ESPN’s FPI Predicts UNLV’s 2022 Football Record
What does this computer rating have to say about the 2022 season?
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How many wins for the Rebels?
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ESPN’s Football Power Index was recently released and that gives us a whole slew of numbers to pore over and try to figure things out for the upcoming season.
The FPI does give out a very precise win and loss totals and they put UNLV at 4.4 wins for this season.
The FPI also goes deeper with percentages to win the division and conference. The Rebels are given a 2.5% percent chance to win the division and 0.4% to win the conference.
Below we will go through and see how many games the Rebels are favored to win.
2022 Full Mountain West Football Schedule
UNLV’s SP+ number 117
Sept 3 Idaho State (FPI: N/A | WIN)
Sept 10 at Cal (FPI:70 | LOSS)
Sept 17 North Texas (FPI: 93 | LOSS)
Sept 24 at Utah State (FPI: 88 | LOSS)
Oct 1 New Mexico (FPI: 127 | WIN)
Oct 8 at San Jose State (FPI: 109 | LOSS)
Oct 15 Air Force (FPI: 71 | LOSS)
Oct 22 at Notre Dame (FPI: 5 | LOSS)
Oct 29 OPEN DATE
Nov 5 at San Diego State (FPI: 80 | LOSS)
Nov 12 Fresno State (FPI: 69 | LOSS)
Nov 19 at Hawaii (FPI: 108 | LOSS)
Nov 26 Nevada (FPI: 101 | LOSS)
Based on these FPI rankings, UNLV is projected to be favored in two of its 12 games.