ESPN Stats & Information has posted their 2020 college football strength of schedule rankings, and has Liberty’s schedule ranked 119 out of 130 FBS teams.
The ESPN FPI defines their strength of schedule as the “rank among all FBS teams of remaining schedule strength, from perspective of an average FBS team.”
According to the preseason ESPN FPI, the Maryland Terrapins have the toughest schedule for the 2020 season. South Carolina is second, and they are followed by Alabama, LSU, and Iowa.
Below are Liberty’s 2020 opponents and their overall preseason FPI rank as well as their SOS ranking in parenthesis:
18. Virginia Tech (57)
77. NC State (55)
81. Western Kentucky (91)
88. Syracuse (60)
90. Southern Miss (103)
119. FIU (111)
120. UL Monroe (81)
124. UConn (88)
127. Bowling Green (86)
130. UMass (99)
NR North Carolina A&T
NR Western Carolina
