2019 Harbin Rankings: FBS

4-team CFP era

Latest update: 2026-10-18 5:01 am ET | Week 16 status: COMPLETE

Top 4 teams by Harbin average qualify
Current Rank	Rated W-L	ID #	City	School	Conf	Current Average	Level 1	Level 2	L2 divisor	CFP12/8	AP12/8	Coaches12/8	FPIfinal pre-bowl
1	13-0	194	Columbus	Ohio State	Big Ten	38.9178	80.0	527.5	161	2	2	2	1
2	13-0	99	Baton Rouge	LSU	SEC	35.7771	78.0	467.5	157	1	1	1	3
3	13-0	228	Clemson	Clemson	ACC	33.3590	79.5	425.0	156	3	3	3	2
4	12-1	201	Norman	Oklahoma	Big 12	31.8179	73.0	414.0	158	4	4	4	13
5	11-2	61	Athens	Georgia	SEC	30.5294	66.5	399.0	157	5	5	5	5
6	11-2	2483	Eugene	Oregon	Pac-12	30.4339	66.5	397.5	157	6	7	6	6
7	10-2	87	Notre Dame	Notre Dame	Ind	28.6376	60.5	344.5	146	15	14	14	11
8	10-2	213	University Park	Penn State	Big Ten	27.7586	60.0	330.0	145	10	13	12	7
9	10-3	275	Madison	Wisconsin	Big Ten	27.3897	60.5	361.5	159	8	11	11	8
10	12-1	68	Boise	Boise St	MWC	27.2644	59.5	363.0	160	19	18	18	28
11	12-1	235	Memphis	Memphis	AAC	27.1870	59.5	359.5	159	17	15	15	24
12	10-2	57	Gainesville	Florida	SEC	26.2374	58.0	312.5	146	9	6	7	9
13	11-2	254	Salt Lake City	Utah	Pac-12	25.8599	65.0	327.5	157	11	12	10	14
14	12-1	2026	Boone	App State	Sun Belt	24.9771	61.0	320.5	158	20	20	20	29
15	9-3	130	Ann Arbor	Michigan	Big Ten	24.9311	55.5	298.5	147	14	17	17	12
16	11-2	239	Waco	Baylor	Big 12	24.8734	65.0	314.0	158	7	8	8	17
17	9-3	2	Auburn	Auburn	SEC	24.5034	52.0	296.5	147	12	9	13	10
18	10-2	135	Minneapolis	Minnesota	Big Ten	23.4267	58.5	269.0	145	18	16	16	18
19	9-3	2294	Iowa City	Iowa	Big Ten	23.3236	55.5	273.0	146	16	19	19	15
20	8-4	30	Los Angeles	USC	Pac-12	22.6672	50.5	269.5	146	22	22	23	23
21	10-2	333	Tuscaloosa	Alabama	SEC	21.3922	58.5	239.5	145	13	9	9	4
22	10-2	2426	Annapolis	Navy	AAC	21.1918	48.0	251.0	146	23	21	21	40
23	8-4	2306	Manhattan	Kansas St	Big 12	20.9715	47.0	249.0	146				34
24	10-2	2005	USAF Academy	Air Force	MWC	20.7466	49.5	246.0	148		24	24	38
25	10-3	2132	Cincinnati	Cincinnati	AAC	20.6803	51.5	267.5	160	21	23	22	30
26	7-5	9	Tempe	Arizona St	Pac-12	20.6010	40.5	251.5	146				43
27	10-2	2567	Dallas	SMU	AAC	20.4296	51.5	234.0	145				49
28	7-5	97	Louisville	Louisville	ACC	19.8818	40.5	241.0	146				54
29	8-4	197	Stillwater	Oklahoma St	Big 12	19.7728	47.0	231.5	146	25	25		26
30	9-4	258	Charlottesville	Virginia	ACC	19.7006	52.0	246.5	157	24		25	42
31	9-3	2116	Orlando	UCF	AAC	19.4670	44.5	228.5	145				21
32	10-3	2226	Boca Raton	FAU	CUSA	19.1986	48.0	245.0	158				50
33	7-5	264	Seattle	Washington	Pac-12	19.1959	39.0	236.0	148				16
34	8-4	154	Winston-Salem	Wake Forest	ACC	18.7222	45.5	215.0	144				53
35	7-5	252	Provo	BYU	Ind	18.5479	36.0	227.0	146				57
36	7-5	251	Austin	Texas	Big 12	18.3716	42.5	218.0	147				20
37	6-6	2390	Miami Gardens	Miami	ACC	18.3161	34.0	224.5	145				45
38	8-4	276	Huntington	Marshall	CUSA	18.2347	38.0	221.5	147				83
39	9-3	21	San Diego	San Diego St	MWC	18.1946	44.5	211.5	146				62
40	8-4	259	Blacksburg	Virginia Tech	ACC	17.6595	43.5	203.5	145				48
41	10-3	309	Lafayette	Louisiana	Sun Belt	17.4821	48.0	216.5	157				44
42	7-5	2633	Knoxville	Tennessee	SEC	17.3134	40.5	203.5	146				33
43	9-5	62		Hawai'i	MWC	16.8822	46.0	232.5	171				75
44	7-5	2711	Kalamazoo	W Michigan	MAC	16.7568	33.0	204.5	146				67
45	7-5	221	Pittsburgh	Pitt	ACC	16.6638	39.0	194.5	145				61
46	8-4	98	Bowling Green	Western KY	CUSA	16.2815	41.5	188.5	147				74
47	7-5	66	Ames	Iowa State	Big 12	16.0120	40.5	184.5	146				22
48	7-5	25	Berkeley	California	Pac-12	15.5325	40.5	177.5	146				52
49	7-5	96	Lexington	Kentucky	SEC	15.3534	39.0	175.5	145				25
50	8-4	218	Philadelphia	Temple	AAC	15.3132	41.0	172.5	145				85
51	7-5	290	Statesboro	GA Southern	Sun Belt	14.7908	33.0	177.0	147				87
52	7-5	2247	Atlanta	Georgia St	Sun Belt	14.6901	34.5	172.5	146				112
53	7-5	328	Logan	Utah State	MWC	14.5651	33.0	172.5	146				79
54	7-5	2084	Buffalo	Buffalo	MAC	14.4281	33.0	170.5	146				80
55	8-5	193	Oxford	Miami OH	MAC	14.2124	38.0	179.5	159				99
56	9-3	2348	Ruston	Louisiana Tech	CUSA	14.1736	43.0	152.5	144				78
57	6-6	344	Starkville	Mississippi St	SEC	13.8385	32.5	162.5	146				39
58	6-6	52	Tallahassee	Florida St	ACC	13.6553	34.0	158.0	146				51
59	7-5	2032	Jonesboro	Arkansas St	Sun Belt	13.6404	33.0	159.0	146				90
60	6-6	103	Chestnut Hill	Boston College	ACC	13.5101	35.5	153.0	145				69
61	7-5	2440	Reno	Nevada	MWC	13.1471	34.5	151.0	147				116
62	5-7	183	Syracuse	Syracuse	ACC	13.0632	26.0	158.0	145				71
63	5-7	38	Boulder	Colorado	Pac-12	13.0628	31.0	153.0	146				70
64	6-6	2649	Toledo	Toledo	MAC	13.0230	28.0	155.0	145				108
65	8-4	84	Bloomington	Indiana	Big Ten	12.8951	45.5	132.0	145				36
66	6-6	2199	Ypsilanti	E Michigan	MAC	12.7687	29.5	149.5	145				98
67	6-6	356	Champaign	Illinois	Big Ten	12.6897	36.0	140.5	145				65
68	6-6	127	East Lansing	Michigan St	Big Ten	12.6575	36.0	141.0	146				35
69	7-5	2572	Hattiesburg	Southern Miss	CUSA	12.6130	33.0	144.0	146				86
70	7-5	2751	Laramie	Wyoming	MWC	12.5647	34.5	140.5	145				66
71	8-5	2117	Mount Pleasant	C Michigan	MAC	12.3218	38.0	148.5	158				93
72	5-7	277	Morgantown	West Virginia	Big 12	12.3139	29.0	144.5	146				68
73	6-6	153	Chapel Hill	North Carolina	ACC	12.0400	35.5	133.5	147				27
74	5-7	150	Durham	Duke	ACC	11.8403	27.5	137.5	144				64
75	5-7	204	Corvallis	Oregon St	Pac-12	11.8384	29.0	138.5	147				60
76	7-5	245	College Station	Texas A&M	SEC	11.7874	39.0	125.5	147				19
77	6-6	142	Columbia	Missouri ineligible	SEC	11.7299	34.0	129.0	145				32
78	4-8	2579	Columbia	South Carolina	SEC	11.1607	22.5	136.5	147				41
79	9-4	5	Birmingham	UAB	CUSA	11.0962	43.0	121.5	156				104
80	4-8	26	Pasadena	UCLA	Pac-12	11.0102	26.0	130.0	147				58
81	6-6	2309	Kent	Kent State	MAC	10.9292	28.0	125.5	146				96
82	5-7	2050	Muncie	Ball State	MAC	10.7942	23.0	130.5	147				88
83	6-6	265	Pullman	Washington St	Pac-12	10.7905	32.5	118.0	146				31
84	5-7	2628	Fort Worth	TCU	Big 12	10.7270	29.0	120.5	145				37
85	4-8	202	Tulsa	Tulsa	AAC	9.8516	20.0	119.5	146				82
86	5-7	2459	Dekalb	N Illinois	MAC	9.6037	23.0	113.0	147				107
87	4-8	24	Stanford	Stanford	Pac-12	9.5460	26.0	107.0	145				59
88	6-6	195	Athens	Ohio	MAC	9.3881	28.0	103.0	146				77
89	5-7	158	Lincoln	Nebraska	Big Ten	9.2734	29.5	99.5	146				47
90	6-6	2655	New Orleans	Tulane	AAC	9.1954	28.0	99.5	145				55
91	7-5	2429	Charlotte	Charlotte	CUSA	9.1446	33.0	94.0	147				113
92	6-6	2229	Miami	FIU	CUSA	9.1250	29.5	96.0	144				102
93	4-8	2641	Lubbock	Texas Tech	Big 12	9.0103	21.0	106.0	146				56
94	7-5	2335	Lynchburg	Liberty	Ind	8.8847	31.0	92.0	146				97
