2020 COLLEGE FOOTBALL FEI RATINGS | Football Outsiders

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2020 FEI Ratings

Rk	Team	Rec	FEI	OFEI	Rk	DFEI	Rk	NDE	Rk	NPD	Rk	NAY	Rk	NPP	Rk	ELS	Rk	GLS	Rk	ALS	Rk
1	Alabama	13-0	1.43	2.47	1	.50	21	2.61	2	2.59	2	.326	2	2.96	2	1.69	13	4.18	2	7.57	1
2	BYU	10-1	1.28	2.01	2	.76	9	2.85	1	2.88	1	.345	1	4.10	1	1.06	52	2.66	42	5.08	40
3	Clemson	9-2	.95	1.16	11	1.02	3	1.91	4	1.88	4	.219	5	1.59	8	1.53	19	3.57	13	6.23	7
4	Oklahoma	8-2	.93	.94	19	.82	7	1.23	14	1.38	6	.160	15	1.33	16	1.72	9	3.84	5	6.28	6
5	Ohio State	7-1	.87	1.88	3	.08	46	1.34	11	1.23	13	.192	8	1.46	10	1.61	15	3.04	30	4.82	51
6	Buffalo	6-1	.84	1.51	6	.42	27	2.08	3	2.08	3	.233	4	2.20	3	.63	90	1.66	91	3.07	97
7	Coastal Carolina	10-1	.84	1.35	9	.65	16	1.73	5	1.60	5	.188	9	1.18	22	1.39	25	3.29	18	5.89	17
8	Cincinnati	8-1	.73	.48	37	1.02	2	1.38	9	1.36	8	.143	18	1.46	11	.78	76	2.19	69	4.30	61
9	Iowa State	9-3	.71	.99	16	.65	15	1.15	17	1.22	15	.127	20	.95	29	2.03	1	4.53	1	7.43	2
10	Notre Dame	10-2	.68	.96	17	.44	24	1.35	10	1.26	12	.184	10	1.16	23	2.00	2	3.81	6	6.15	8
11	Ball State	7-1	.67	1.00	15	.44	23	.73	33	.67	33	.050	46	-.01	61	1.33	28	3.14	26	5.22	32
12	Georgia	8-2	.67	.65	26	.66	12	.91	24	1.03	20	.166	13	1.28	19	1.54	17	3.09	27	5.32	28
13	Texas	7-3	.64	.95	18	.21	40	.79	28	.90	26	.072	38	1.03	27	1.39	26	3.32	17	5.76	19
14	Iowa	6-2	.55	.02	64	.79	8	.91	25	1.09	19	.106	26	1.11	26	.49	107	1.64	93	3.65	86
15	Arizona State	2-2	.55	1.02	14	.25	37	1.42	8	1.35	9	.120	24	1.80	6	.31	119	.94	120	1.91	119
16	Florida	8-4	.52	1.32	10	-.07	55	1.02	20	1.13	18	.167	12	1.81	5	1.94	3	3.73	9	6.10	10
17	Texas A&M	9-1	.51	.90	21	.29	34	1.16	16	1.23	14	.164	14	.91	31	1.38	27	2.81	36	4.93	46
18	Oklahoma State	8-3	.48	.24	49	.65	14	.41	44	.42	44	.097	30	.52	42	1.71	11	3.96	3	6.78	3
19	Louisiana	10-1	.48	.66	25	.36	30	.95	23	.93	25	.103	28	1.29	18	1.30	30	3.14	25	5.63	22
20	San Jose State	7-1	.48	.47	38	.51	20	.82	27	.88	28	.126	21	1.65	7	.89	64	2.34	66	4.29	62
21	Northwestern	7-2	.45	-.08	76	1.14	1	.97	21	.95	24	.057	43	.17	52	1.02	55	2.44	59	4.50	55
22	Appalachian State	8-3	.43	.47	39	.56	18	1.18	15	1.19	17	.170	11	1.43	12	1.08	51	2.61	47	4.86	49
23	Indiana	6-2	.41	-.11	79	.87	5	.75	30	1.01	21	.047	53	.06	58	.89	66	2.12	75	3.95	75
24	North Carolina	7-4	.39	1.48	7	-.49	90	1.05	19	.99	22	.149	16	1.43	13	.99	57	2.80	38	5.52	23
25	TCU	6-4	.37	.19	52	.54	19	.49	38	.51	40	.103	27	.65	39	1.41	23	3.27	19	5.64	21
