2019 season

130 teams across 5 tiers · ingest from CFBD regular season

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National champion
Ohio Statefrom Premier
Biggest riser (1999 tiers)
Oregon▲ 1 tier
Biggest faller
West Virginia▼ 1 tier

Regular season champions

Tier winners — the top finisher in each tier on points, before any promotion playoff or main-playoff games.

Premier47 pts
Ohio State
13-0 · +470 diff
Tier 237 pts
Oregon
11-2 · +263 diff
Tier 330 pts
Memphis
12-1 · +210 diff
Tier 424 pts
Virginia
9-4 · +77 diff
Tier 529 pts
SMU
10-2 · +134 diff

Tier standings

Final regular-season standings within each tier. Promoted rows tinted green, relegated rows tinted red, survival winners tinted amber.

Premier24 teams
TeamStatus
1Ohio State13047633163+470
2Oklahoma12144562319+243
3LSU13040621275+346
4Clemson13037605138+467
5Wisconsin10336450209+241
6Utah11235442172+270
7Georgia11233405162+243
8Notre Dame10233445224+221
9USC8432398333+65
10Penn State10229412169+243
11Michigan9327396234+162
12Alabama10225579226+353
13UCF9324516274+242
14Iowa9324286158+128
15Texas7521420347+73
16Arizona State7520302277+25
17Washington7518378245+133
18Michigan State6618264272-8
19Miami (FL)6616334249+85
20Stanford4814260358-98
21TCU5712364317+47Survived
22West Virginia5712247346-99Relegated
23Houston487368408-40Relegated
24Northwestern395196283-87Relegated
Tier 224 teams
TeamStatus
1Oregon11237467204+263Promoted
2Cincinnati10333377282+95Promoted
3Baylor11232457251+206Promoted (playoff)
4Auburn9324408223+185
5Boise State12123479268+211
6Oklahoma State8421401324+77
7Pittsburgh7521241262-21
8Virginia Tech8419371284+87
9San Diego State9319228154+74
10UCLA4817320417-97
11Louisville7516392406-14
12Washington State6615470377+93
13Florida State6615349342+7
14Nebraska5715336333+3
15Texas A&M7514360272+88
16Mississippi State6611331337-6
17Northern Illinois5711274338-64
18Western Michigan7510410314+96
19Texas Tech4810366364+2
20Syracuse5710339368-29
21Toledo6610327386-59Relegated
22Georgia Tech399200389-189Relegated
23South Florida488250347-97Relegated
24Fresno State485360361-1Survived
Tier 326 teams
TeamStatus
1Memphis12130527317+210Promoted
2Florida10227396173+223Promoted
3Minnesota10227412269+143Promoted (playoff)
4Kansas State8424368258+110
5Navy10223463273+190
6California7523241265-24
7Iowa State7521409304+105
8Temple8420329282+47
9Colorado5720282382-100
10North Carolina6618375295+80
11Tennessee7517291260+31
12Kentucky7516316221+95
13BYU7516336293+43
14Boston College6616371380-9
15Duke5715303350-47
16Missouri6614304233+71
17Nevada7514256385-129
18Wyoming7512292214+78
19Tulsa4812317376-59
20Louisiana Tech9311408284+124
21Arizona4811323429-106
22South Carolina4810269313-44
23NC State488265361-96Relegated
24Ole Miss485319318+1Survived
25Maryland395303416-113Relegated
26East Carolina483321404-83Relegated
Tier 426 teams
TeamStatus
1Virginia9424421344+77Promoted
2Air Force10220412237+175Promoted
3Wake Forest8419393351+42
4Indiana8418391294+97Promoted (playoff)
5Hawaii9518470444+26
6Utah State7517339348-9
7Illinois6616327305+22
8Central Michigan8514415348+67
9Miami (OH)8514321367-46
10Purdue4814310367-57
11Buffalo7513378268+110
12UAB9411307271+36
13Marshall8411310277+33
14Western Kentucky8410307241+66
15Southern Miss758333311+22
16Ohio667416324+92
17Arkansas State757404418-14
18Vanderbilt397198381-183
19UNLV486290396-106
20Bowling Green395192463-271
21North Texas484367390-23
22Middle Tennessee484316359-43
23Army583370299+71Survived
24New Mexico2101267446-179Relegated
25Arkansas2101257442-185Relegated
26UConn2101227486-259Relegated
Tier 530 teams
TeamStatus
1SMU10229516382+134Promoted
2App State12115512263+249Promoted
3Oregon State5715374390-16
4Florida Atlantic10313458290+168
5Tulane6613400329+71Promoted (playoff)
6Eastern Michigan6612349364-15
7Louisiana-Lafayette10311504259+245
8Ball State5711418377+41
9San Jose State5710361383-22
10Georgia State7510389433-44
11Florida International669318320-2
12Charlotte759379390-11
13Colorado State488337374-37
14Liberty757404349+55
15Kent State667329373-44
16Kansas397282433-151
17Georgia Southern756350343+7
18Rice395215311-96
19Coastal Carolina574364366-2
20Troy574406417-11
21Louisiana-Monroe574379464-85
22UTSA483244407-163
23South Alabama2102221368-147
24Texas State392221391-170
25Rutgers2102159440-281
26New Mexico State2101260492-232
27Old Dominion1110195358-163
28UTEP1110235431-196
29Akron0120126435-309
30Massachusetts111-2237632-395

Main playoff

Twelve-team championship bracket: top 8 from Premier (seeds 1–8), top 2 from Tier 2 (seeds 9–10), top 2 from Tier 3 (seeds 11–12). Seeds 1–4 receive first-round byes. Champion: Ohio State.

