🏈 Teams favored to win every game according to ESPN’s FPI:

[RTB X Bot]

 

[saturdaysarebetter]

That's interesting. I wonder if there has ever been that many teams favored to win every game.

 

[TerryP]

That's interesting. I wonder if there has ever been that many teams favored to win every game.

The word "favored" there is a misnomer. Semantics? Maybe. It's projected, certainly not favored, as Michigan is already giving 1.5 to 2.3 to Notre Dame to open the season.

 

[TUSKtimes]

Still not sure what exactly FPI means. And then one of those ESPN talking heads will try to explain and then I totally lose interest. I let Vegas tell the tale for me.

 

[TerryP]

Still not sure what exactly FPI means. And then one of those ESPN talking heads will try to explain and then I totally lose interest. I let Vegas tell the tale for me.

It wasn't very far off from the Vegas lines in '17 in terms of straight up wins and losses.



ThePredictionTracker NCAA RESULTS

 

[TerryP]

How did FPI fare in picking 2017 college football results?

 

[TUSKtimes]

It wasn't very far off from the Vegas lines in '17 in terms of straight up wins and losses.

That's not the half of it. This Football Power Index often gets a lot more sketchy than that during the season.

For example, Ohio State after the loss to Oklahoma at home and having to come from behind to beat Indiana the week before was sitting at 1-1. ESPN still had the Buckeyes at #1 in the FPI over Alabama and Clemson. You do remember that Clemson team had just completely dismantled OSU in the semi-playoff a few months before. At that point why would the FPI even have the Buckeyes ahead of Oklahoma who whupped them good in Columbus?

 

[BAMAneck]

With Miami and Washington being up there looks like LSU & the barn will start the season with the L .....