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.
2016 Final Strength of Schedule
| 1 | Clemson | 5.07896 |
| 2 | Alabama | 5.13712 |
| 3 | Ohio State | 5.14363 |
| 4 | Florida State | 5.19354 |
| 5 | Auburn | 5.23508 |
| 6 | Mississippi | 5.30758 |
| 7 | Syracuse | 5.31102 |
| 8 | Tennessee | 5.31463 |
| 9 | LSU | 5.33620 |
| 10 | Wisconsin | 5.36288 |
| 11 | USC | 5.38142 |
| 12 | Rutgers | 5.38594 |
| 13 | Florida | 5.40174 |
| 14 | California | 5.40739 |
| 15 | Arizona | 5.41111 |
| 16 | Michigan | 5.46532 |
| 17 | Oregon State | 5.48131 |
| 18 | Missouri | 5.48245 |
| 19 | Penn State | 5.48410 |
| 20 | UCLA | 5.48586 |
| 21 | Oregon | 5.48955 |
| 22 | N.C. State | 5.50064 |
| 23 | Vanderbilt | 5.50131 |
| 24 | Colorado | 5.52776 |
| 25 | Pittsburgh | 5.53194 |
| 26 | Kentucky | 5.54581 |
| 27 | Utah State | 5.56099 |
| 28 | Illinois | 5.58413 |
| 29 | Arkansas | 5.58806 |
| 30 | Notre Dame | 5.60114 |
| 31 | Oklahoma | 5.60154 |
| 32 | Northwestern | 5.63106 |
| 33 | Washington | 5.64413 |
| 34 | Michigan State | 5.64435 |
| 35 | Wyoming | 5.64754 |
| 36 | South Carolina | 5.64810 |
| 37 | Kansas | 5.65883 |
| 38 | Georgia Tech | 5.66733 |
| 39 | Texas A&M | 5.68336 |
| 40 | Louisville | 5.69316 |
| 41 | Washington State | 5.70163 |
| 42 | Duke | 5.70465 |
| 43 | Colorado State | 5.71102 |
| 44 | New Mexico State | 5.72794 |
| 45 | Mississippi St. | 5.73145 |
| 46 | Nebraska | 5.73390 |
| 47 | Miami (FL) | 5.74517 |
| 48 | Indiana | 5.74726 |
| 49 | SMU | 5.74799 |
| 50 | Stanford | 5.76305 |
| 51 | East Carolina | 5.76884 |
| 52 | Wake Forest | 5.78283 |
| 53 | Purdue | 5.78819 |
| 54 | Georgia | 5.80429 |
| 55 | Arizona State | 5.81421 |
| 56 | Iowa State | 5.81490 |
| 57 | Massachusetts | 5.81668 |
| 58 | Navy | 5.81868 |
| 59 | Georgia State | 5.84137 |
| 60 | Iowa | 5.84186 |
| 61 | Virginia Tech | 5.84933 |
| 62 | Virginia | 5.84972 |
| 63 | Boston College | 5.85674 |
| 64 | TCU | 5.86289 |
| 65 | Texas Tech | 5.86395 |
| 66 | Memphis | 5.87021 |
| 67 | Appalachian State | 5.88048 |
| 68 | Boise State | 5.88314 |
| 69 | Fresno State | 5.88652 |
| 70 | Texas | 5.89046 |
| 71 | Georgia Southern | 5.90639 |
| 72 | La Monroe | 5.90642 |
| 73 | North Carolina | 5.90856 |
| 74 | Oklahoma State | 5.91069 |
| 75 | Maryland | 5.91516 |
| 76 | Texas State | 5.94265 |
| 77 | Cincinnati | 5.94728 |
| 78 | San Jose State | 5.96498 |
| 79 | Houston | 5.98014 |
| 80 | West Virginia | 5.98087 |
| 81 | Kansas State | 5.98471 |
| 82 | Northern Illinois | 5.99086 |
| 83 | Baylor | 5.99398 |
| 84 | Central Florida | 6.00998 |
| 85 | Minnesota | 6.01619 |
| 86 | Tulane | 6.04660 |
| 87 | Kent State | 6.08701 |
| 88 | Utah | 6.10042 |
| 89 | Eastern Michigan | 6.12862 |
| 90 | Marshall | 6.12966 |
| 91 | Western Kentucky | 6.13248 |
| 92 | Central Michigan | 6.13302 |
| 93 | North Texas | 6.16906 |
| 94 | Toledo | 6.18120 |
| 95 | Bowling Green | 6.20910 |
| 96 | Rice | 6.21128 |
| 97 | Akron | 6.21220 |
| 98 | Temple | 6.21663 |
| 99 | UNLV | 6.22344 |
| 100 | UT-San Antonio | 6.23993 |
| 101 | Troy | 6.24765 |
| 102 | Louisiana | 6.25248 |
| 103 | Hawaii | 6.25828 |
| 104 | Idaho | 6.28403 |
| 105 | Connecticut | 6.29571 |
| 106 | South Alabama | 6.31284 |
| 107 | South Florida | 6.34436 |
| 108 | Florida International | 6.35313 |
| 109 | Louisiana Tech | 6.35893 |
| 110 | Air Force | 6.37249 |
| 111 | Southern Miss | 6.37512 |
| 112 | Charlotte | 6.38073 |
| 113 | Florida Atlantic | 6.40482 |
| 114 | BYU | 6.42503 |
| 115 | Ohio | 6.49339 |
| 116 | Tulsa | 6.50275 |
| 117 | Buffalo | 6.54900 |
| 118 | Ball State | 6.63266 |
| 119 | Western Michigan | 6.63602 |
| 120 | New Mexico | 6.63689 |
| 121 | Old Dominion | 6.76760 |
| 122 | San Diego State | 6.79403 |
| 123 | Miami (OH) | 6.79882 |
| 124 | UTEP | 6.81189 |
| 125 | Arkansas State | 6.84777 |
| 126 | Middle Tenn. St. | 6.95232 |
| 127 | Army | 7.05716 |
| 128 | Nevada | 7.28985 |