26	Wisconsin	4-3	.37	-.36	98	.95	4	.38	45	.57	37	.049	51	-.56	84	.80	75	2.03	77	3.67	83
27	Miami	8-3	.37	.78	22	-.11	59	.48	41	.60	35	.047	52	.47	43	1.30	31	3.21	22	5.92	16
28	Air Force	3-3	.36	.37	44	.22	39	.83	26	.87	29	.087	31	1.20	21	.55	98	1.41	106	2.67	109
29	Miami (OH)	2-1	.36	.66	24	-.08	57	-.03	66	.18	57	-.008	67	-.13	65	.70	83	1.24	109	1.79	121
30	Toledo	4-2	.35	.65	27	.26	36	.97	22	.90	27	.197	7	.86	32	.67	87	1.76	87	3.17	95
31	Western Michigan	4-2	.32	1.81	5	-.93	107	.73	32	.57	36	.126	22	1.82	4	.71	81	1.70	90	3.04	99
32	Boise State	5-2	.32	.27	47	.02	48	.08	61	.21	54	.011	58	-.22	70	1.13	48	2.39	63	3.90	77
33	USC	5-1	.32	.44	41	.31	32	.73	31	.83	30	.124	23	-.17	67	.50	105	1.46	104	2.91	103
34	UCF	6-4	.28	1.12	12	-.50	91	.76	29	.77	31	.078	34	.28	48	1.20	40	2.64	43	4.80	52
35	Marshall	6-3	.22	.14	55	.39	28	1.12	18	1.20	16	.101	29	1.12	24	.63	91	1.60	99	3.21	94
36	San Diego State	4-4	.22	-.45	102	.84	6	.42	43	.41	45	.106	25	.79	36	1.13	49	2.18	70	3.73	79
37	Central Michigan	3-3	.22	.00	67	.43	26	-.05	67	.08	62	-.007	66	-.58	89	.74	79	2.01	78	3.68	81
38	Army	6-3	.21	-.06	73	.39	29	.49	39	.65	34	.064	41	-.58	88	.84	71	2.12	74	3.98	74
39	Tulsa	6-3	.21	-.18	82	.73	10	.56	37	.46	42	.075	36	.82	34	.98	59	2.41	61	4.42	56
40	West Virginia	5-4	.19	-.14	80	.57	17	.27	51	.22	53	.083	33	.45	44	1.39	24	3.17	23	5.31	30
41	Nevada	7-2	.19	.49	36	-.17	68	.65	36	.74	32	.085	32	.92	30	.50	106	1.63	96	3.60	87
42	Liberty	8-1	.18	.67	23	-.27	72	1.29	12	1.27	11	.215	6	1.33	15	.64	89	1.53	103	2.97	101
43	Washington	3-1	.17	1.10	13	-.14	65	1.47	6	1.36	7	.257	3	1.43	14	.11	127	.45	126	1.23	126
44	Georgia Southern	7-5	.16	.01	65	.44	25	.67	34	.46	41	.061	42	.96	28	1.24	35	2.86	34	5.16	37
45	Troy	4-6	.16	-.05	71	.30	33	.07	62	.08	63	.023	57	.10	56	1.52	21	3.04	29	5.11	39
46	UCLA	3-4	.15	.64	28	-.12	60	.48	40	.43	43	.055	44	.82	35	.66	88	1.77	86	3.39	89
47	Oregon	4-3	.15	.55	30	-.20	70	.27	50	.34	47	.032	55	1.58	9	.70	82	1.91	83	3.68	82
48	UAB	5-3	.13	-.08	77	.17	42	.45	42	.53	39	.049	50	.63	40	.63	92	1.84	85	3.74	78
49	Utah	3-2	.10	-.53	103	.66	13	.13	56	.11	59	.066	40	.25	50	.35	116	1.12	115	2.36	114
50	Auburn	6-5	.10	.26	48	-.33	75	-.31	77	-.15	71	-.026	72	-.23	72	1.73	6	3.50	15	5.96	13
51	Virginia Tech	5-6	.08	.49	35	-.18	69	.13	57	.12	58	.050	47	.86	33	1.17	44	3.23	20	6.08	11
52	Eastern Michigan	2-4	.07	.49	34	-.43	85	-.50	86	-.39	79	-.083	91	-.39	79	.88	67	2.14	72	3.71	80
53	Ohio	2-1	.07	.52	32	-.45	87	1.44	7	1.35	10	.072	37	1.30	17	.17	125	.43	127	.74	127
