Template talk:Infobox NCAA Division I FBS season

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This template is non-neutral[edit]

Unfortunately, I feel that how this template handles champions is non-neutral, because it does not reflect all significant viewpoints in regards to the "champion" at the end of the season. As you are aware, there is no "official" champion named by the NCAA, and all "champions" in Division I FBS are named by third-parties. However, there are three significant viewpoints used to determine this so-called "champion";

  1. The winner of a highly publicized playoff system with teams selected by a committee.
  2. The #1 rank on a poll by a highly respected news agency (we list their #1 at the start of the season, but not their final #1?)
  3. The Coaches' Poll, which was previously forced to recognize the BCS winner as its #1. As of 2014, it is no longer forced to, but still gives out its trophy.

This template only treats the BCS/CFP winner as "champion", meaning it is non-neutral. This template should be amended to equally treat the College Football Playoff and its successors as having an equal weight to the AP Poll and Coaches' Poll in how we designate "champions".ViperSnake151  Talk  17:31, 1 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I agree. The "Champion(s)" infobox parameter is currently displayed as a subsection of the BCS/CFP championship game.
The parameter in the championship game section should be changed to Champion singular. (or perhaps "BCS champion" and "CFP champion" to fully distinguish).
A top-level "Champion(s)" parameter should be retained and display (at least) the AP champion, the Coaches Poll champion, and the BCS/CFP NCG champion. This will display two teams in 1997 and 2003, and possibly also in 2017.
PK-WIKI (talk) 17:07, 6 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Next season not displayed in current year's infobox[edit]

The way this infobox is currently constructed, automatic navigation to the next season is not displayed if the season is for the current year, as on 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. I assume this was originally done in an effort to keep things neat and prevent red links from showing when the next season's page hasn't been created. Enough information about the 2017 is already known, however, that editors have created the 2017 page, but it's not accessible from the 2016 season page unless you scroll all the way down to the navbox at the bottom of the page.

Can we get a consensus about whether to add the next season link back into the current season's infobox, and if so, maybe an experienced editor to implement it so everything doesn't get screwed up? Similar changes could be made to FCS, D-II, and NAIA templates, but it looks like D-III already has this implemented since it uses the generic college football season infobox template. WildCowboy (talk) 17:38, 23 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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