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Season IV FBS Rankings
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FBS Season IV
Season IV Bowl Games
Preseason #1: Colorado State
End of Season Champions: Kentucky
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Season IV FBS Rankings[edit | edit source]

One human poll and a committee's selections comprise the Season IV National Fake Collegiate Athletic Association (NFCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) football rankings. There is one main weekly poll that begins in the preseason, which is the Coaches' Poll. One additional poll, the College Football Playoff (CFP) ranking, is usually released starting midway through the season. The CFP rankings determine who makes the eight-team playoff that decides the College Football Playoff National Champion.

Legend[edit | edit source]

  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
  Selected for College Football Playoff
(#–#)   Win–loss record
(Italics)   Number of first place votes
т Tied with team above or below also with this symbol

Coaches' Poll[edit | edit source]

Preseason/Week 1: 03/25/2020 Week 2: 04/08/2020 Week 3: 04/22/2020 Week 4: 05/06/2020 Week 5: 05/20/2020 Week 6: 06/03/2020 Week 7: 06/17/2020 Week 8: 07/01/2020 Week 9: 07/15/2020 Week 10: 07/29/2020 Week 11: 08/12/2020 Week 12: 08/26/2020 Week 13: 09/09/2020
1. Colorado State (14) (0-0) Washington State (13) (1-0) Washington State (21) (2-0) Washington State (19) (3-0) Washington State (15) (4-0) Washington State (15) (5-0) Boston College (9) (6-0) Boston College (7) (7-0) Boston College (17) (8-0) Boston College (18) (9-0) Charlotte (10) (9-1) UCF (10) (10-1) UCF (11) (11-1) 1.
2. Georgia Tech (7) (0-0) Wisconsin (8) (1-0) Penn State (2-0) UMass (1) (3-0) Arkansas (1) (4-0) Texas Tech (4) (5-0) Kentucky (7) (6-0) Kentucky (6) (7-0) Kentucky (2) (8-0) Kentucky (1) (9-0) UCF (9) (9-1) Boston College (6) (10-1) Charlotte (3) (10-2) 2.
3. Washington State (2) (0-0) Penn State (1) (1-0) Akron (2-0) т Penn State (3-0) Charlotte (4-0) Kentucky (5-0) Rice (4) (5-1) Rice (5) (6-1) Rice (1) (7-1) Texas Tech (8-1) Boston College (1) (9-1) Rice (2) (9-2) Kentucky (11-1) 3.
4. Akron (0-0) UMass (1-0) UMass (2-0) т Charlotte (3-0) Texas Tech (3) (4-0) Boston College (5-0) Virginia Tech (5-1) Virginia Tech (1) (6-1) Texas Tech (7-1) Charlotte (8-1) Rice (8-2) Hawaii (10-1) Boston College (1) (10-2) 4.
5. Middle Tennessee (0-0) Texas (1-0) Utah State (2-0) UCF (3-0) Boston College (1) (4-0) SMU (5-0) Texas Tech (5-1) т Texas Tech (6-1) Virginia Tech (1) (7-1) UCF (1) (8-1) Akron (8-2) Charlotte (9-2) Hawaii (10-2) 5.
6. Buffalo (0-0) Akron (1-0) Arkansas (2-0) Boston College (3-0) Wake Forest (4-0) UCF (5-0) Washington State (5-1) т Hawaii (6-1) Charlotte (7-1) Rice (7-2) Hawaii (1) (9-1) Kentucky (10-1) Utah State (1) (9-3) 6.
7. Western Kentucky (0-0) Middle Tennessee (1-0) UCF (1) (2-0) Arkansas (3-0) UCF (4-0) Virginia Tech (4-1) Wake Forest (5-1) Charlotte (6-1) Hawaii (7-1) Hawaii (8-1) Oregon (8-2) Akron (9-2) Appalachian State (10-2) 7.
8. Texas (0-0) Arkansas (1-0) Charlotte (1) (2-0) Ole Miss (3-0) Kentucky (4-0) Rice (4-1) Penn State (5-1) Wake Forest (6-1) UCF (7-1) Oregon (7-2) Louisiana Tech (8-2) Houston (8-3) San Diego State (9-3) 8.
9. Marshall (0-0) Utah State (1-0) Texas A&M (2-0) Texas Tech (1) (3-0) Hawaii (4-0) Utah State (4-1) Charlotte (5-1) Akron (5-2) Akron (6-2) Navy (8-1) Texas Tech (8-2) Oregon (8-3) Rice (9-3) 9.
10. Penn State (0-0) Michigan State (1-0) Arkansas State (2-0) Wake Forest (3-0) Iowa State (4-0) Arkansas (4-1) Hawaii (5-1) Oregon (5-2) Navy (7-1) Louisiana Tech (7-2) Kentucky (9-1) Louisiana Tech (8-3) Oregon (9-3) 10.
11. Oklahoma State (1) (0-0) Marshall (1) (1-0) San Jose State (2-0) Kentucky (1) (3-0) FIU (4-0) Penn State (4-1) Iowa State (5-1) Washington State (5-2) Oregon (6-2) Akron (7-2) Wake Forest (8-2) Utah State (8-3) Louisiana Tech (9-3) 11.
12. Central Michigan (0-0) Central Michigan (1-0) Boston College (2-0) San Jose State (3-0) SMU (4-0) Houston (4-1) Akron (4-2) Houston (5-2) Penn State (6-2) Virginia Tech (7-2) Ole Miss (8-2) Appalachian State (9-2) Houston (9-3) 12.
13. UMass (0-0) Virginia Tech (1-0) Ole Miss (2-0) Appalachian State (3-0) Appalachian State (4-0) Ole Miss (4-1) SMU (5-1) UCF (6-1) FIU (6-2) Wake Forest (7-2) Virginia Tech (8-2) USC (8-3) USC (9-3) 13.
14. Pittsburgh (0-0) Wyoming (1-0) Wake Forest (2-0) Houston (3-0) Texas State (4-0) Boise State (4-1) UCF (5-1) Navy (6-1) Texas State (7-1) Penn State (7-2) Penn State (8-2) Washington State (8-3) Wisconsin (9-3) 14.
15. Ball State (0-0) Alabama (1-0) Bowling Green (2-0) Arizona (3-0) Toledo (4-0) Charlotte (4-1) т Navy (5-1) FIU (5-2) Texas A&M (6-2) San Diego State (7-2) Navy (8-2) Texas Tech (8-3) Texas A&M (9-3) 15.
16. Vanderbilt (0-0) Colorado State (0-1) Colorado State (1-1) Iowa State (3-0) Ole Miss (3-1) Wake Forest (4-1) т Houston (4-2) Penn State (5-2) Kansas (6-2) Texas State (8-1) Utah State (7-3) Wisconsin (8-3) Kansas (9-3) 16.
17. FAU (0-0) Ohio State (1-0) Texas Tech (2-0) FIU (3-0) т Wisconsin (3-1) Hawaii (4-1) Arkansas (4-2) Texas A&M (5-2) Wake Forest (6-2) Florida (7-2) USC (7-3) Wake Forest (8-3) Akron (9-3) 17.
18. Arkansas (0-0) т UCF (1-0) Appalachian State (2-0) Hawaii (3-0) т UMass (3-1) FIU (4-1) USC (4-2) Kansas (5-2) Cincinnati (6-2) Ole Miss (7-2) Houston (7-3) San Diego State (8-3) Georgia Southern (8-4) 18.
