Rankings from Coaches' poll released prior to the game
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The coloring of each row is automatically determined from the <syntaxhighlight lang="text" class="" style="" inline="1">Result</syntaxhighlight>. The value used for the <syntaxhighlight lang="text" class="" style="" inline="1">Result</syntaxhighlight> should be of the form <syntaxhighlight lang="text" class="" style="" inline="1">R scoreA-scoreB</syntaxhighlight> where <syntaxhighlight lang="text" class="" style="" inline="1">R</syntaxhighlight> is <syntaxhighlight lang="text" class="" style="" inline="1">W</syntaxhighlight>, <syntaxhighlight lang="text" class="" style="" inline="1">L</syntaxhighlight>, <syntaxhighlight lang="text" class="" style="" inline="1">T</syntaxhighlight>, or <syntaxhighlight lang="text" class="" style="" inline="1">V</syntaxhighlight> for won, lost, tied, or vacated, respectively. The values used for <syntaxhighlight lang="text" class="" style="" inline="1">scoreA</syntaxhighlight> and <syntaxhighlight lang="text" class="" style="" inline="1">scoreB</syntaxhighlight> should be non-negative integers. The scores may be delimited with a hyphen, spaced hyphen, dash, spaced dash, or any non-numeric character.
The rank footnote is added if this is set to <syntaxhighlight lang="text" class="" style="" inline="1">y</syntaxhighlight> (or if <syntaxhighlight lang="text" class="" style="" inline="1">rank</syntaxhighlight> is not set to <syntaxhighlight lang="text" class="" style="" inline="1">n</syntaxhighlight>)
The division for the poll used for the rankings (default is the highest division for the corresponding <syntaxhighlight lang="text" class="" style="" inline="1">rankyear</syntaxhighlight>, or blank if there is no <syntaxhighlight lang="text" class="" style="" inline="1">rankyear</syntaxhighlight>; see footnotes section for more details)
Name of the poll used for the rankings (default value is <syntaxhighlight lang="text" class="" style="" inline="1">Coaches'</syntaxhighlight>; see footnotes section for more details)
To denote that the game ended after overtime with the named parameter syntax, use |overtime=OT, |overtime=2OT, ... For the compact syntax, add <syntaxhighlight lang="text" class="" style="" inline="1"><OT></syntaxhighlight>, <syntaxhighlight lang="text" class="" style="" inline="1"><2OT></syntaxhighlight> after the score.
Footnotes
To add a non-conference game footnote, use <syntaxhighlight lang="text" class="" style="" inline="1"><ncg></syntaxhighlight> after the name of the opponent. To add a homecoming game footnote, use <syntaxhighlight lang="text" class="" style="" inline="1"><hc></syntaxhighlight> after the name of the opponent.
If |opprank= and/or |rank= are set to <syntaxhighlight lang="text" class="" style="" inline="1">y</syntaxhighlight> then the rankings footnote is included. The logic for specifying the poll is as follows:
Does <syntaxhighlight lang="text" class="" style="" inline="1">poll</syntaxhighlight> contain a wikilink?
If yes, use the value in <syntaxhighlight lang="text" class="" style="" inline="1">poll</syntaxhighlight>, ignoring the other parameters
If not, is the year specified in <syntaxhighlight lang="text" class="" style="" inline="1">rankyear</syntaxhighlight>?
If yes, the linked text is <syntaxhighlight lang="text" class="" style="" inline="1">[[rankyear rankdivision football rankings#poll Poll|poll Poll]]</syntaxhighlight> where <syntaxhighlight lang="text" class="" style="" inline="1">poll</syntaxhighlight> has a default value of <syntaxhighlight lang="text" class="" style="" inline="1">Coaches'</syntaxhighlight> and <syntaxhighlight lang="text" class="" style="" inline="1">rankdivision</syntaxhighlight> has a default value of <syntaxhighlight lang="text" class="" style="" inline="1">NCAA Division I FBS</syntaxhighlight> or <syntaxhighlight lang="text" class="" style="" inline="1">NCAA Division I-A</syntaxhighlight> ... depending on the year.
If not, is the division specified in <syntaxhighlight lang="text" class="" style="" inline="1">rankdivision</syntaxhighlight>?
If yes, then the linked text is <syntaxhighlight lang="text" class="" style="" inline="1">[[rankdivision poll Poll|poll Poll]]</syntaxhighlight> or <syntaxhighlight lang="text" class="" style="" inline="1">rankdivision [[poll Poll]]</syntaxhighlight> or <syntaxhighlight lang="text" class="" style="" inline="1">rankdivision poll Poll</syntaxhighlight> depending on if the links exist.
If not, then the linked text is <syntaxhighlight lang="text" class="" style="" inline="1">[[poll Poll]]</syntaxhighlight> or <syntaxhighlight lang="text" class="" style="" inline="1">poll Poll</syntaxhighlight>, depending on if the link exists.