ranking.
From Forde's original Article:
FBS Profile Rank is a 1–120 metric that combines a school’s five-year average Sagarin football ranking; its 2020 U.S. News & World Report National University ranking; and its 2018–19 Learfield Cup all-sports ranking
Definitely doesn't value football brand nearly enough, since Stanford, USC, and Cal are #2, #3, and #13 overall respectively, while Bama is #25, Clemson is #28, Nebraska is #56 WVU is #63 and Boise State is #70. But any system that ranks BYU over Utah has to have some inherent merit to it, eh? :)
Others of interest:
ASU #37
BYU #42
Utah #44
UColorado #58
UArizona #60
SDSU #72
USU #92
Wyo #95
UNLV #107
Here's all the raw numbers from the conferences pasted in :
SCHOOL | FBS PROFILE RANK | NON-CON OPPONENT |
---|
Stanford
|
2
|
Northwestern
|
USC
|
3
|
Notre Dame
|
Washington
|
12
|
Utah
|
Cal
|
14
|
BYU
|
UCLA
|
T-15
|
Arizona
|
Oregon
|
26
|
Boise State
|
Washington State
|
65
|
Wyoming
|
San Diego State
|
72
|
New Mexico
|
Oregon State
|
77
|
Arizona State
|
Hawaii
|
84
|
Army
|
Fresno State
|
87
|
Utah State
|
Nevada
|
T-103
|
UNLV
|
THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN CONFERENCE
SCHOOL | FBS PROFILE RANK | NON-CON OPPONENT |
---|
Arizona State
|
37
|
Oregon State
|
BYU
|
T-42
|
California
|
Utah
|
T-44
|
Washington
|
Air Force
|
T-49
|
Navy
|
Colorado
|
T-58
|
Kansas
|
Arizona
|
T-60
|
UCLA
|
Boise State
|
70
|
Oregon
|
Colorado State
|
85
|
North Dakota State
|
New Mexico
|
91
|
San Diego State
|
Utah State
|
92
|
Fresno State
|
Wyoming
|
95
|
Washington State
|
UNLV
|
107
|
Nevada
|
THE GREAT MIDWEST CONFERENCE
SCHOOL | FBS PROFILE RANK | NON-CON OPPONENT |
---|
Wisconsin
|
7
|
Michigan State
|
Minnesota
|
21
|
Michigan
|
Iowa
|
T-22
|
Purdue
|
Iowa State
|
T-49
|
Oklahoma State
|
Nebraska
|
56
|
Oklahoma
|
Missouri
|
T-58
|
Illinois
|
Kansas State
|
66
|
TCU
|
North Dakota State
|
68
|
Colorado State
|
Kansas
|
82
|
Colorado
|
Western Michigan
|
93
|
Toledo
|
Central Michigan
|
98
|
Northern Illinois
|
Eastern Michigan
|
112
|
Ball State
|
THE GREAT MIDEAST CONFERENCE
SCHOOL | FBS PROFILE RANK | NON-CON OPPONENT |
---|
Michigan
|
1
|
Minnesota
|
Ohio State
|
5
|
Penn State
|
Michigan State
|
36
|
Wisconsin
|
Indiana
|
T-42
|
Kentucky
|
Purdue
|
52
|
Iowa
|
Cincinnati
|
75
|
Louisville
|
Miami (Ohio)
|
89
|
Western Kentucky
|
Ohio
|
94
|
Marshall
|
Toledo
|
T-103
|
Western Michigan
|
Akron
|
108
|
Middle Tennessee
|
Kent State
|
110
|
Buffalo
|
Ball State
|
118
|
Eastern Michigan
|
THE MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE
SCHOOL | FBS PROFILE RANK | NON-CON OPPONENT |
---|
