We’re still months away from another glorious Ohio State football season (or so we hope), but we never stop looking ahead, especially when the Buckeyes figure to be right in the mix for another Big Ten championship and run to the College Football Playoff.
ESPN is always looking ahead as well and just published an updated Football Percentage Index (FPI) that has a predictive nature of success to it. It takes into account all sorts of things, but we won’t dive too much into it. You can read up on it all by visiting ESPN.com and geek out at some of the analytics and all if you want. All we are doing is acting as the messenger here and passing on the information that Ohio State is expected to be pretty good again.
But how do the Buckeyes stack up against all the teams on its schedule? We’re glad you asked. Here’s a look at where each team on OSU’s 2021 football schedule stacks up in relation to Ohio State’s No. 5 ranking in ESPN’s FPI from best to worst.