ESPN Updated FPI, Vols #5

[Freak]

2025 College Football Power Index - ESPN

View the 2025 College Football power index on ESPN. The FPI is the best predictor of a team's performance going forward for the rest of the season.

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[strongj81]

Things are looking up! Let's go to Norman in 2 weeks and beat those guys and keep the momentum going!
Gbo!

 

[Scot Harvath]

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2025 College Football Power Index - ESPN

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At the bottom of the list is Kent and fourth from the bottom is UTEP. Yikes

 

[StarRaider]

 

[WillisWG]

ND dropped 4 to 10. Which I don't get they have struggled on the road and at home...they're just not a T10 team

 

[Dobbs 4 Heisman]

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That line will move big time just as the NC State line moved. Vegas greatly underestimated us going into this year and they're gonna get hammered for it by shrewd betters.

By game time I expect us to be 3.5 point favorites.

 

[UT Hill Man]

We are in the mix with a handful of teams to make it all the way

 

[Illinoisvolfan2]

ND still top 10??

 

[igotworms]

ND dropped 4 to 10. Which I don't get they have struggled on the road and at home...they're just not a T10 team

Penn st as well

 

[WillisWG]

Penn st as well

Bazelak played well but BG just not enough weapons or D to get the W. dang it

 

[UTFranklinVol]

Lol the top 9 are all SEC and B10 teams and that's AFTER Michigan lost.

These two conferences are going to own college football for decades.

 

[DiderotsGhost]

ND dropped 4 to 10. Which I don't get they have struggled on the road and at home...they're just not a T10 team

All the quant polls have issues in the first few weeks. Really takes a good 4-6 games before they can be effective, so they are mostly using 'old data' from last year still.

Of course, you could say the same thing about the human pollsters.

 

[USMC-TNVOL]

Slowly climbing. Still a decent gap between 4 & 5.

 

[barney]

And #16 in offensive efficient and #1 in defensive efficiency (!!!!)

 

[OldVolMan]

ND dropped 4 to 10. Which I don't get they have struggled on the road and at home...they're just not a T10 team

But, they are Notre Dame.

 

[mpfvol]

But, they are Notre Dame.

They want ND in the playoffs bad even if they are going to get troused

 

[overseasorange2]

ND still top 10??

Well they are God's team,

 

[newyorkvol]

I love the polls. But honestly we will know in three weeks whether we have a 1-10th ranked team or “just” a top 25 team. 5-0 after ou and ark, top ten. 1-1, 0-2………

 

[bigorangepoppa]

ND dropped 4 to 10. Which I don't get they have struggled on the road and at home...they're just not a T10 team

Yeah, but hey, it's Notre Dame! It will take another loss to get them down to where they should realistically be ranked.

 

[Vol in Buckeye Land]

It’s not a ranking, it’s a power rating. ND will fall farther in the rankings, and we will take longer to climb to the top 5 unfortunately.

 

[TAF]

WOW...I kinda like flying "under the radar" a little longer...

 

[bpalmer28]

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Hmmmmm

 

[VolunteerVandiver]

The computers know

 

[ntxVOL]

Looks like a big logjam at the top of the SEC. Will be interesting to see how that plays out as the season wears on.

 

[SayUWantAreVOLution]

Not to okay it, but I think part of what keeps ND consistently over ranked is the multi-million dollar exposure they get from their..... NBC?...... TV deal.

Longhorn Network propped up TX when they were "not back" also.

This is an entertainment business. Getting exposure for your brand helps.

You can see it in the NFL with Dallas: massive lucrative brand, mediocre results.

I think ND is one of the best college athletics marketing organizations but a very long way from having the best teams.