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RandomAsianGuy OP
Jun 03, 2025 at 07:25 PM ET
ESPN Football FPI 2025
Below is the initial 2025 ESPN FPI ranking. 1. Texas Longhorns 2. Georgia Bulldogs 3. Alabama Crimson Tide 4. Ohio State Buckeyes 5. Penn State Nittany Lions 6. Oregon Ducks 7. Notre Dame Fighting Irish 8. Texas A&M Aggies 9. Miami Hurricanes 10. Tennessee Volunteers 11. Clemson Tigers 12. LSU Tigers 13. Ole Miss Rebels 14. Auburn Tigers 15. South Carolina Gamecocks 16. Oklahoma Sooners 17. Michigan Wolverines 18. Florida Gators 19. USC Trojans 20. SMU Mustangs Why am I posting this on the realignment board? That's because this is the kind of metrics Sankey would use for his 5-11 model. See how many Big 12 teams are in the top 20? ZERO. What about the final 2024 ESPN FPI? Again zero Big 12 teams in the top 20. Yormark is pushing for the 5-11 model, but I'm telling you, Sankey's 5-11 would have very different selection criteria from Yormark's.

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HOKIEGOBBLE
You referring to same ESPN
that fully broadcasts sec?! đŸ˜‰đŸ¤ŖđŸ˜Ž
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Truthahn
Can Sankey really dictate how the selection committee evaluates teams?
He could if it were a computer algorithm, but the selection committee has probably already been overvaluing B10 and SEC teams.
BROman Hokie BROman Hokie
In other news, we’re #26 in these FPI ratings. Go Hokies!
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VPI_1998
no skewing towards the SEC there, huh?
what a joke CFB is becoming
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Truthahn
10 SEC teams in the top 16 on that list.
Is that from ESPN or the Mississippi Chamber of Commerce?
Maroon Baboon Maroon Baboon
The idea that there is a poll already before a single game has been played
tells you everything you need to know. Where are they getting the data from? LOL. "ESPN" should have nothing to do with any poll factoring in to the CFP. Grotesque conflict of interest.