Predicting the 2022 season using ESPN’s Football Power Index

The index is predicting good things for the 2022 season for Nebraska.

As we move closer to the start of the college football season, we are beginning to see more predictions on how the Huskers will fare in 2022. ESPN’s Football Power Index, otherwise known as FPI, has released its win probabilities for each and every game of the 2022 college football season. The FPI was a system developed in 2013 to project the outcomes of games and season records based on various metrics. This year’s index predicts good things about the 2022 version of the Nebraska Cornhuskers, maybe too good.

A new quarterback but one with experience, a defense that performed well last year, and a schedule that avoids most of the heavy hitters from the Big Ten East could lead to a successful season, but just how successful is the question. Nebraska finally made changes to the coaching staff after four frustrating years and even fully embraced the transfer portal as a way to bring experienced talent to Lincoln but is it enough to think that a giant leap can occur for the 2022 campaign.

Scroll below to see how things play out this season according to the ESPN Football Power Index.