We are three weeks into the college football season, and we saw the Ohio State offense come out of its shell for the first time in 2023 during the dismantling of Western Kentucky on Saturday. It hopefully bodes well for the massive contest with Notre Dame this weekend — and beyond — but only time will tell.
One thing we like to keep track of during the season is the ESPN Football Power Index (FPI) and its matchup predictor after the results for the week, and it’s time to check in on it again.
We don’t pretend to know what goes into making the sausage over at the “Worldwide Leader,” but we know the FPI matchup predictor is supposed to take into account a team’s performance and metrics in combination with its opponents to look forward, and that’s exactly what we want here.
Here is what ESPN says about each remaining game on Ohio State football’s remaining schedule and whether the percentage of winning each went up or down after the impressive showing against the Hilltoppers in Week 3.