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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:

Where every Big Ten team lands in ESPN’s preseason Football Power Index rankings

See where each Big Ten team lands in the recently released ESPN preseason Football Power Index rankings

Spring ball is wrapping up and it’s officially time to start looking ahead to the 2022 season this fall. That means we have preseason rankings to start reviewing, with Michigan State expected to once again be one of the top teams in the country.

ESPN released its Football Power Index (FPI) rankings this past week, which is a formula to predict how many games each team will win. For those unaware, the Football Power Index officially “measures a team’s true strength on net points scale; expected point margin vs. average opponent on a neutral field.”

With the rankings released for every FBS team, I took a look at where all the Big Ten teams came in. Here’s a breakdown of each Big Ten team from the lowest-ranked team to the highest-ranked team:

Michigan State football listed in Top 20 of preseason ESPN Football Power Index (FPI) rankings

See where Michigan State ranks in the preseason ESPN Football Power Index (FPI) rankings

Michigan State football will enter the 2022 season as one of the top 20 teams in the country, according to ESPN’s Football Power Index (FPI) rankings.

ESPN released their preseason FPI rankings this week, with the Spartans landing in the top 25. Michigan State ranked at No. 16, falling one spot behind Utah and one spot ahead of Ole Miss.

Michigan State is projected to go 8-4 this season according to the FPI, and will finish in fourth place in the Big Ten East Division. The Spartans are ranked behind Ohio State (No. 2), Michigan (No. 7) and Penn State (No. 12) from the Big Ten.

Check out the complete rankings by clicking on the tweet below:

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