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.
2018 Final Strength of Schedule
| 1 | Texas A&M | 5.08716 |
| 2 | UCLA | 5.09244 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh | 5.10770 |
| 4 | Louisville | 5.16590 |
| 5 | Florida State | 5.18326 |
| 6 | Clemson | 5.19680 |
| 7 | Georgia | 5.23942 |
| 8 | South Carolina | 5.30756 |
| 9 | Alabama | 5.31430 |
| 10 | Mississippi St. | 5.32741 |
| 11 | Notre Dame | 5.34225 |
| 12 | Tennessee | 5.35880 |
| 13 | LSU | 5.37119 |
| 14 | Michigan | 5.37171 |
| 15 | Oklahoma | 5.37426 |
| 16 | Purdue | 5.38628 |
| 17 | Auburn | 5.40271 |
| 18 | Northwestern | 5.41917 |
| 19 | Nebraska | 5.43089 |
| 20 | Vanderbilt | 5.43214 |
| 21 | Indiana | 5.43353 |
| 22 | Oregon State | 5.44227 |
| 23 | Navy | 5.48075 |
| 24 | Wake Forest | 5.48829 |
| 25 | Duke | 5.49085 |
| 26 | Maryland | 5.49316 |
| 27 | Missouri | 5.50510 |
| 28 | Texas | 5.51530 |
| 29 | San Jose State | 5.52035 |
| 30 | Rutgers | 5.52551 |
| 31 | Penn State | 5.52851 |
| 32 | Washington | 5.54593 |
| 33 | Arkansas | 5.54854 |
| 34 | USC | 5.55338 |
| 35 | Utah | 5.56780 |
| 36 | Michigan State | 5.58117 |
| 37 | Minnesota | 5.58318 |
| 38 | TCU | 5.58733 |
| 39 | Stanford | 5.60391 |
| 40 | Iowa State | 5.66352 |
| 41 | Virginia Tech | 5.67442 |
| 42 | Boise State | 5.67766 |
| 43 | Oklahoma State | 5.68008 |
| 44 | Boston College | 5.70907 |
| 45 | Florida | 5.71125 |
| 46 | Texas Tech | 5.72221 |
| 47 | Georgia State | 5.72385 |
| 48 | West Virginia | 5.72642 |
| 49 | Kentucky | 5.73246 |
| 50 | BYU | 5.73744 |
| 51 | Florida Atlantic | 5.74227 |
| 52 | Mississippi | 5.75432 |
| 53 | Kansas State | 5.76284 |
| 54 | Connecticut | 5.76373 |
| 55 | South Alabama | 5.76607 |
| 56 | Miami (OH) | 5.76944 |
| 57 | Arizona State | 5.77213 |
| 58 | Middle Tenn. St. | 5.78215 |
| 59 | Syracuse | 5.79307 |
| 60 | Northern Illinois | 5.79979 |
| 61 | Miami (FL) | 5.81929 |
| 62 | Ohio State | 5.82267 |
| 63 | North Carolina | 5.82578 |
| 64 | Coastal Carolina | 5.82633 |
| 65 | Louisiana | 5.84384 |
| 66 | Georgia Tech | 5.86119 |
| 67 | Baylor | 5.86228 |
| 68 | Massachusetts | 5.88865 |
| 69 | SMU | 5.90644 |
| 70 | Iowa | 5.90662 |
| 71 | N.C. State | 5.94229 |
| 72 | Tulane | 5.94588 |
| 73 | San Diego State | 5.97780 |
| 74 | East Carolina | 6.01177 |
| 75 | Wyoming | 6.03776 |
| 76 | Charlotte | 6.03829 |
| 77 | Rice | 6.04486 |
| 78 | New Mexico | 6.04952 |
| 79 | Wisconsin | 6.06748 |
| 80 | Arizona | 6.07359 |
| 81 | Kansas | 6.11885 |
| 82 | UT-San Antonio | 6.13636 |
| 83 | California | 6.17957 |
| 84 | Temple | 6.18128 |
| 85 | Air Force | 6.18828 |
| 86 | Troy | 6.19995 |
| 87 | Washington State | 6.20185 |
| 88 | Georgia Southern | 6.20191 |
| 89 | Virginia | 6.20927 |
| 90 | Appalachian State | 6.23685 |
| 91 | Fresno State | 6.26073 |
| 92 | Hawaii | 6.28625 |
| 93 | South Florida | 6.28678 |
| 94 | Arkansas State | 6.29822 |
| 95 | La Monroe | 6.29870 |
| 96 | Oregon | 6.30100 |
| 97 | Colorado State | 6.30392 |
| 98 | Central Florida | 6.30832 |
| 99 | Akron | 6.33521 |
| 100 | Eastern Michigan | 6.34295 |
| 101 | Illinois | 6.36630 |
| 102 | Army | 6.36951 |
| 103 | Western Michigan | 6.37712 |
| 104 | Toledo | 6.38929 |
| 105 | Central Michigan | 6.38985 |
| 106 | Colorado | 6.40383 |
| 107 | UNLV | 6.41683 |
| 108 | Kent State | 6.43207 |
| 109 | Nevada | 6.45151 |
| 110 | UAB | 6.45569 |
| 111 | Ball State | 6.46985 |
| 112 | Ohio | 6.47724 |
| 113 | New Mexico State | 6.50686 |
| 114 | Marshall | 6.52634 |
| 115 | Bowling Green | 6.52656 |
| 116 | Tulsa | 6.52695 |
| 117 | Cincinnati | 6.52892 |
| 118 | Southern Miss | 6.54182 |
| 119 | Buffalo | 6.59009 |
| 120 | Texas State | 6.62547 |
| 121 | Memphis | 6.63901 |
| 122 | Old Dominion | 6.66250 |
| 123 | Louisiana Tech | 6.70014 |
| 124 | Liberty | 6.70151 |
| 125 | Western Kentucky | 6.77424 |
| 126 | Houston | 6.85657 |
| 127 | UTEP | 6.86287 |
| 128 | Utah State | 6.86696 |
| 129 | North Texas | 7.05034 |
| 130 | Florida International | 7.15960 |