Template:CFB standings start/sandbox

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Usage

This template is the header for college football conference standings. It should be used in conjunction with the templates in the #See also section.

Fields for use (copy and paste text below and then fill in the fields): {{CFB standings start| |}}

In order, the two blank fields available for use in the template are:

1: The name of the template. This is the name of the template, which will also appear as the title at the top of the template box.

2: (Optional) – the article to which the title bar of the template will link.

In addition, the following named fields exist:

ties: (Optional) – Set ties=yes to add another column to display the number of tied games.

div-standings: (Optional) – Set div-standings=yes to add more columns to display division standings. (Rare)

Full usage examples

Example 1

The top of the 2007 Big Ten standings table. The title of the template in this example is {{2007 Big Ten football standings}}, and the "v • d • e" immediately below the title bar link accordingly. However, the title bar itself is piped to link to 2007 Big Ten Conference football season.

2007 Big Ten Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W	L	W	L

Rankings from AP Poll

{{CFB standings start|2007 Big Ten Conference football standings|2007 Big Ten Conference football season}}
{{CFB standings end}}

Example 2

Another standings table, but this is from an earlier season when ties were still possible.

1987 Big Ten Conference football standings
v t e	Conf.			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W	L	T

Rankings from AP Poll

{{CFB standings start|1987 Big Ten Conference football standings|1987 Big Ten Conference football season|ties=yes}}
{{CFB standings end}}

Tracking category

Category:Pages using standings table with unknown parameters (125)