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.
2017 Final Strength of Schedule
| 1 | Maryland | 4.95492 |
| 2 | Notre Dame | 4.98375 |
| 3 | Iowa | 5.01585 |
| 4 | Auburn | 5.08227 |
| 5 | Georgia | 5.14900 |
| 6 | Nebraska | 5.16032 |
| 7 | Ohio State | 5.16542 |
| 8 | Boston College | 5.22799 |
| 9 | Michigan State | 5.27930 |
| 10 | Florida | 5.28351 |
| 11 | Syracuse | 5.30161 |
| 12 | Michigan | 5.31389 |
| 13 | Arkansas | 5.31393 |
| 14 | Stanford | 5.31408 |
| 15 | Navy | 5.32332 |
| 16 | Clemson | 5.32609 |
| 17 | Alabama | 5.33296 |
| 18 | Penn State | 5.34047 |
| 19 | Florida State | 5.35286 |
| 20 | Illinois | 5.44038 |
| 21 | Miami (FL) | 5.44051 |
| 22 | Wake Forest | 5.46412 |
| 23 | Tennessee | 5.47674 |
| 24 | USC | 5.48009 |
| 25 | UCLA | 5.48325 |
| 26 | Georgia Tech | 5.49239 |
| 27 | Mississippi St. | 5.50474 |
| 28 | Arizona State | 5.51702 |
| 29 | Kansas | 5.53039 |
| 30 | Oklahoma | 5.53637 |
| 31 | Wisconsin | 5.54298 |
| 32 | N.C. State | 5.54726 |
| 33 | Vanderbilt | 5.55340 |
| 34 | LSU | 5.57083 |
| 35 | Purdue | 5.57477 |
| 36 | Tulsa | 5.59204 |
| 37 | South Carolina | 5.59900 |
| 38 | Kentucky | 5.60229 |
| 39 | Rutgers | 5.60589 |
| 40 | Texas A&M | 5.60836 |
| 41 | Minnesota | 5.61499 |
| 42 | Baylor | 5.62237 |
| 43 | Indiana | 5.62657 |
| 44 | Texas Tech | 5.64608 |
| 45 | Oregon State | 5.65966 |
| 46 | North Carolina | 5.66099 |
| 47 | Iowa State | 5.69217 |
| 48 | Tulane | 5.69891 |
| 49 | Boise State | 5.70761 |
| 50 | Mississippi | 5.72244 |
| 51 | Northwestern | 5.73147 |
| 52 | UTEP | 5.73666 |
| 53 | Texas | 5.73973 |
| 54 | Nevada | 5.75115 |
| 55 | Washington State | 5.75434 |
| 56 | East Carolina | 5.75449 |
| 57 | SMU | 5.76928 |
| 58 | Akron | 5.76989 |
| 59 | TCU | 5.77131 |
| 60 | Rice | 5.80641 |
| 61 | Pittsburgh | 5.82090 |
| 62 | Central Florida | 5.82624 |
| 63 | Oregon | 5.82934 |
| 64 | North Texas | 5.84895 |
| 65 | Bowling Green | 5.85147 |
| 66 | Cincinnati | 5.85426 |
| 67 | Duke | 5.85448 |
| 68 | Louisville | 5.86818 |
| 69 | Connecticut | 5.87518 |
| 70 | Kent State | 5.88316 |
| 71 | Air Force | 5.88621 |
| 72 | Virginia | 5.89204 |
| 73 | Temple | 5.89269 |
| 74 | Florida Atlantic | 5.89281 |
| 75 | West Virginia | 5.89712 |
| 76 | Utah | 5.90189 |
| 77 | Virginia Tech | 5.93098 |
| 78 | Washington | 5.93730 |
| 79 | Fresno State | 5.93906 |
| 80 | New Mexico | 5.96084 |
| 81 | Charlotte | 5.96097 |
| 82 | California | 5.98507 |
| 83 | Memphis | 5.98585 |
| 84 | Houston | 6.00324 |
| 85 | Missouri | 6.01546 |
| 86 | BYU | 6.02167 |
| 87 | Oklahoma State | 6.02391 |
| 88 | La Monroe | 6.09612 |
| 89 | Western Michigan | 6.10629 |
| 90 | Colorado | 6.14463 |
| 91 | San Jose State | 6.18787 |
| 92 | Louisiana Tech | 6.23612 |
| 93 | Eastern Michigan | 6.23868 |
| 94 | Kansas State | 6.24230 |
| 95 | Georgia Southern | 6.26531 |
| 96 | Army | 6.27961 |
| 97 | San Diego State | 6.29923 |
| 98 | Marshall | 6.29928 |
| 99 | Ball State | 6.31647 |
| 100 | Texas State | 6.32446 |
| 101 | South Alabama | 6.35396 |
| 102 | Utah State | 6.37077 |
| 103 | Arizona | 6.38305 |
| 104 | Florida International | 6.40028 |
| 105 | Buffalo | 6.48261 |
| 106 | Toledo | 6.49470 |
| 107 | Idaho | 6.51830 |
| 108 | Old Dominion | 6.53595 |
| 109 | Wyoming | 6.55084 |
| 110 | Northern Illinois | 6.55376 |
| 111 | Troy | 6.58122 |
| 112 | Middle Tenn. St. | 6.67572 |
| 113 | Miami (OH) | 6.67799 |
| 114 | Hawaii | 6.70489 |
| 115 | Appalachian State | 6.70979 |
| 116 | Central Michigan | 6.72421 |
| 117 | Colorado State | 6.73387 |
| 118 | Massachusetts | 6.76603 |
| 119 | UNLV | 6.80896 |
| 120 | Coastal Carolina | 6.83023 |
| 121 | Ohio | 6.94572 |
| 122 | New Mexico State | 7.06902 |
| 123 | Western Kentucky | 7.07531 |
| 124 | Southern Miss | 7.11034 |
| 125 | Georgia State | 7.17951 |
| 126 | UT-San Antonio | 7.28745 |
| 127 | South Florida | 7.28913 |
| 128 | Arkansas State | 7.29100 |
| 129 | Louisiana | 7.40735 |
| 130 | UAB | 7.58300 |