2020 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	CFP12/20	AP12/13	Coaches12/13	FPIfinal pre-bowl
1	11-0	333	Tuscaloosa	Alabama	SEC	40.2037	71.5	364.0	108	1	1	1	1
2	6-0	194	Columbus	Ohio State	Big Ten	39.0000	39.0	156.0	48	3	3	4	2
3	10-1	228	Clemson	Clemson	ACC	33.0909	61.5	297.0	108	2	4	3	3
4	9-0	2132	Cincinnati	Cincinnati	AAC	31.0278	43.0	199.5	76	8	6	6	14
5	4-2	2483	Eugene	Oregon	Pac-12	29.1863	26.0	84.5	34	25			15
6	7-0	23	San Jose	San José St	MWC	29.0000	35.0	120.0	50	22	25	25	71
7	11-0	324	Conway	Coastal	Sun Belt	28.6482	54.5	263.0	111	12	9	12	30
8	10-1	87	Notre Dame	Notre Dame	ACC	28.5313	63.5	264.0	116	4	2	2	6
9	6-1	2050	Muncie	Ball State	MAC	27.3626	30.0	90.0	39				76
10	8-2	201	Norman	Oklahoma	Big 12	27.2957	48.5	206.5	92	6	12	10	5
11	6-1	84	Bloomington	Indiana	Big Ten	27.2381	39.0	104.0	48	11	7	7	13
12	8-1	245	College Station	Texas A&M	SEC	27.2063	52.0	195.0	91	5	5	5	10
13	8-2	2390	Miami Gardens	Miami	ACC	26.7167	50.5	227.5	105	18	19	19	26
14	6-2	77	Evanston	Northwestern	Big Ten	26.5417	39.0	117.0	54	14	15	14	22
15	4-1	38	Boulder	Colorado	Pac-12	26.0290	24.5	65.5	31				54
16	9-1	309	Lafayette	Louisiana	Sun Belt	25.7248	46.5	225.5	107	19	17	18	34
17	8-3	66	Ames	Iowa State	Big 12	24.9160	52.0	214.0	106	10	8	8	12
18	8-3	153	Chapel Hill	North Carolina	ACC	24.3619	48.5	211.5	106	13	16	15	24
19	5-1	30	Los Angeles	USC	Pac-12	24.2876	32.5	58.5	31	17	13	13	17
20	6-2	2294	Iowa City	Iowa	Big Ten	23.6038	39.0	110.5	59	15	18	17	11
21	7-2	61	Athens	Georgia	SEC	23.4251	45.5	169.0	92	9	10	9	4
22	10-1	252	Provo	BYU	Ind	22.8785	48.0	187.0	101	16	14	16	16
23	7-3	197	Stillwater	Oklahoma St	Big 12	22.5579	44.0	172.5	95	21		22	20
24	4-2	24	Stanford	Stanford	Pac-12	22.0606	26.0	58.5	33				38
25	2-1	193	Oxford	Miami OH	MAC	21.7544	10.0	35.0	19				89
26	8-3	57	Gainesville	Florida	SEC	21.7366	52.0	182.0	107	7	11	11	8
27	7-2	276	Huntington	Marshall	CUSA	21.4000	33.0	133.0	75				59
28	8-3	152	Raleigh	NC State	ACC	21.0641	50.5	184.5	112	23	24	23	65
29	6-3	251	Austin	Texas	Big 12	20.8908	37.5	145.5	87	20	21	24	9
30	3-2	254	Salt Lake City	Utah	Pac-12	20.8231	19.5	44.0	26				28
31	6-2	202	Tulsa	Tulsa	AAC	20.3084	30.0	127.5	77	24	20	20	37
32	3-1	264	Seattle	Washington	Pac-12	19.0054	19.5	32.5	23				33
33	6-3	5	Birmingham	UAB	CUSA	18.6993	28.0	132.5	85				64
34	6-4	2	Auburn	Auburn	SEC	18.4918	39.0	143.0	98				18
35	6-4	2628	Fort Worth	TCU	Big 12	18.3333	37.5	140.0	96				21
36	5-6	259	Blacksburg	Virginia Tech	ACC	16.2589	32.5	153.0	115				31
37	7-3	2567	Dallas	SMU	AAC	16.2474	33.0	123.0	95				67
38	9-2	349	West Point	Army	Ind	16.0729	39.0	114.0	91				78
39	5-5	258	Charlottesville	Virginia	ACC	15.2762	29.0	125.0	101				57
40	5-2	68	Boise	Boise St	MWC	15.0298	25.0	55.0	48				36
41	6-5	2655	New Orleans	Tulane	AAC	14.9822	30.0	125.0	102				58
42	8-3	2026	Boone	App State	Sun Belt	14.9307	38.0	120.5	105				40
43	6-2	2440	Reno	Nevada	MWC	14.8611	30.0	60.0	54				81
44	6-3	2116	Orlando	UCF	AAC	14.4375	31.5	87.5	80				19
45	5-5	99	Baton Rouge	LSU ineligible	SEC	14.4116	32.5	110.5	99				29
