As the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the 2020 CFB season are yet to be determined, it is unknown how (or if) the 2020 GBE College Football Ratings will be presented. As of today (2020-07-12), the following possibilities are being considered:
- In the event of a postponed/interrupted but complete season, ratings will be presented at the time the games are played.
- In the event of a season limited to regional or conference-only games, ratings will be modified to reflect this. There will be no single "National" Champion but rather a group of Regional Champions based on the schedules that are played.
- In the event of a cancelled or truncated season, the ratings will be postponed until the 2021 season and there will be no champion(s) for the 2020 season.
2004 Final Strength of Schedule
| 1 | Texas A&M | 4.85118 |
| 2 | North Carolina | 4.88648 |
| 3 | Baylor | 4.96920 |
| 4 | Arizona | 4.97453 |
| 5 | Arkansas | 5.09349 |
| 6 | Duke | 5.10389 |
| 7 | Notre Dame | 5.12290 |
| 8 | Temple | 5.16137 |
| 9 | Kansas | 5.19097 |
| 10 | Oregon State | 5.19137 |
| 11 | Arizona State | 5.19217 |
| 12 | Georgia Tech | 5.20716 |
| 13 | Miami (FL) | 5.23608 |
| 14 | Kansas State | 5.24147 |
| 15 | Colorado State | 5.24501 |
| 16 | Virginia Tech | 5.25132 |
| 17 | Oklahoma | 5.25920 |
| 18 | Georgia | 5.26185 |
| 19 | Louisiana Tech | 5.26623 |
| 20 | BYU | 5.27767 |
| 21 | Oklahoma State | 5.27906 |
| 22 | Colorado | 5.31247 |
| 23 | Texas Tech | 5.32041 |
| 24 | Iowa | 5.32152 |
| 25 | N.C. State | 5.33243 |
| 26 | Auburn | 5.33412 |
| 27 | Nebraska | 5.34497 |
| 28 | Kentucky | 5.34679 |
| 29 | Texas | 5.37698 |
| 30 | Tennessee | 5.39085 |
| 31 | Virginia | 5.43453 |
| 32 | LSU | 5.45338 |
| 33 | Vanderbilt | 5.45682 |
| 34 | Mississippi | 5.46096 |
| 35 | Syracuse | 5.46098 |
| 36 | USC | 5.46109 |
| 37 | Iowa State | 5.47493 |
| 38 | Wake Forest | 5.48226 |
| 39 | Maryland | 5.48612 |
| 40 | Michigan | 5.49751 |
| 41 | Ohio State | 5.49814 |
| 42 | Washington | 5.51247 |
| 43 | Stanford | 5.53896 |
| 44 | Houston | 5.54956 |
| 45 | UNLV | 5.55091 |
| 46 | Alabama | 5.55913 |
| 47 | Purdue | 5.57005 |
| 48 | Northwestern | 5.57036 |
| 49 | Florida | 5.58482 |
| 50 | Air Force | 5.58667 |
| 51 | New Mexico | 5.60105 |
| 52 | Florida State | 5.61725 |
| 53 | California | 5.62209 |
| 54 | Pittsburgh | 5.62989 |
| 55 | Michigan State | 5.63154 |
| 56 | Illinois | 5.64379 |
| 57 | Penn State | 5.64593 |
| 58 | San Diego State | 5.65062 |
| 59 | South Florida | 5.65169 |
| 60 | Clemson | 5.66264 |
| 61 | Rutgers | 5.67173 |
| 62 | Minnesota | 5.68743 |
| 63 | Mississippi St. | 5.69416 |
| 64 | New Mexico State | 5.71075 |
| 65 | UTEP | 5.71084 |
| 66 | SMU | 5.72515 |
| 67 | UCLA | 5.72535 |
| 68 | Washington State | 5.75295 |
| 69 | Rice | 5.75975 |
| 70 | Army | 5.78455 |
| 71 | Cincinnati | 5.78975 |
| 72 | Tulsa | 5.80095 |
| 73 | Western Michigan | 5.80369 |
| 74 | South Carolina | 5.84865 |
| 75 | East Carolina | 5.86271 |
| 76 | Oregon | 5.89497 |
| 77 | West Virginia | 5.91368 |
| 78 | Wyoming | 5.92189 |
| 79 | Boise State | 5.94370 |
| 80 | Southern Miss | 5.94656 |
| 81 | TCU | 5.95472 |
| 82 | Missouri | 5.97866 |
| 83 | Tulane | 6.00879 |
| 84 | Memphis | 6.03816 |
| 85 | Wisconsin | 6.08585 |
| 86 | Hawaii | 6.08642 |
| 87 | Indiana | 6.11775 |
| 88 | Louisville | 6.13071 |
| 89 | Boston College | 6.14333 |
| 90 | San Jose State | 6.15598 |
| 91 | Ball State | 6.15750 |
| 92 | Utah State | 6.17025 |
| 93 | Central Florida | 6.17093 |
| 94 | La Monroe | 6.17250 |
| 95 | Connecticut | 6.18415 |
| 96 | Marshall | 6.19181 |
| 97 | Utah | 6.20364 |
| 98 | Idaho | 6.20367 |
| 99 | Bowling Green | 6.21535 |
| 100 | UAB | 6.21573 |
| 101 | Fresno State | 6.24795 |
| 102 | Arkansas State | 6.25606 |
| 103 | Ohio | 6.30374 |
| 104 | Toledo | 6.33774 |
| 105 | Miami (OH) | 6.36751 |
| 106 | North Texas | 6.37377 |
| 107 | Troy | 6.38145 |
| 108 | Louisiana | 6.55973 |
| 109 | Middle Tenn. St. | 6.65122 |
| 110 | Nevada | 6.65200 |
| 111 | Eastern Michigan | 6.66453 |
| 112 | Buffalo | 6.69206 |
| 113 | Northern Illinois | 6.73661 |
| 114 | Central Michigan | 6.81182 |
| 115 | Kent State | 6.84076 |
| 116 | Akron | 6.84889 |
| 117 | Navy | 7.46132 |