Notre Dame
|
4
|
USC
|
Northwestern
|
18
|
Stanford
|
Tennessee
|
33
|
Alabama
|
Kentucky
|
39
|
Indiana
|
Vanderbilt
|
40
|
Mississippi
|
Louisville
|
53
|
Cincinnati
|
Illinois
|
55
|
Missouri
|
West Virginia
|
63
|
Pittsburgh
|
Western Kentucky
|
88
|
Miami (Ohio)
|
Middle Tennessee
|
T-103
|
Akron
|
Marshall
|
115
|
Ohio
|
Northern Illinois
|
117
|
Central Michigan
|
THE SOUTHWEST CONFERENCE
SCHOOL | FBS PROFILE RANK | NON-CON OPPONENT |
---|
Texas
|
8
|
Arkansas
|
Texas A&M
|
13
|
Mississippi State
|
Oklahoma
|
24
|
Nebraska
|
TCU
|
30
|
Kansas State
|
Oklahoma State
|
T-31
|
Iowa State
|
Baylor
|
34
|
Louisiana Tech
|
Texas Tech
|
T-60
|
Louisiana-Lafayette
|
Houston
|
69
|
East Carolina
|
SMU
|
78
|
Temple
|
Rice
|
79
|
Tulane
|
Tulsa
|
86
|
Arkansas State
|
North Texas
|
119
|
Southern Miss
|
THE MID-ATLANTIC CONFERENCE
SCHOOL | FBS PROFILE RANK | NON-CON OPPONENT |
---|
North Carolina
|
T-15
|
Georgia Tech
|
Duke
|
17
|
Rutgers
|
Virginia
|
20
|
Maryland
|
Wake Forest
|
27
|
Boston College
|
Clemson
|
28
|
Florida State
|
NC State
|
T-31
|
Syracuse
|
Virginia Tech
|
35
|
Miami
|
South Carolina
|
38
|
South Florida
|
Appalachian State
|
97
|
Georgia Southern
|
East Carolina
|
T-101
|
Houston
|
Old Dominion
|
111
|
FIU
|
Charlotte
|
120
|
UAB
|
THE DEEP SOUTH CONFERENCE
SCHOOL | FBS PROFILE RANK | NON-CON OPPONENT |
---|
Florida
|
6
|
LSU
|
Georgia
|
10
|
Auburn
|
Florida State
|
11
|
Clemson
|
Miami
|
29
|
Virginia Tech
|
Georgia Tech
|
41
|
North Carolina
|
UCF
|
67
|
Memphis
|
South Florida
|
71
|
South Carolina
|
Georgia Southern
|
T-101
|
Appalachian State
|
UAB
|
106
|
Charlotte
|
Florida International
|
109
|
Old Dominion
|
Georgia State
|
114
|
UConn
|
Florida Atlantic
|
116
|
UMass
|
THE SUN BELT CONFERENCE
SCHOOL | FBS PROFILE RANk | NON-CON OPPONENT |
---|
LSU
|
19
|
Florida
|
Auburn
|
T-22
|
Georgia
|
Alabama
|
25
|
Tennessee
|
Mississippi State
|
47
|
Texas A&M
|
Arkansas
|
57
|
Texas
|
Mississippi
|
62
|
Vanderbilt
|
Tulane
|
80
|
Rice
|
Memphis
|
83
|
UCF
|
Arkansas State
|
96
|
Tulsa
|
Louisiana Tech
|
T-99
|
Baylor
|
Southern Miss
|
T-99
|
North Texas
|
Louisiana-Lafayette
|
113
|
Texas Tech
|
THE YANKEE CONFERENCE
SCHOOL | FBS PROFILE RANK | NON-CON OPPONENT |
---|
Penn State
|
9
|
Ohio State
|
Navy
|
T-44
|
Air Force
|
Syracuse
|
46
|
NC State
|
Boston College
|
48
|
Wake Forest
|
Maryland
|
51
|
Virginia
|
Pittsburgh
|
54
|
West Virginia
|
Army
|
64
|
Hawaii
|
Temple
|
73
|
SMU
|
Rutgers
|
74
|
Duke
|
Buffalo
|
76
|
Kent State
|
Connecticut
|
81
|
Georgia State
|
Massachusetts
|
90
|
FAU
|
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