46	7-3	235	Memphis	Memphis	AAC	14.1602	33.0	101.0	93				68
47	4-2	2711	Kalamazoo	W Michigan	MAC	14.1441	20.0	40.0	37				83
48	2-3	120	College Park	Maryland	Big Ten	13.9750	13.0	45.5	40				77
49	5-1	2084	Buffalo	Buffalo	MAC	13.8441	25.0	30.0	31		23		45
50	9-1	2335	Lynchburg	Liberty	Ind	13.7750	44.0	75.0	80		22	21	79
51	4-6	2306	Manhattan	Kansas St	Big 12	13.6714	26.0	108.5	98				60
52	3-3	275	Madison	Wisconsin	Big Ten	13.5909	19.5	45.5	44				7
53	5-4	277	Morgantown	West Virginia	Big 12	13.0498	29.0	85.5	87				32
54	2-4	2509	West Lafayette	Purdue	Big Ten	13.0000	13.0	52.0	48				52
55	5-3	2226	Boca Raton	FAU	CUSA	12.8309	25.0	66.0	68				94
56	7-4	2636	San Antonio	UTSA	CUSA	12.6226	33.0	102.0	106				104
57	4-4	62		Hawai'i	MWC	12.5000	20.0	55.0	55				102
58	3-4	135	Minneapolis	Minnesota	Big Ten	12.4666	19.5	45.5	47				49
59	6-5	103	Chestnut Hill	Boston College	ACC	12.3674	37.5	107.5	120				55
60	5-5	142	Columbia	Missouri	SEC	12.3500	32.5	91.0	100				42
61	6-5	221	Pittsburgh	Pitt	ACC	12.3098	35.5	99.0	109				39
62	5-4	2247	Atlanta	Georgia St	Sun Belt	12.2569	25.0	91.0	96				93
63	4-5	213	University Park	Penn State	Big Ten	12.0295	26.0	58.5	64				25
64	3-5	158	Lincoln	Nebraska	Big Ten	12.0277	19.5	58.5	61				46
65	2-3	242	Houston	Rice	CUSA	12.0000	10.0	46.0	46				95
66	2-5	204	Corvallis	Oregon St	Pac-12	11.7056	13.0	32.5	33				62
67	2-5	127	East Lansing	Michigan St	Big Ten	11.6685	13.0	52.0	53				82
68	1-3	25	Berkeley	California	Pac-12	11.6250	6.5	26.0	26				51
69	5-4	2348	Ruston	Louisiana Tech	CUSA	11.5679	23.0	73.0	81				107
70	4-4	154	Winston-Salem	Wake Forest	ACC	11.3125	22.5	68.0	80				44
71	2-4	130	Ann Arbor	Michigan	Big Ten	10.8333	13.0	39.0	45				47
72	4-2	2649	Toledo	Toledo	MAC	10.2778	20.0	25.0	36				80
73	3-1	2309	Kent	Kent State	MAC	10.2717	15.0	15.0	23				86
74	7-5	290	Statesboro	GA Southern	Sun Belt	9.7143	33.0	78.0	112				92
75	3-6	52	Tallahassee	Florida St	ACC	9.6667	16.0	71.0	90				85
76	4-5	145	Oxford	Ole Miss	SEC	9.3175	26.0	58.5	91				41
77	3-4	248	Houston	Houston	AAC	9.0994	15.0	48.0	69				53
78	3-3	2005	USAF Academy	Air Force	MWC	8.7500	15.0	30.0	48				74
79	3-7	344	Starkville	Mississippi St	SEC	8.6510	19.5	65.0	97				63
80	3-7	8	Fayetteville	Arkansas	SEC	8.5157	19.5	65.0	99				56
81	5-6	2653	Troy	Troy	Sun Belt	8.4822	23.0	73.5	115				90
82	3-6	164	Piscataway	Rutgers	Big Ten	8.4570	19.5	39.0	62				69
83	2-2	9	Tempe	Arizona St	Pac-12	8.4500	13.0	13.0	25				23
84	3-3	2117	Mount Pleasant	C Michigan	MAC	8.3824	15.0	20.0	34				87
85	4-7	97	Louisville	Louisville	ACC	8.2450	24.5	68.0	113				35
86	3-4	26	Pasadena	UCLA	Pac-12	8.2024	19.5	19.5	36				27
87	2-6	356	Champaign	Illinois	Big Ten	8.0184	13.0	39.0	61				72
88	4-4	21	Carson	San Diego St	MWC	7.9545	20.0	30.0	55				66
89	4-6	96	Lexington	Kentucky	SEC	7.8525	26.0	52.0	99				43
90	4-7	2032	Jonesboro	Arkansas St	Sun Belt	7.4306	19.5	64.5	114				100
91	4-5	249	Denton	North Texas	CUSA	7.4167	18.0	39.0	72				119
92	2-4	2199	Ypsilanti	E Michigan	MAC	7.3810	10.0	20.0	35				105
