College Football: Initial ESPN FPI 2020 versus the CFBHG 130
Believe it or not, it’s time for the ESPN 2020 release of their initial Football Power Index.
You can read about that here, or below I will have the rankings. Conversely, as we have done the last four years we have our initial Power Rankings for the College Football Hourglass. Our initial rankings include batch data that has a three year recruiting metric, with adjustments for transfers and early exits to the NFL Draft, a three year coaching metric, a baseline offensive and defensive scoring efficiency number for every team based on past data and returning quarterback play data.
All of this gives each team a number stamp we can rank all 130 teams by and this data is the baseline data we use yearly to give seasonal predictions and we use this data as baseline data for sports gaming all year long. Reminder, the power rankings are just that - power rankings. Not an official top 130. We will have that in the coming weeks.
Below is our initial CFBHG 130 and then the ESPN FPI Release. Some matches, some not as much. Enjoy!
CFB HG Team Metric 2020
Initial Power Rankings
1 Clemson 169.72
2 Ohio State 161.09
3 Georgia 151.26
4 Notre Dame 150.50
5 Alabama 147.56
6 Oklahoma 134.75
7 Penn State 132.03
8 Florida 128.20
9 Texas 123.92
10 Auburn 121.24
11 Texas A&M 120.40
12 LSU 114.34
13 Michigan 114.00
14 Wisconsin 112.78
15 Oregon 112.14
16 North Carolina 108.94
17 USC 108.29
18 Minnesota 103.62
19 Miss. State 102.99
20 UCF 96.12
21 Stanford 96.11
22 Tennessee 95.17
23 Arizona State 94.99
24 Miami 94.63
25 Washington 93.93
26 Utah 93.40
27 Florida State 92.97
28 Boise State 92.64
29 Oklahoma State 92.22
30 Kentucky 89.12
31 TCU 88.53
32 South Carolina 85.48
33 UCLA 84.50
34 Iowa 84.40
35 Ole Miss 84.14
36 Virginia Tech 82.52
37 Cincinatti 82.42
38 Louisville 81.22
39 Nebraska 80.72
40 California 80.39
41 Baylor 80.11
42 Arkansas 76.48
43 NC State 75.87
44 Syracuse 75.16
45 Iowa State 75.03
46 Michigan State 73.84
47 West Virginia 72.79
48 Memphis 72.56
49 Florida Atlantic 72.21
50 Missouri 70.67
51 Indiana 70.40
52 Virginia 70.28
53 Pittsburgh 69.92
54 Purdue 69.71
55 SMU 68.23
56 Maryland 67.60
57 Georgia Tech 65.58
58 Texas Tech 64.94
59 LA-Lafayette 64.14
60 Colorado 62.41
61 Arizona 59.80
62 Washington State 59.22
63 Boston College 59.15
64 Wake Forest 58.87
65 Kansas State 56.80
66 Northwestern 56.17
67 Duke 55.13
68 Toledo 54.81
69 Arkansas State 53.21
70 Rutgers 52.76
71 Illinois 51.83
72 Kansas 51.68
73 Marshall 51.26
74 App State 50.91
75 East Carolina 50.52
76 LA Tech 48.94
77 Vanderbilt 48.88
78 Southern Miss 47.78
79 Oregon State 46.82
80 Navy 46.48
81 FIU 45.83
82 MTSU 45.08
83 South Florida 44.27
84 BYU 42.52
85 Colorado State 41.04
86 Kent State 40.72
87 Temple 39.91
88 Houston 39.77
89 Western Kentucky 39.32
90 UAB 39.22
91 North Texas 38.73
92 Tulane 37.13
93 UNLV 36.09
94 Western Michigan 35.92
95 UTSA 33.26
96 Georgia Southern 33.18
97 Troy 32.04
98 San Diego State 31.96
99 Charlotte 31.83
100 Air Force 30.91
101 Army 29.28
102 Miami Ohio 26.62
103 Nevada 26.58
104 Texas State 25.88
105 Northern Ill. 25.82
106 Wyoming 24.84
107 Hawaii 23.66
108 Fresno State 23.54
109 Buffalo 22.86
110 Tulsa 22.66
111 Ohio 21.96
112 Georgia State 20.73
113 Utah State 19.11
114 Ball State 16.55
115 Old Dominion 15.78
116 Bowling Green 15.45
