Win vs FBS team (any game -- regular season, conference championships, bowls, playoffs)	10
Blowout (win by 30 points or more) vs FBS team	+2
Shutout vs FBS team	+4
Beat a top-25 team as the favorite:
by 15-24 ranks (e.g. #1 beats #25)	+2
by 5-14 ranks (e.g. #2 beats #16)	+3
by 1-4 ranks (e.g. #5 beats #9)	+4
Beat a top-25 team as the underdog:
by 1-4 ranks (e.g. #23 beats #19)	+5
by 5-14 ranks (e.g. unranked beats #12)	+6
by 15-24 ranks (e.g. #25 beats #10)	+8
by 25 ranks (i.e. unranked beats #1)	+10
Your top-25 team suffers an upset:
by 1-9 ranks (e.g. #17 upset by unranked)	-1
by 10-14 ranks (e.g. #11 upset by #25)	-2
by 15-20 ranks (e.g. #3 upset by #23)	-3
by 21-25 ranks (e.g. #1 upset by #22)	-5
Don't play FCS teams, but if you do, don't lose!
Win vs FCS team	0
Lose to an FCS team	-10
Post-season bonuses:
Win a Conference Championship game	+3
Participation bonus: play a Bowl or a College Football Playoff game (as of 2025, invite is no longer sufficient; game must be played!)	10
Win a First Round, Quarterfinal, Semifinal, or Championship game in the College Football Playoff	+3
(Playoff teams will be awarded the Participation bonus only for their first playoff/bowl game, but the Win bonuses are cumulative)