54	Kent State	3-1	.06	1.83	4	-1.30	121	1.24	13	.98	23	.141	19	1.11	25	.53	102	.96	119	1.44	124
55	Ole Miss	5-5	.05	1.39	8	-1.21	118	.10	60	.10	60	.050	48	.15	54	1.24	34	2.75	41	4.96	45
56	Pittsburgh	5-5	.05	-.37	99	.20	41	-.27	73	-.12	69	.007	59	-.32	74	1.23	36	2.85	35	5.19	33
57	Wake Forest	3-5	.05	.51	33	-.36	78	-.21	72	-.39	78	-.026	71	-.35	76	1.03	53	2.62	46	4.70	54
58	Georgia State	6-4	.04	.23	50	-.01	50	.26	52	.32	48	.052	45	.14	55	.99	56	2.60	48	4.87	48
59	Louisville	4-7	.04	.38	43	-.35	76	.28	49	.18	56	.026	56	.78	37	.89	65	2.49	55	5.05	41
60	Wyoming	2-4	.04	-.66	107	.67	11	.32	46	.39	46	.033	54	.55	41	.34	117	1.13	114	2.54	112
61	Baylor	2-7	.03	-.28	87	.27	35	-.53	89	-.70	95	-.076	89	-1.17	103	1.78	4	3.65	10	5.77	18
62	Tulane	6-6	.02	.10	60	-.32	74	.11	59	.29	49	-.012	68	-.06	64	.75	78	2.41	62	5.16	36
63	Penn State	4-5	.02	-.10	78	.14	44	.17	55	.09	61	.066	39	.30	46	.87	68	2.23	68	4.29	63
64	Kansas State	4-6	.00	.17	53	-.40	82	-.65	94	-.43	80	-.099	98	-.37	77	1.77	5	3.76	8	6.10	9
65	SMU	6-3	.00	.62	29	-.39	81	.67	35	.55	38	.144	17	1.20	20	.62	94	1.74	88	3.67	84
66	Houston	3-5	-.02	.04	63	-.05	52	-.20	71	-.07	67	.005	61	-.49	83	1.17	45	2.43	60	4.13	70
67	Virginia	4-5	-.03	.00	66	.08	47	-.06	68	-.17	73	-.042	75	-.90	96	1.19	42	2.80	39	4.96	44
68	NC State	8-4	-.03	.11	59	-.13	64	.20	53	.19	55	-.006	65	.30	47	.83	73	2.59	51	5.44	26
69	Boston College	6-5	-.03	.16	54	-.44	86	-.27	74	-.22	74	-.040	74	-.69	93	1.21	38	2.90	33	5.46	25
70	Colorado	4-2	-.03	.13	57	-.04	51	.03	63	-.13	70	-.004	63	-.64	90	.53	101	1.54	101	3.03	100
71	Texas Tech	3-6	-.05	.04	62	-.06	53	-.51	87	-.70	94	-.067	85	.17	53	1.63	14	3.57	12	5.73	20
72	LSU	5-5	-.08	-.33	94	-.08	56	-.57	90	-.48	81	-.072	87	-1.90	117	1.48	22	3.08	28	5.15	38
73	Hawaii	5-4	-.10	.12	58	-.10	58	.12	58	-.06	66	-.047	77	-.22	71	.69	84	2.13	73	4.35	59
74	Stanford	4-2	-.13	.92	20	-1.10	112	-.29	75	-.16	72	-.043	76	-.56	86	.52	103	1.65	92	3.31	91
75	Kentucky	5-6	-.15	-.42	101	.09	45	-.33	78	-.33	77	-.067	84	-.42	80	1.60	16	3.21	21	5.47	24
76	Purdue	2-4	-.16	.36	45	-.47	89	-.03	65	-.28	75	-.005	64	.34	45	.40	113	1.22	112	2.66	110
77	Mississippi State	4-7	-.17	-.56	104	.22	38	-.48	83	-.55	85	-.080	90	-.46	82	1.72	10	3.52	14	5.93	14
78	Arkansas	3-7	-.17	.04	61	-.15	67	-.47	82	-.77	98	-.137	106	.05	60	1.70	12	3.63	11	6.00	12
79	Northern Illinois	0-6	-.19	-.15	81	-.13	62	-1.14	107	-1.07	108	-.198	115	-1.78	114	1.16	46	2.63	45	4.24	68
