Another week is down for the Ohio State football team, and it was a tough one, but the Buckeyes walked away with another win, this time against East division rival Penn State, to improve their record to 5-0 in the Big Ten East and 7-1 overall.
There were some more interesting games across the Big Ten, and we like to see how all of the results affect OSU’s predictive chances of winning each remaining game by looking at the ESPN FPI (Football Power Index) early each week. You have to believe that Michigan’s loss coupled with the win by Michigan State has changed each of those two games respectively, but also, Ohio State’s performance against the Nittany Lions surely had something to do with moving the needle in a few of the contests.
Here’s what ESPN says is the probability of Ohio State winning each of its final regular-season games after Week 9.
