🏈 SEC teams crowd top of preseason FPI (Football Power Index) Bama at #4

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Want a better preseason poll? ESPN Stats & Information has it covered with automated preseason ratings for all 128 FBS teams. The ratings are designed to predict how strong each team will be this coming season based on offense, defense and special teams. It's basically a preseason version of last year's Football Power Index (FPI). The methodology uses historical data such as a team's past few years of performance, number of returnees (players and head coach) and recruiting to come up with expected points added (EPA) on offense, defense and special teams.
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4. Alabama
Preseason FPI: 24.1; 2013 FPI: 25.4
With some key losses on offense, the Crimson Tide are forecasted to take a step back next from last year's 15.64 points per game over the average team to 10.9 points over the average this fall. The defense and special teams, however, should hold steady in 2014.

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2014 PRESEASON FPI RATINGS

1. Florida State
2. Oregon
3. Auburn
4. Alabama
5. UCLA
6. Ohio State
7. Oklahoma
8. Stanford
9. South Carolina
10. Texas A&M
11. Baylor
12. Georgia
13. USC
14. LSU
15. Clemson
16. Arizona State
17. Mississippi State
18. Michigan
19. North Carolina
20. Ole Miss
21. Oklahoma State
22. Florida
23. Wisconsin
24. Michigan State
25. Texas

"The methodology uses historical data such as a team's past few years of performance, number of returnees (players and head coach) and recruiting to come up with expected points added (EPA) on offense, defense and special teams. Overall, it tells us a lot about how teams can be expected to perform the next season. The overall preseason FPI scores represent how much better or worse a team would be against an average FBS opponent on a neutral field."