In case you missed it, ESPN recently released its latest Football Power Index rankings and Ohio State is once again near the top. Based on whatever metrics the worldwide leader uses to come up with these sorts of things, the Buckeyes should be expected to compete (and win), another Big Ten championship, and make another run to the College Football Playoffs.
But what about the rest of the Big Ten? Where do teams like Penn State, Iowa, Wisconsin, and any number of “pick-out-of-the-hat” surprise teams fall in the grand scheme of things?
We’ve already peeked at where all of OSU’s opponents fall in these rankings, and now it’s time to take a look at what ESPN believes the predictive formula says about the entire conference this fall.
Here’s a look at all the Big Ten teams from worst to first, and where they fall in ESPN’s FPI Rankings in a very, very early look ahead to the 2021 college football season.