80	Oregon State	2-5	-.20	.34	46	-.83	102	-.60	91	-.63	89	-.115	103	-.90	97	.54	100	1.64	95	3.36	90
81	Memphis	7-3	-.20	-.02	69	-.41	84	-.03	64	-.01	65	-.014	70	.27	49	.75	77	2.00	81	4.04	72
82	Nebraska	3-5	-.21	-.21	84	-.13	61	-.48	84	-.55	84	-.049	80	-.02	62	1.18	43	2.57	53	4.33	60
83	UTSA	6-5	-.21	-.28	89	-.36	77	-.08	69	.02	64	.002	62	-.16	66	1.20	39	2.37	64	4.26	67
84	Minnesota	3-4	-.23	.44	40	-.77	98	-.09	70	-.10	68	-.013	69	-.38	78	.52	104	1.54	100	3.23	93
85	Rice	2-3	-.23	-.92	116	.47	22	.32	47	.27	50	.049	49	-.43	81	.24	123	.76	123	1.69	123
86	Arkansas State	3-7	-.25	.43	42	-.77	99	-.39	79	-.50	82	-.055	82	-.29	73	1.26	33	2.95	32	5.17	35
87	East Carolina	3-6	-.25	-.35	97	-.13	63	-.30	76	-.32	76	-.048	78	-.17	68	.85	70	2.14	71	4.08	71
88	California	1-3	-.27	-.71	109	.32	31	-.42	81	-.58	86	-.069	86	-.78	95	.27	121	.92	121	1.98	117
89	Fresno State	3-3	-.27	-.08	75	-.37	80	.30	48	.22	52	.078	35	.05	59	.22	124	.75	124	1.89	120
90	Michigan	2-4	-.29	.53	31	-1.19	115	-.50	85	-.63	88	-.061	83	.19	51	.47	108	1.43	105	2.92	102
91	Maryland	2-3	-.31	-.19	83	-.58	95	-.73	98	-.75	97	-.049	79	.70	38	.60	96	1.53	102	2.73	108
92	Tennessee	3-7	-.32	-.28	90	-.15	66	-.61	92	-.69	93	-.098	97	-.65	91	1.54	18	3.16	24	5.32	29
93	Missouri	5-5	-.32	.20	51	-.90	104	-.77	100	-.68	91	-.033	73	-.65	92	1.32	29	2.76	40	4.80	53
94	Rutgers	3-6	-.33	-.80	113	-.07	54	-.67	95	-.62	87	-.122	104	-1.18	104	.81	74	2.00	80	4.01	73
95	New Mexico	2-5	-.33	-.07	74	-.53	92	-.52	88	-.64	90	-.072	88	-1.38	107	.72	80	1.95	82	3.65	85
96	South Alabama	4-7	-.34	-.40	100	-.36	79	-.71	97	-.68	92	-.093	96	-1.10	101	1.13	47	2.80	37	5.18	34
97	Michigan State	2-5	-.37	-.75	111	-.01	49	-1.18	109	-1.10	109	-.143	107	-.58	87	1.03	54	2.46	58	4.27	65
98	Texas State	2-10	-.38	.00	68	-.92	106	-1.09	105	-1.06	107	-.158	111	-.56	85	1.73	8	3.77	7	6.54	4
99	Colorado State	1-3	-.42	-.28	88	-.54	93	-.87	102	-1.01	104	-.110	102	-.06	63	.43	110	1.24	111	2.31	116
100	Florida Atlantic	5-4	-.43	-1.04	123	.16	43	.20	54	.23	51	.007	60	.08	57	.38	115	1.22	113	2.79	105
101	Georgia Tech	3-7	-.43	-.29	92	-.46	88	-.64	93	-.89	101	-.088	94	-.35	75	.98	60	2.59	49	5.04	42
102	Washington State	1-3	-.44	.14	56	-1.20	117	-1.19	110	-1.02	105	-.150	109	-.91	98	.42	112	1.24	110	2.35	115
103	Florida State	2-6	-.47	-.33	95	-.95	108	-1.37	115	-1.25	112	-.175	113	-1.46	110	.95	61	2.36	65	4.26	66
104	Syracuse	1-10	-.48	-1.13	125	-.24	71	-1.59	117	-1.42	115	-.261	121	-2.06	120	1.52	20	3.42	16	5.93	15
105	Western Kentucky	4-7	-.51	-1.03	120	-.27	73	-.95	104	-.85	100	-.101	99	-.97	99	1.19	41	2.58	52	4.82	50
106	Navy	3-7	-.55	-.72	110	-.41	83	-1.30	113	-1.42	116	-.231	118	-1.93	118	1.27	32	3.01	31	5.35	27
107	Duke	2-9	-.57	-.92	114	-.59	96	-1.32	114	-1.14	110	-.086	93	-1.35	106	.93	62	2.59	50	5.23	31
108	Louisiana Tech	4-5	-.59	-.92	115	-.62	97	-1.29	112	-1.27	113	-.190	114	-1.81	115	1.21	37	2.48	56	4.28	64
109	Illinois	2-6	-.60	-.30	93	-.89	103	-1.22	111	-1.27	114	-.136	105	-1.48	111	.85	69	2.32	67	4.38	57
110	South Carolina	2-8	-.60	-.05	72	-.96	109	-.94	103	-.90	102	-.154	110	-1.20	105	.98	58	2.63	44	5.03	43
111	Southern Mississippi	2-7	-.63	-.33	96	-1.11	113	-.70	96	-.71	96	-.092	95	-.21	69	.25	122	1.04	117	2.77	106
112	Charlotte	2-4	-.68	-.25	86	-1.18	114	-.40	80	-.51	83	-.086	92	-1.09	100	.31	120	.81	122	1.79	122
113	Middle Tennessee	3-6	-.71	-.29	91	-1.10	111	-.84	101	-1.03	106	-.102	100	-1.12	102	.63	93	1.89	84	3.92	76
114	Kansas	0-9	-.74	-.95	118	-.54	94	-2.24	123	-2.30	124	-.353	126	-3.02	126	1.73	7	3.85	4	6.32	5
115	Arizona	0-5	-.74	-.80	112	-.78	100	-2.24	124	-2.16	122	-.262	122	-2.11	121	.58	97	1.64	94	3.05	98
116	Florida International	0-4	-.77	-1.01	119	-.90	105	-1.10	106	-.98	103	-.158	112	-1.45	109	.17	126	.55	125	1.30	125
117	South Florida	0-8	-.78	-.69	108	-1.03	110	-1.86	120	-1.71	118	-.222	117	-1.70	112	1.08	50	2.49	54	4.35	58
118	Utah State	1-5	-.83	-.59	105	-1.38	125	-2.02	121	-1.91	120	-.231	119	-2.01	119	.55	99	1.60	98	3.11	96
119	North Texas	3-6	-.84	-.03	70	-1.60	126	-.75	99	-.84	99	-.054	81	-.70	94	.33	118	1.06	116	2.61	111
120	UNLV	0-6	-.84	-.21	85	-1.35	123	-1.76	118	-1.89	119	-.248	120	-2.64	124	.61	95	1.73	89	3.27	92
121	Temple	1-6	-.90	-1.04	122	-.81	101	-1.41	116	-1.59	117	-.145	108	-1.89	116	.39	114	1.30	107	2.87	104
122	UTEP	1-5	-1.01	-1.09	124	-1.19	116	-1.18	108	-1.17	111	-.109	101	-1.39	108	.43	111	.99	118	1.96	118
123	Akron	1-5	-1.05	-.94	117	-1.38	124	-2.37	125	-2.32	125	-.307	125	-2.66	125	.90	63	2.03	76	3.39	88
124	Vanderbilt	0-9	-1.08	-.61	106	-1.30	120	-1.84	119	-2.10	121	-.217	116	-2.35	122	.69	85	2.01	79	4.15	69
125	UL Monroe	0-10	-1.16	-1.03	121	-1.26	119	-2.20	122	-2.20	123	-.301	124	-2.40	123	.83	72	2.47	57	4.93	47
126	Bowling Green	0-5	-1.46	-1.60	127	-1.31	122	-3.10	126	-3.10	126	-.278	123	-1.72	113	.67	86	1.60	97	2.76	107
127	Massachusetts	0-4	-1.68	-1.50	126	-1.88	127	-3.46	127	-3.56	127	-.444	127	-3.90	127	.46	109	1.28	108	2.38	113