117 New Mexico 14.05
118 Eastern Michigan 13.28
119 Central Michigan 13.28
120 South Alabama 13.03
121 Liberty 12.87
122 Costal Carolina 12.75
123 Massachusetts 11.83
124 Rice 11.67
125 Akron 7.31
126 San Jose State 6.70
127 LA-Monroe 3.34
128 UTEP -3.08
129 UConn -4.55
130 New Mexico State -5.75
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ESPN PRESEASON FPI 2020
1 Clemson ACC
2 Ohio State Big Ten
3 Oklahoma Big 12
4 Alabama SEC
5 Penn State Big Ten
6 Wisconsin Big Ten
7 Texas Big 12
8 Texas A&M SEC
9 Notre Dame Independent
10 Georgia SEC
11 Florida SEC
12 LSU SEC
13 USC Pac-12
14 Oregon Pac-12
15 Auburn SEC
16 Michigan Big Ten
17 Oklahoma State Big 12
18 North Carolina ACC
19 Tennessee SEC
20 Minnesota Big Ten
21 UCF American Athletic
22 Nebraska Big Ten
23 Florida State ACC
24 Utah Pac-12
25 Virginia Tech ACC
26 Indiana Big Ten
27 Iowa Big Ten
28 Stanford Pac-12
29 Washington Pac-12
30 California Pac-12
31 Iowa State Big 12
32 TCU Big 12
33 Kentucky SEC
34 South Carolina SEC
35 Louisville ACC
36 Purdue Big Ten
37 Miami (FL) ACC
38 Northwestern Big Ten
39 Mississippi State SEC
40 Cincinnati American Athletic
41 Arizona State Pac-12
42 Ole Miss SEC
43 Pittsburgh ACC
44 Baylor Big 12
45 Houston American Athletic
46 Texas Tech Big 12
47 Virginia ACC
48 West Virginia Big 12
49 UCLA Pac-12
50 Kansas State Big 12
51 Boise State Mountain West
52 Navy American Athletic
53 Missouri SEC
54 Washington State Pac-12
55 Georgia Tech ACC
56 Colorado Pac-12
57 Memphis American Athletic
58 Michigan State Big Ten
59 North Carolina State ACC
60 SMU American Athletic
61 Louisiana-Lafayette Sun Belt
62 BYU Independent
63 Arizona Pac-12
64 Duke ACC
65 Illinois Big Ten
66 Arkansas SEC
67 Oregon State Pac-12
68 Maryland Big Ten
69 Wake Forest ACC
70 Tulsa American Athletic
71 Buffalo MAC
72 Syracuse ACC
73 Western Kentucky Conference USA
74 Tulane American Athletic
75 Appalachian State Sun Belt
76 Air Force Mountain West
77 Wyoming Mountain West
78 Boston College ACC
79 Southern Miss Conference USA
80 Marshall Conference USA
81 Vanderbilt SEC
82 Western Michigan MAC
83 Rutgers Big Ten
84 Miami (OH) MAC
85 UAB Conference USA
86 South Florida American Athletic
87 Arkansas State Sun Belt
88 San Diego State Mountain West
89 Florida Atlantic Conference USA
90 Ohio MAC
91 Temple American Athletic
92 Middle Tennessee Conference USA
93 Fresno State Mountain West
94 Ball State MAC
95 Utah State Mountain West
96 Colorado State Mountain West
97 East Carolina American Athletic
98 Nevada Mountain West
99 Georgia Southern Sun Belt
100 Army Independent
101 Toledo MAC
102 Northern Illinois MAC
103 Central Michigan MAC
104 Kansas Big 12
105 Louisiana Tech Conference USA
106 Kent State MAC
107 Georgia State Sun Belt
108 San Jose State Mountain West
109 Rice Conference USA
110 Troy Sun Belt
111 Charlotte Conference USA
112 Coastal Carolina Sun Belt
113 Louisiana-Monroe Sun Belt
114 South Alabama Sun Belt
115 North Texas Conference USA
116 UTSA Conference USA
117 UNLV Mountain West
118 Old Dominion Conference USA
119 Hawaii Mountain West
120 Florida International Conference USA
121 Eastern Michigan MAC
122 Liberty Independents
123 Connecticut Independents
124 New Mexico Mountain West
125 Texas State Sun Belt
126 New Mexico State FBS Independents
127 Bowling Green MAC
128 Akron MAC
129 UTEP Conference USA
130 UMass Independent
