ESPN FPI predicts the Big Ten football standings for 2022

Here’s what the ESPN FPI says about how the Big Ten will shape up this upcoming season. #B1G

We’re still months away from sitting down on Saturdays with a smile on our faces with copious amounts of food and beverages, ready to watch Ohio State or any other good ‘ole State U.

But don’t kid yourselves. From here until the beginning of the season, you are sure to see more predictions than you can shake a Wolverine’s tail at, and they’ll come from every corner of internet goodness. And yeah, we’re not immune to it all, so you can expect some crystal ball sorcery from us too.

But we’ll touch on all of that later. For now, we thought we’d check in again with ESPN’s Football Power Index to see what kind of magic it spit out after whatever crazy, mad scientist formula it uses to figure these things out.

The FPI, which is designed to predict the future success of college football programs, has published its expected win totals for each college football FBS program, and that means we can figure out what it thinks will happen in the Big Ten.

So, here we go. Here’s what the worldwide leader says about the finishing order in each division of the Big Ten for this upcoming, glorious, college football season by expected win totals.

FIRST … The Big Ten West predicted finish