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ESPN FPI: Michigan State football game-by-game predictions for 2023 season

Will Michigan State get back to a bowl game in 2023 despite a brutally tough schedule? ESPN’s Football Power Index rating system believes so

Will Michigan State get back to a bowl game in 2023 despite a brutally tough schedule? ESPN’s Football Power Index rating system believes so.

An updated version of ESPN’s FPI was released earlier in August, and the computer rating system was rather high on the Spartans. Michigan State came in as the fifth-highest-rated team in the Big Ten and listed at No. 31 nationally. That’s not too bad after a disappointing season in 2022.

So how many games does the ESPN FPI rating project the Spartans to win next year? Check out game-by-game predictions from ESPN’s FPI for each of Michigan State’s matchups in 2023:

Updated win-percentage odds for every Duck game according to ESPN FPI

By all metrics, the Oregon Ducks are expected to have a pretty successful season in 2023. That shouldn’t come as much of a surprise; Dan Lanning had a great first year as a head coach and now is more experienced going into 2023; the offense brings back QB Bo Nix, WR Troy Franklin, RB Bucky Irving, and TE Terrance Ferguson, among many other impact players; the defense has re-tooled and hopes to be much more productive with an improved pass-rush and speedy secondary.

While their preseason rankings across a number of polls may not reflect the high expectations that are held in Eugene, their projected record and early-season odds going into each game say differently.

On Tuesday, we looked at the newly updated ESPN Football Power Index projections for the Pac-12 Conference, seeing which teams out west are most likely to ultimately win the conference title in the final year of its existence. For those unfamiliar with ESPN’s FPI, it is a ranking that “relies on past performance, offense and defense, returning and transfer production, and past recruiting data for players on the roster to form a rating.”

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Virtually, it’s ESPN’s way of declaring the top teams in the nation, looking at their roster, their schedule, their percent chance to win each game, and where that ultimately lands them after the season comes to an end.

After spring football concluded, ESPN’s FPI looked at each game on the schedule and gave a win percentage for each team based on their metrics. Following the remainder of the offseason and a few roster changes for each team, those odds have now been updated by ESPN as we get closer to the season actually starting.

Here’s how the odds have chanced for Oregon just a few weeks out from the first kickoff:

Pac-12 championship odds change according to ESPN FPI

USC is still favored to win the Pac-12 title, per ESPN. However, the Oregon Ducks are quickly making up ground.

One of the best tools that college football fans have at their disposal each and every season is the ESPN Football Power Index. For those unfamiliar with ESPN’s FPI, it is a ranking that “relies on past performance, on offense and defense, returning and transfer production and past recruiting data for players on the roster to form a rating.”

Following the end of the spring football season across the nation, ESPN’s FPI gave a percent chance for each team in the Pac-12 conference to become bowl eligible, and ultimately win the conference. However, in the fast few months with the addition of several new transfers for different teams, those odds have changed.

Fans of the Oregon Ducks should be happy. Take a look at where ESPN now projects each Pac-12 team will finish up in 2023.

Ducks favored to win all but 2 games in 2023 season, per ESPN’s FPI

Ducks favored to win all but 2 games in 2023 season, per ESPN’s FPI.

It may be incredibly early in the year to be making any bold predictions or proclamations; the Oregon Ducks haven’t even played their annual spring game yet. However, we’re in the business of predictions and analysis, so forgive us for looking ahead and trying to figure out how many games the Oregon Ducks are going to win in the 2023 season.

Once the schedule was released back in February, we looked at the matchups, the order in which they came, and the likelihood that the Ducks make it out of each week unscathed. Our end result was an incredibly impressive season for Dan Lanning and his team, which could put them in the Pac-12 Championship and potentially, in the College Football Playoff as well.

Our predictions were based on opinions and gathered information from talking to coaches, players, and team sources while watching practices every week.

Recently ESPN’s Football Power Index released their schedule predictions for every team in the nation, largely using numbers as the reasoning.

For those unfamiliar with ESPN’s FPI, it is a ranking that “relies on past performance on offense and defense, returning and transfer production and past recruiting data for players on the roster to form a rating.” Virtually, it’s ESPN’s way of declaring the top teams in the nation, looking at their roster, their schedule, their percent chance to win each game, and where that ultimately lands them after the season comes to an end.

In short, they looked at Oregon’s 2023 schedule and predicted what percent chance the Ducks have to win each game. Throughout the year, the numbers will change based on past performance, injuries, and a whole myriad of variables that take place throughout the season.

Let’s take a look at what the numbers say this spring.

Which teams have best shot at Pac-12 Championship in 2023?

You could argue that 5-6 teams have a legitimate shot at the Pac-12 title this year. Who has the best odds to take it down?

In the final year of the Pac-12 conference, as we currently know it, we are expecting as competitive and entertaining of a football season as we’ve seen in quite some time.

With schools like USC, Oregon, Washington, Utah, Oregon State, and UCLA all presenting a legitimate case that they could make some noise this season, the race for a spot in the Pac-12 Championship Game is going to be highly contentious.

There are some early favorites for a spot in Las Vegas, with the Trojans, Ducks, Huskies, and Utes all ranking highest in the preseason polls at the moment. But one method we always like to use when peering ahead at the future is ESPN’s Football Power Index.

The FPI predicts end-of-season records, and the probability that a team will become bowl eligible, or win the conference championship. So how do they see the Pac-12 playing out this year? It might look a little bit different than you would have expected.