95	5-7	2433	Monroe	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	8.6290	23.0	98.0	146				111
96	4-8	278	Fresno	Fresno St	MWC	8.2808	18.0	99.0	146				81
97	4-8	12	Tucson	Arizona	Pac-12	7.8547	22.5	88.5	148				72
98	4-8	2509	West Lafayette	Purdue	Big Ten	7.4425	26.0	76.5	145				63
99	4-8	2439	Las Vegas	UNLV	MWC	7.2372	19.5	82.5	147				117
100	4-8	58	Tampa	South Florida	AAC	7.1507	18.0	82.5	146				95
101	4-8	2393	Murfreesboro	MTSU	CUSA	6.9828	18.0	79.5	145				100
102	5-7	324	Conway	Coastal	Sun Belt	6.8704	24.5	70.5	146				114
103	5-7	2653	Troy	Troy	Sun Belt	6.7787	23.0	70.5	145				101
104	4-8	152	Raleigh	NC State	ACC	6.6250	19.5	72.5	145				92
105	3-9	59	Atlanta	Georgia Tech	ACC	6.3639	18.0	71.5	147				110
106	3-9	2305	Lawrence	Kansas	Big 12	6.2306	16.0	71.5	146				106
107	5-7	23	San Jose	San José St	MWC	6.1633	24.5	61.0	148				103
108	4-8	248	Houston	Houston	AAC	5.6781	18.0	61.0	146				76
109	3-9	326	San Marcos	Texas St	Sun Belt	5.6381	13.0	66.5	146				120
110	3-9	238	Nashville	Vanderbilt	SEC	5.6261	14.5	64.5	146				94
111	3-9	77	Evanston	Northwestern	Big Ten	5.5188	16.5	60.5	146				73
112	5-8	349	West Point	Army	Ind	5.3496	21.0	59.0	158				84
113	4-8	145	Oxford	Ole Miss	SEC	5.3017	21.0	51.5	145				46
114	4-8	249	Denton	North Texas	CUSA	5.1207	18.0	52.5	145				109
115	4-8	36	Fort Collins	Colorado St	MWC	4.8448	18.0	48.5	145				105
116	3-9	120	College Park	Maryland	Big Ten	4.2299	16.0	42.0	145				89
117	4-8	2636	San Antonio	UTSA	CUSA	3.9324	18.0	36.0	148				123
118	3-9	242	Houston	Rice	CUSA	3.9031	15.0	39.0	147				119
119	4-8	151	Greenville	East Carolina	AAC	3.7471	16.0	35.0	145				115
120	2-10	6	Mobile	South Alabama	Sun Belt	3.7072	8.0	45.0	148				122
121	3-9	189	Bowling Green	Bowling Green	MAC	3.5148	13.0	35.5	146				127
122	2-10	164	Piscataway	Rutgers	Big Ten	3.3161	10.0	36.0	145				118
123	2-10	8	Fayetteville	Arkansas	SEC	2.7356	8.0	30.0	145				91
124	2-10	167	Albuquerque	New Mexico	MWC	2.5374	8.0	27.5	147				121
125	2-10	166	Las Cruces	New Mexico St	Ind	1.9080	8.0	18.0	145				125
126	2-10	41	East Hartford	UConn	AAC	1.2184	8.0	8.0	145				126
127	1-11	2638	El Paso	UTEP	CUSA	1.1810	3.0	13.5	145				128
128	1-11	295	Norfolk	Old Dominion	CUSA	1.1684	3.0	13.5	147				124
129	1-11	113	Amherst	UMass	Ind	0.4167	5.0	0.0	145				130
130	0-12	2006	Akron	Akron	MAC	0.0000	0.0	0.0	147				129

Pink rows are ineligible for the 2019 postseason and are skipped for the cut line: Missouri (NCAA sanctions: NCAA postseason ban for the 2019 season (tutor academic misconduct); the appeal failed (6-6).).

Selection-day field under the 2019 rules

The top 4 teams by ranking; semifinals 1 v 4 and 2 v 3. Real field: the committee’s selection-day top 4. Harbin matches 4 of 4.

Seed	Harbin field	Harbin #	W-L	Seed	Real field	Harbin #
1	Ohio State Big Ten	1	13-0	1	LSU SEC	2
2	LSU SEC	2	13-0	2	Ohio State Big Ten	1
3	Clemson ACC	3	13-0	3	Clemson ACC	3
4	Oklahoma Big 12	4	12-1	4	Oklahoma Big 12	4

Harbin matchups

Semifinals

#1 Ohio State vs #4 Oklahoma
#2 LSU vs #3 Clemson

Real matchups

Semifinals

#1 LSU vs #4 Oklahoma
#2 Ohio State vs #3 Clemson

Green = in the Harbin field but not the real one; red = in the real field but not the Harbin one. Harbin # is the team’s national Harbin rank.

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