For the second straight year, ESPN’s College Football Power Index (FPI) absolutely loves the Wisconsin Badgers.
Every season, ESPN FPI predicts every NCAA Division 1 college football game in terms of win probability.
FPI, as described by ESPN, is “a predictive rating system designed to measure team strength and project performance going forward. The ultimate goal of FPI is not to rank teams 1 through 128; rather, it is to correctly predict games and season outcomes.
“Each team’s FPI rating is composed of a predicted offensive, defensive and special teams component. These ratings represent the number of points each unit is expected to contribute to the team’s net scoring margin on a neutral field against an average FBS opponent.”
While FPI sees Wisconsin as the 17th best team in college football, it also sees the Badgers as having a favorable schedule. Here is a look at how FPI sees that schedule playing out: