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UPDATED: Projected Conference Standings For All 127 Teams

October 14, 2020 by Staff

These standings include complete season predictions for the MAC, Mountain West and PAC-12, plus UMass. For the remaining conferences and teams, the projected final standings also include the actual results of games already played through October 10, in addition to the projected outcomes for scheduled games remaining to be played through the end of the regular season.

Projected Conference Champions

ACC - Clemson
American - Cincinnati
Big Ten - Wisconsin
Big 12 - Oklahoma
CUSA - Marshall
Independents - BYU
MAC - Buffalo
Mountain West - Boise State
PAC-12 - Southern California
SEC- Alabama
Sun Belt - Appalachian State

Also See: Projected Top 127 (end of regular season)

Projected Standings
(For all games scheduled for the regular season, 9/3-12/12)

RANK ACC W L   CW CL POWER SOS
2 *-Clemson 11 0   10 0 93.45 59
6 Notre Dame 10 1   9 1 88.72 55
11 Virginia Tech 9 2   8 2 86.79 47
21 North Carolina 9 2   8 2 77.87 60
28 Virginia 8 3   7 3 81.60 57
45 North Carolina State 7 4   6 4 67.69 58
48 Pittsburgh 6 5   5 5 77.51 56
60 Louisville 5 6   4 6 79.56 42
68 Miami (FLA) 5 6   4 6 73.78 34
70 Boston College 5 6   4 6 70.90 36
82 Wake Forest 4 7   3 7 72.91 45
93 Georgia Tech 3 8   3 7 67.57 39
92 Duke 3 8   2 8 68.02 48
96 Syracuse 3 8   2 8 64.78 44
113 Florida State 1 10   0 10 70.01 49
*-Clemson over Notre Dame in ACC Championship game.
                 
RANK AMERICAN W L   CW CL POWER SOS
18 *-Cincinnati 9 1   7 1 74.53 76
25 Southern Methodist 10 1   7 1 67.23 83
32 Central Florida 7 2   6 2 74.30 70
53 Navy 7 4   6 2 63.62 71
27 Memphis 7 2   5 2 75.46 102
65 Tulane 6 5   3 5 62.74 72
91 Tulsa 3 6   3 5 57.36 66
74 Houston 3 5   2 4 63.54 89
98 Temple 2 6   2 6 64.14 67
114 East Carolina 1 8   1 7 53.64 69
116 South Florida 1 9   0 8 53.95 68
*-Cincinnati defeats SMU for regular season title, and defeats SMU again in American Conference Championship game.
                 
RANK BIG TEN-East W L   CW CL POWER SOS
7 Ohio State 7 1   7 1 91.13 38
19 Penn State 6 2   6 2 89.24 30
20 Indiana 6 2   6 2 87.21 20
44 Michigan 4 4   4 4 86.24 6
83 Michigan State 3 5   3 5 70.59 13
109 Maryland 1 7   1 7 60.79 4
121 Rutgers 0 8   0 8 60.92 11
  BIG TEN-West              
3 *-Wisconsin 8 0   8 0 93.07 7
8 Minnesota 7 1   7 1 87.63 25
36 Iowa 5 3   5 3 84.56 10
73 Illinois 3 5   3 5 75.60 9
76 Purdue 3 5   3 5 73.71 12
94 Northwestern 2 6   2 6 72.05 26
106 Nebraska 1 7   1 7 73.28 1
*-Wisconsin over Ohio State in Big Ten Championship game.
                 
RANK BIG 12 W L   CW CL POWER SOS
9 Oklahoma State 9 1   8 1 83.38 61
12 *-Oklahoma 8 2   7 2 88.30 65
34 Iowa State 7 3   7 2 76.49 54
33 Texas 7 3   6 3 82.10 64
63 Kansas State 5 5   5 4 70.94 53
66 Baylor 4 5   4 5 76.64 52
77 West Virginia 4 6   3 6 67.92 63
88 Texas Christian 3 6   3 6 67.94 46
90 Texas Tech 3 7   2 7 65.70 62
122 Kansas 0 10   0 9 55.26 51
*-Oklahoma over Oklahoma State in Big 12 Championship game.
                 
RANK CUSA-East W L   CW CL POWER SOS
17 *-Marshall 8 0   6 0 68.77 105
47 Western Kentucky 7 4   6 1 66.88 85
69 Florida Atlantic 4 3   4 2 57.85 88
80 Charlotte 4 5   4 3 60.28 90
95 Florida International 3 6   2 5 53.42 117
107 Middle Tennessee 2 9   2 6 49.87 104
  CUSA-West              
43 Ala.-Birmingham 7 3   5 1 63.70 111
62 Rice 4 2   4 2 53.23 127
67 Louisiana Tech 7 4   5 3 53.07 116
71 Southern Mississippi 6 5   4 3 56.00 123
89 UTSA 5 7   3 5 48.36 120
104 North Texas 2 8   1 7 49.54 121
105 Texas-El Paso 3 9   0 8 37.69 112
*-Marshall over UAB in CUSA Championship.
                 