93	4-6	2641	Lubbock	Texas Tech	Big 12	7.1951	22.5	45.0	91				70
94	3-7	2426	Annapolis	Navy	AAC	7.0556	15.0	50.0	90				103
95	1-3	265	Pullman	Washington St	Pac-12	7.0417	6.5	13.0	24				61
96	3-7	59	Atlanta	Georgia Tech	ACC	6.8557	19.5	52.0	106				88
97	2-5	167		New Mexico	MWC	6.7477	10.0	25.0	47				109
98	2-4	2429	Charlotte	Charlotte	CUSA	6.6667	10.0	29.0	58				110
99	3-6	151	Greenville	East Carolina	AAC	6.6667	15.0	41.0	82				91
100	2-4	2751	Laramie	Wyoming	MWC	6.6667	10.0	20.0	40				73
101	3-7	2633	Knoxville	Tennessee	SEC	6.5460	19.5	45.5	99				48
102	5-6	98	Bowling Green	Western KY	CUSA	6.3606	23.0	38.0	89				106
103	2-1	195	Athens	Ohio	MAC	6.2745	10.0	5.0	17				84
104	3-7	2572	Hattiesburg	Southern Miss	CUSA	6.1315	13.0	43.0	89				116
105	3-6	2393	Murfreesboro	MTSU	CUSA	5.6426	15.0	33.0	83				120
106	4-7	6	Mobile	South Alabama	Sun Belt	5.4820	20.0	42.5	116				114
107	2-8	2579	Columbia	South Carolina	SEC	5.3206	13.0	39.0	97				75
108	3-3	278	Fresno	Fresno St	MWC	5.0641	15.0	10.0	39				97
109	1-3	36	Fort Collins	Colorado St	MWC	4.9537	5.0	10.0	27				99
110	2-7	239	Waco	Baylor	Big 12	4.3990	13.0	26.0	88				50
111	3-5	2638	El Paso	UTEP	CUSA	3.5179	11.0	15.0	70				123
112	1-5	328	Logan	Utah State	MWC	3.2143	5.0	10.0	42				118
113	2-9	150	Durham	Duke	ACC	2.5319	11.5	16.5	111				98
114	2-10	326	San Marcos	Texas St	Sun Belt	2.3333	10.0	19.5	130				115
115	1-10	183	Syracuse	Syracuse	ACC	2.2719	6.5	19.5	116				101
116	1-6	218	Philadelphia	Temple	AAC	1.1555	5.0	3.0	68				112
117	1-5	2006	Akron	Akron	MAC	0.8333	5.0	0.0	27				125
118	1-8	58	Tampa	South Florida	AAC	0.3333	3.0	0.0	74				108
119	0-10	2433	Monroe	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	0.0000	0.0	0.0	105				124
120	0-9	2305	Lawrence	Kansas	Big 12	0.0000	0.0	0.0	90				117
121	0-5	2229	Miami	FIU	CUSA	0.0000	0.0	0.0	42				121
122	0-9	238	Nashville	Vanderbilt	SEC	0.0000	0.0	0.0	89				111
123	0-4	113		UMass	Ind	0.0000	0.0	0.0	39				127
124	0-6	2439	Las Vegas	UNLV	MWC	0.0000	0.0	0.0	43				122
125	0-6	2459	Dekalb	N Illinois	MAC	0.0000	0.0	0.0	37				113
126	0-5	189	Bowling Green	Bowling Green	MAC	0.0000	0.0	0.0	25				126
127	0-5	12	Tucson	Arizona	Pac-12	0.0000	0.0	0.0	26				96

Pink rows are ineligible for the 2020 postseason and are skipped for the cut line: LSU (self-imposed: LSU (5-5) self-imposed a one-year postseason ban for the 2020 season during the NCAA/IARP investigation.).

Selection-day field under the 2020 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 3 of 4.

Seed	Harbin field	Harbin #	W-L	Seed	Real field	Harbin #
1	Alabama SEC	1	11-0	1	Alabama SEC	1
2	Ohio State Big Ten	2	6-0	2	Clemson ACC	3
3	Clemson ACC	3	10-1	3	Ohio State Big Ten	2
4	Cincinnati AAC	4	9-0	4	Notre Dame ACC	8

Harbin matchups

Semifinals

#1 Alabama vs #4 Cincinnati
#2 Ohio State vs #3 Clemson

Real matchups

Semifinals

#1 Alabama vs #4 Notre Dame
#2 Clemson vs #3 Ohio State

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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