| AP_7            = 
| coaches_7       = 
| AP_8            = 
| coaches_8       = 
| AP_9            = 
| coaches_9       = 
| cfp_9           =
| AP_10           = 
| coaches_10      = 
| cfp_10          = 
| AP_11           = 
| coaches_11      =
| cfp_11          = 
| AP_12           = 
| coaches_12      = 
| cfp_12          = 
| AP_13           = 
| coaches_13      = 
| cfp_13          = 
| AP_14           = 
| coaches_14      = 
| cfp_14          = 
| AP_15           = 
| coaches_15      = 
| cfp_15          = 
| AP_16           = 
| coaches_16      =
}}

Parameters

Parameter	Requirement	Explanation
year	Required	The numerical year as of the start of the current season. Use {{year}}.
finalpollweek	Required	The numerical week number of the final poll week (for AP/Coaches' poll).
cfpfirstweek	Required	The numerical week number of the first week of CFP poll results.
AP_ref coaches_ref cfp_ref	Optional	Poll title reference(s). References should use this template: <ref>{{cite web \|url= \|title= \|date=YYYY-MM-DD \|accessdate=YYYY-MM-DD \|publisher=}}</ref>
AP_pre coaches_pre	Optional	Pre-season poll results. Polls should always be recorded as numerical numbers rather than text numbers. References are allowed after the numerical number but a space between the ranking and reference is required.
AP_8 coaches_8 AP_9 coaches_9 cfp_9 etc.	Optional	Poll results. Polls should always be recorded as numerical numbers rather than text numbers. References are allowed after the numerical number but a space between the ranking and reference is required.

Examples

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
AP	20	19	17	17	15	15	14	19	18	17	14	14	14	10	8	8	5
Coaches	21	20	17	16	15	15	13	21	21	19	15	13	12	10	7	7	5
CFP	Not released									15	14	13	12	9	7	7	Not released

For an article example, see 2014 UCF Knights football team#Rankings.

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