RANK INDEPENDENTS W L   CW CL POWER SOS
24 Brigham Young 9 1       69.96 93
72 Army 6 5       54.85 115
85 Liberty 5 5       52.07 94
126 Massachusetts 0 1       40.07 74
                 
RANK MAC-East W L   CW CL POWER SOS
38 *-Buffalo 5 1   5 1 61.31 125
40 Miami (O) 5 1   5 1 60.64 122
51 Ohio 4 2   4 2 61.63 118
75 Kent State 3 3   3 3 56.06 119
110 Bowling Green 1 5   1 5 42.43 108
127 Akron 0 6   0 6 38.42 106
  MAC-West              
29 Central Michigan 6 0   6 0 58.90 114
64 Western Michigan 4 2   4 2 53.02 126
81 Ball State 3 3   3 3 53.57 110
86 Toledo 3 3   3 3 51.66 124
97 Eastern Michigan 2 4   2 4 52.97 113
124 Northern Illinois 0 6   0 6 48.13 107
*-Buffalo wins MAC East by head-to-head win over Miami (O.), and defeats Central Michigan in MAC Championship game.
                 
RANK MWC W L   CW CL POWER SOS
14 *-Boise State 8 0   7 0 69.51 78
30 San Diego State 7 1   7 0 66.81 81
31 Air Force 7 1   5 1 66.27 91
41 Nevada 6 2   6 2 61.82 100
54 Wyoming 5 3   5 3 62.98 92
57 Hawaii 5 3   5 3 60.95 96
84 Fresno State 4 4   4 4 52.65 103
87 Utah State 3 5   3 5 61.07 80
99 San Jose State 2 6   2 6 55.50 87
101 Colorado State 2 6   2 6 52.88 86
123 Nevada-Las Vegas 0 8   0 8 48.35 75
125 New Mexico 0 8   0 8 40.98 79
*-Boise State over San Diego State in MWC Championship game.
                 
RANK PAC 12-North W L   CW CL POWER SOS
5 California 6 0   6 0 85.52 31
10 Oregon 5 1   5 1 85.99 40
39 Washington 4 2   4 2 76.16 22
58 Stanford 3 3   3 3 73.81 29
102 Oregon State 1 5   1 5 74.72 14
119 Washington State 0 6   0 6 72.08 5
  PAC 12-South              
4 *-Southern California 6 0   6 0 85.76 50
35 Utah 4 2   4 2 79.90 41
55 Arizona State 3 3   3 3 77.60 27
56 Arizona 3 3   3 3 76.91 37
103 Colorado 1 5   1 5 66.74 28
120 UCLA 0 6   0 6 68.33 16
*-Southern California over California in PAC-12 Championship game.
                 
RANK SEC-Eastern W L   CW CL POWER SOS
13 #-Georgia 8 2   8 2 87.05 35
16 Tennessee 8 2   8 2 86.32 21
37 Florida 6 4   6 4 86.77 32
49 Kentucky 5 5   5 5 84.45 24
61 Missouri 5 5   5 5 71.99 17
111 South Carolina 1 9   1 9 67.31 3
112 Vanderbilt 1 9   1 9 66.24 8
  SEC-Western              
1 *-Alabama 10 0   10 0 94.21 23
23 Louisiana State 7 3   7 3 90.94 43
26 Texas A & M 7 3   7 3 87.02 33
52 Auburn 5 5   5 5 80.98 15
79 Mississippi 4 6   4 6 67.20 19
100 Mississippi State 2 8   2 8 66.95 18
115 Arkansas 1 9   1 9 57.16 2
#-Georgia wins eastern division by head-to-head win over Tennessee.
*-Alabama over Georgia in SEC Championship game.
                 
RANK SUN BELT-East W L   CW CL POWER SOS
22 *-Appalachian State 9 1   7 0 70.78 98
42 Georgia Southern 9 3   5 3 61.05 109
46 Georgia State 6 3   5 3 64.56 82
59 Coastal Carolina 7 4   4 4 56.96 97
78 Troy 6 6   3 5 53.81 101
  SUN BELT-West              
15 Louisiana-Lafayette 10 0   7 0 69.10 95
50 Arkansas State 7 4   5 3 65.12 84
108 South Alabama 2 9   1 7 48.81 77
117 Louisiana-Monroe 1 11   1 7 52.24 99
118 Texas State 1 11   1 7 49.97 73
*-Appalachian State over Louisiana-Lafayette in Sun Belt Championship game.