Final

Ohio State19
LSU16

Promotion playoffs

Each lower tier sends two teams up automatically (ranks 1 and 2); ranks 3–6 contest a single-elimination playoff for the third promotion spot.

Tier 2→ up to Tier 1
Tier 3→ up to Tier 2
Tier 4→ up to Tier 3
Tier 5→ up to Tier 4

Relegation playoffs

Bottom 4 of each upper tier play a survival bracket. The Survival Final winner stays up; the other three drop down.

Premierbottom 4 · survivor: TCU

Survival Final· winner stays up

TCU47
West Virginia36
Tier 2bottom 4 · survivor: Fresno State

Survival Final· winner stays up

Fresno State34
South Florida23
Tier 3bottom 4 · survivor: Ole Miss

Survival Final· winner stays up

NC State24
Ole Miss27
Tier 4bottom 4 · survivor: Army

Survival Final· winner stays up

Army33
New Mexico18

2020 starting tiers

Cascade from 2019: promoted teams move up, relegated teams move down, and FBS membership is reconciled against CFBD's roster for the next year.

Premier24
  1. Ohio State1
  2. Oklahoma2
  3. LSU3
  4. Clemson4
  5. Oregon5
  6. Wisconsin6
  7. Utah7
  8. Georgia8
  9. Notre Dame9
  10. Cincinnati10
  11. Baylor11
  12. USC12
  13. Penn State13
  14. Michigan14
  15. Alabama15
  16. UCF16
  17. Iowa17
  18. Texas18
  19. Arizona State19
  20. Washington20
  21. Michigan State21
  22. Miami (FL)22
  23. Stanford23
  24. TCU24
Tier 224
  1. Memphis1
  2. Florida2
  3. Minnesota3
  4. Auburn4
  5. Boise State5
  6. Oklahoma State6
  7. Pittsburgh7
  8. Virginia Tech8
  9. San Diego State9
  10. UCLA10
  11. Louisville11
  12. Washington State12
  13. Florida State13
  14. Nebraska14
  15. Texas A&M15
  16. West Virginia16
  17. Mississippi State17
  18. Northern Illinois18
  19. Western Michigan19
  20. Texas Tech20
  21. Syracuse21
  22. Houston22
  23. Fresno State23
  24. Northwestern24
Tier 326
  1. Kansas State1
  2. Virginia2
  3. Navy3
  4. California4
  5. Iowa State5
  6. Air Force6
  7. Temple7
  8. Colorado8
  9. Indiana9
  10. North Carolina10
  11. Tennessee11
  12. Kentucky12
  13. BYU13
  14. Boston College14
  15. Duke15
  16. Missouri16
  17. Nevada17
  18. Wyoming18
  19. Tulsa19
  20. Louisiana Tech20
  21. Arizona21
  22. South Carolina22
  23. Toledo23
  24. Georgia Tech24
  25. South Florida25
  26. Ole Miss26
Tier 426
  1. SMU1
  2. Wake Forest2
  3. Hawaii3
  4. Utah State4
  5. Illinois5
  6. App State6
  7. Central Michigan7
  8. Miami (OH)8
  9. Purdue9
  10. Buffalo10
  11. Tulane11
  12. UAB12
  13. Marshall13
  14. Western Kentucky14
  15. Southern Miss15
  16. NC State16
  17. Ohio17
  18. Arkansas State18
  19. Vanderbilt19
  20. UNLV20
  21. Maryland21
  22. Bowling Green22
  23. North Texas23
  24. Middle Tennessee24
  25. Army25
  26. East Carolina26
Tier 530
  1. Oregon State1
  2. Florida Atlantic2
  3. Eastern Michigan3
  4. Louisiana-Lafayette4
  5. Ball State5
  6. San Jose State6
  7. Georgia State7
  8. Florida International8
  9. Charlotte9
  10. Colorado State10
  11. Liberty11
  12. Kent State12
  13. Kansas13
  14. Georgia Southern14
  15. Rice15
  16. Coastal Carolina16
  17. Troy17
  18. Louisiana-Monroe18
  19. UTSA19
  20. South Alabama20
  21. Texas State21
  22. Rutgers22
  23. New Mexico23
  24. Arkansas24
  25. New Mexico State25
  26. UConn26
  27. Old Dominion27
  28. UTEP28
  29. Akron29
  30. Massachusetts30