19. Virginia Tech (0-0) т Arkansas State (1-0) т Kentucky (2-0) SMU (3-0) Penn State (3-1) Iowa State (4-1) Utah State (4-2) Cincinnati (5-2) Iowa State (6-2) Houston (6-3) Washington State (7-3) Virginia Tech (8-3) Washington State (8-4) 19.
20. Michigan State (0-0) UAB (2) (1-0) т Nevada (2-0) Colorado State (2-1) Utah State (3-1) Arizona (4-1) Texas State (5-1) Georgia Southern (5-2) Louisiana Tech (6-2) USC (6-3) FIU (7-3) Texas A&M (8-3) FIU (8-4) 20.
21. Utah State (0-0) т FAU (1-0) Wisconsin (1-1) Toledo (3-0) Virginia Tech (3-1) Michigan State (4-1) Marshall (4-2) USC (5-2) San Diego State (6-2) Appalachian State (7-2) Appalachian State (8-2) Western Kentucky (7-4) East Carolina (8-4) 21.
22. Wake Forest (0-0) т San Jose State (1) (1-0) Arizona (2-0) т Boise State (3-0) Rice (3-1) Akron (3-2) Ole Miss (4-2) Texas State (6-1) Utah (6-2) Utah State (6-3) Texas State (8-2) Navy (8-3) Ole Miss (9-3) 22.
23. Wisconsin (0-0) т Georgia Tech (0-1) FIU (2-0) т Wisconsin (2-1) Purdue (3-1) Texas State (4-1) Wisconsin (4-2) Bowling Green (6-1) Ole Miss (6-2) Washington State (6-3) New Mexico (8-2) Penn State (8-3) Arkansas (8-4) 23.
24. Alabama (0-0) Buffalo (0-1) т Houston (2-0) Northwestern (3-0) San Jose State (3-1) New Mexico State (4-1) Bowling Green (5-1) Western Kentucky (4-3) Houston (5-3) Kansas (6-3) Texas A&M (7-3) Kansas (8-3) Nebraska (9-3) 24.
25. Rice (0-0) Wake Forest (1-0) т Iowa State (2-0) Texas State (3-0) Arkansas State (3-1) USC (3-2) Kansas (4-2) East Carolina (5-2) Appalachian State (6-2) New Mexico (7-2) Wisconsin (7-3) East Carolina (8-3) Syracuse (8-4) 25.
Preseason/Week 1: 03/25/2020 Week 2: 04/08/2020 Week 3: 04/22/2020 Week 4: 05/06/2020 Week 5: 05/20/2020 Week 6: 06/03/2020 Week 7: 06/17/2020 Week 8: 07/01/2020 Week 9: 07/15/2020 Week 10: 07/29/2020 Week 11: 08/12/2020 Week 12: 08/26/2020 Week 13: 09/09/2020
Dropped:
Western Kentucky
Oklahoma State
Pittsburgh
Ball State
Vanderbilt
Rice
Dropped:
Texas
Middle Tennessee
Michigan State
Marshall
Central Michigan
Virginia Tech
Wyoming
Alabama
Ohio State
UAB
FAU
Georgia Tech
Buffalo
Dropped:
Akron
Utah State
Texas A&M
Arkansas State
Bowling Green
Nevada
Dropped:
Houston
Arizona
Colorado State
Boise State
Northwestern
Dropped:
Appalachian State
Toledo
Wisconsin
UMass
Purdue
San Jose State
Arkansas State
Dropped:
Boise State
FIU
Arizona
Michigan State
New Mexico State
Dropped:
Iowa State
SMU
Arkansas
Utah State
Marshall
Ole Miss
Wisconsin
Dropped:
Washington State
Georgia Southern
USC
Bowling Green
Western Kentucky
East Carolina
Dropped:
FIU
Texas A&M
Cincinnati
Iowa State
Utah
Dropped:
San Diego State
Florida
Kansas
Dropped:
Ole Miss
FIU
Texas State
New Mexico
Dropped:
Texas Tech
Wake Forest
Virginia Tech
Western Kentucky
Navy
Penn State