Reveiwing the Oregon Ducks’ Football Power Index ranking since 2005

The Ducks are rated prominently in terms of FPI this offseason. How does that compare to the past couple of decades?

Life for an Oregon Duck fan has been quite eventful over the past couple of decades.

After going for decades as a relatively irrelevant team on the national landscape, Mike Bellotti turned things around at the start of the Melinium and a rise to prominence quickly followed. The start of the 2010s brought multiple trips to the National Championship game and a pair of Rose Bowl victories, but Oregon has also seen brutal losses at the hands of Auburn and Ohio State, as well as a 4-win season that ended in no bowl game and a fired coach just years later.

In recent years, things have still been a bit rocky off of the field with a litany of coaching changes, but the on-field product has remained stellar. In 2022, Dan Lanning proved his worth early on, becoming just the fifth coach in Oregon history to notch 10 wins in a single season, and the third to do it during his first year with the team.

By all accounts, there is real confidence that the Ducks are on a trajectory that could land them in the College Football Playoff and competing for a national championship in the coming years.

This past week, ESPN published its updated Football Power Index (FPI) which measures team strength based on 20,000 simulations as explained on their website.

This year the Ducks have the following preseason FPI ratings:

FPI: 15.0

Overall Ranking: No. 13

Pac-12 Ranking: No. 2

According to those numbers, the Ducks should not only be in a great spot to compete for a spot in the Pac-12 Championship, but if things break the right way down the stretch, they could very well be in the mix for a spot in the College Football Playoff, as well.

We wanted to see how the numbers at the start of this year compared to those in the past, though. Here is Ducks Wire breaks down each final FPI dating back to 2005:

ESPN FPI projects outcome of 2023 Oregon Ducks football season

What are the Ducks’ chances to make the Pac-12 Championship, College Football Playoff, and National Championship? ESPN’s FPI has your answer.

After an incredibly promising season in 2022 with Dan Lanning at the helm for the first time, all arrows are pointing up for the Oregon Ducks as we head into the 2023 season.

With quarterback Bo Nix returning for another year, an incredibly talented group of skill position players, a retooled defense that should be able to fare well in the offense-heavy Pac-12, and a bolstered coaching staff that has seen some impressive hires over the past several months, there’s a reason for Oregon fans to feel confident at this point in the year.

We know the Ducks’ schedule, we know where the pivotal games will come, and we know what needs to improve in order for the team to make a run at the Pac-12 Championship, and potentially a spot in the College Football Playoff.

How likely is that to happen, though?

While we have our opinions, one of the best predictors of future success over the years has been ESPN and their Football Power Index. Released for the first time in the 2023 season this past week, the FPI breaks down the top teams in the nation looking at their roster, their schedule, their percent chance to win each game, and where that ultimately lands them after the season comes to an end. It gives each team a projected record and breaks down their chances to become bowl-eligible, win the conference, and make it to the CFP.

So how does it see things playing out for the Ducks? Take a look.

Where Oregon stands in top 25 according to 2023 ESPN Football Power Index

ESPN’s first Football Power Index ratings are out for the 2023 season. Check out where the Oregon Ducks land.

One of the best times of spring for a college football nerd is when ESPN releases its first Football Power Index rankings of the year.

While we’ve spent the last several months trying to handicap the upcoming season, deciding which team is better than the next, and declaring who has the best chance to make it to the conference championship games, and ultimately the College Football Playoff, the worldwide leader in sports finally joined the conversation once again.

The first 2023 FPI was released this week, and it will be updated throughout the remainder of the season. Here’s a look at where the Oregon Ducks are ranked in the first Football Power Index of the year.

ESPN Football Power Index projects Big 12 for 2023 season

Projected wins and losses for 2023 for the Big 12 according to the updated ESPN Football Power Index.

As spring ball winds down, we turn our attention to the Oklahoma Sooners 2023 spring game before football goes on hiatus until summer workouts and fall camp.

The Sooners are hoping to erase the memory of their 6-7 2022 season with a bounce-back year in their final season in the Big 12. To return to title contention after being one of the worst teams in the conference will take big improvements on the defensive side of the ball and more efficiency in clutch situations on offense.

In the latest Football Power Index update over at ESPN, the projections believe the Sooners will have that bounce-back season and be in Big 12 title contention.

The Football Power Index (FPI) is a measure of team strength that is meant to be the best predictor of a team’s performance going forward for the rest of the season. FPI represents how many points above or below average a team is. Projected results are based on 20,000 simulations of the rest of the season using FPI, results to date, and the remaining schedule. Ratings and projections update daily. FPI data from seasons prior to 2019 may not be complete. – ESPN.

Here are the latest win-loss projections and how the Big 12 teams stack up in the latest ESPN Football Power Index for 2023.

MSU listed near top of Big Ten in updated ESPN Football Power Index rankings

See where the Spartans land in ESPN’s updated Football Power Index rankings and how they compare to their Big Ten peers

Spring football has wrapped up in East Lansing, Mich. and the same can be said for most around the college football world.

With the conclusion of spring ball, many have already begun to turn their focus to the 2023 season — that includes those behind ESPN’s Football Power Index (FPI). A new batch of updated FPI rankings were released this week, with the Spartans coming in near the top of the Big Ten.

For those unfamiliar, ESPN’s FPI is a predictive rating system developed by ESPN that measures team strength and uses it to forecast game and season results. So it essentially factors in a number of elements and spits out a record prediction and ranking for all of the teams in college football.

So how high in the Big Ten are the Spartans listed? Take a look below: