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 Which State Had the Best FBS Record in 2020? I thought it would be interesting to see which state's FBS teams had the best record for the 2020 football season.  Realize that not every team played, and of those that did, most did not play a full schedule.  Still, there were several surprises, and I think you will find the results as interesting as I did. First, I am going to list the teams all together in one long list, and then I'll break them down by the number of teams in each state, so we are comparing a little more apples to apples.  1) Iowa 15-5 .7500 2) Oklahoma 23-8 .7419 3) Indiana 25-9 .7352 4) Idaho 5-2 .7142 5) South Carolina 23-11 .6764 6) Utah 15-8 .6521 7) West Virginia 13-7 .6500 8) Virginia 20-12 .6250 9) Ohio 28-17 .6222 10) Alabama 34-21 .6181 11) California 27-18 .6000 12) Georgia 25-18 .5813 13) Wisconsin 4-3 .5714 14) Hawai'i 5-4 .5556 15) New York 16-14 .5333 16) North Carolina 36-35 .5070 17) Colorado 8-8 .5000 18) Missouri 5-5 .5000 19) Washington 4

 An expanded playoff is coming- and that's a good thing! In case you haven't heard (you need to climb out from under that rock you're living beneath if you haven't heard...), a working group, consisting of the commissioners of the SEC (Greg Sankey), Big 12 (Bob Bowlsby), Mountain West (Craig Thompson), and Notre Dame AD Jack Swarbrick have proposed a 12-team playoff.  Here are the particulars, none of which are set in stone and all of which still need final approval, probably sometime in September at the very earliest.: - The 12-team field would consist of the 6 highest ranking conference champions, and 6 at-large teams. - The top 4 conference champions would get a 1st-round bye. - Teams 5-8 would host teams 9-12 on campuses, sometime in December. - Quarterfinal games would be at bowl sites on or around January 1 (spread over 2 dates). - Semifinal games (also spread over 2 dates) and the final would be sometime in January, with the semifinals at bowl sites and the final