CFP Committee Rankings[edit | edit source]

Week 7: 06/18/2020 Week 9: 07/18/2020 Week 10: 07/29/2020 Week 11: 08/17/2020 Week 12: 09/02/2020 Week 13: 09/11/2020 Week 14: 09/20/2020
1. Rice (5-1) Boston College (8-0) Boston College (9-0) Rice (8-2) Boston College (10-1) UCF (11-1) UCF (12-1) 1.
2. Kentucky (6-0) Rice (7-1) Kentucky (9-0) UCF (9-1) UCF (10-1) Utah State (9-3) Oregon (10-3) 2.
3. Boston College (6-0) Kentucky (8-0) Texas Tech (8-1) Charlotte (9-1) Rice (9-2) Charlotte (10-2) Louisiana Tech (10-3) 3.
4. Virginia Tech (5-1) Texas Tech (7-1) Rice (7-2) Boston College (9-1) Charlotte (9-2) Kentucky (11-1) Utah State (9-3) 4.
5. Texas Tech (5-1) Virginia Tech (7-1) Charlotte (8-1) Oregon (8-2) Hawaii (10-1) Rice (9-3) Charlotte (10-3) 5.
6. Washington State (5-1) Charlotte (7-1) UCF (8-1) Louisiana Tech (8-2) Houston (8-3) Boston College (10-2) Boston College (10-2) 6.
7. Houston (4-2) Oregon (6-2) Oregon (7-2) Texas Tech (8-2) Kentucky (10-1) Houston (9-3) Kentucky (11-2) 7.
8. Hawaii (5-1) UCF (7-1) Louisiana Tech (7-2) Akron (8-2) Oregon (8-3) San Diego State (9-3) Houston (9-4) 8.
9. Penn State (5-1) Penn State (6-2) Hawaii (8-1) Hawaii (9-1) Washington State (8-3) Oregon (9-3) Appalachian State (11-2) 9.
10. Akron (4-2) Akron (6-2) Virginia Tech (7-2) Houston (7-3) Utah State (8-3) Louisiana Tech (9-3) Rice (9-3) 10.
11. Hawaii (7-1) Navy (8-1) Virginia Tech (8-2) Louisiana Tech (8-3) Hawaii (10-2) Wisconsin (10-3) 11.
12. Kansas (6-2) Penn State (7-2) Utah State (7-3) Texas Tech (8-3) Wisconsin (9-3) San Diego State (9-4) 12.
13. Texas A&M (6-2) Wake Forest (7-2) Washington State (7-3) Akron (9-2) Appalachian State (10-2) Hawaii (10-2) 13.
14. FIU (6-2) Houston (6-3) Kentucky (9-1) Wisconsin (8-3) USC (9-3) Washington State (8-4) 14.
15. Navy (7-1) Akron (7-2) Ole Miss (8-2) Virginia Tech (8-3) Washington State (8-4) USC (9-4) 15.
16. Cincinnati (6-2) San Diego State (7-2) Wake Forest (8-2) San Diego State (8-3) Georgia Southern (8-4) Kansas (9-4) 16.
17. Iowa State (6-2) Utah State (6-3) Penn State (8-2) USC (8-3) Texas A&M (9-3) Alabama (8-5) 17.
18. San Diego State (6-2) Washington State (6-3) USC (7-3) Texas A&M (8-3) East Carolina (8-4) Wyoming (8-5) 18.
19. Texas State (7-1) Texas State (8-1) Navy (8-2) Wake Forest (8-3) Arkansas (8-4) Georgia Southern (8-4) 19.
20. Wake Forest (6-2) USC (6-3) Kansas (7-3) Western Kentucky (7-4) Kansas (9-3) Texas A&M (9-3) 20.
21. Utah (6-2) Ole Miss (7-2) San Diego State (7-3) Kansas (8-3) Syracuse (8-4) East Carolina (8-4) 21.
22. Houston (5-3) Kansas (6-3) TCU (7-3) East Carolina (7-4) Ole Miss (9-3) Arkansas (8-4) 22.
23. Alabama (5-3) Florida (7-2) Arkansas State (7-3) Penn State (8-3) Virginia Tech (8-4) Ole Miss (9-3) 23.
24. Arkansas (5-3) Appalachian State (7-2) Texas State (8-2) Arkansas (7-4) Iowa State (8-4) Iowa State (8-4) 24.
25. Louisiana Tech (6-2) TCU (6-3) Texas A&M (7-3) Appalachian State (9-2) Western Kentucky (7-5) Western Kentucky (7-5) 25.
Week 7: 06/18/2020 Week 9: 07/18/2020 Week 10: 07/29/2020 Week 11: 08/17/2020 Week 12: 09/02/2020 Week 13: 09/11/2020 Week 14: 09/20/2020
Dropped:
Washington State
Dropped:
Texas A&M
Cincinnati
Iowa State
Utah
Alabama
Arkansas
Dropped:
Florida
Appalachian State
Dropped:
Ole Miss
Navy
TCU
Arkansas State
Texas State
Dropped:
Texas Tech
Akron
Wake Forest
Western Kentucky
Penn State
Dropped:
Syracuse
Virginia Tech