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ESPN FPI predicts Ohio State football remaining schedule for 2020 after Week 1

ESPN has updated its game-by-game FPI predictions for the remaining Ohio State 2020 football schedule. What games might be more challenging?

Well, lookie here. We finally — mercifully — had an Ohio State football game and other Big Ten contests to look at this past weekend after all the drama, protests, and hand-wringing during the offseason. This all after the conference decided to postpone the season due to coronavirus concerns.

Once that decision was overturned and we knew we’d likely see the Big Ten enter the fray again, ESPN updated its FPI game predictions before all the fun started. But that was based largely on potential and crazy metrics.

Now that we’ve actually had games to look at and ponder, the worldwide leader has updated those predictions once again. Ohio State was already heavily favored in the first edition, and it got us wondering what the landscape of the remaining win probability looks like according to ESPN.

So, here it is. It may be no shock to you what you find, but we’ll continue to follow what the Football Percentage Index says each week after there are more data elements for the massive computer in Bristol, Connecticut to sling around in its programming.

Ohio State Football Schedule 2020

Ohio State football schedule 2020 with the Big Ten only slate

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Ohio State football schedule 2020 with the Big Ten only slate

Ohio State Football Schedule 2020

Sept. 3 at Illinois

Sept. 12 Rutgers

Sept. 19 at Purdue

Sept. 26 Indiana

Oct. 3 OPEN DATE

Oct. 10 Nebraska

Oct. 17 at Michigan State

Oct. 24 Michigan

Oct. 31 at Maryland

Nov. 7 at Penn State

Nov. 14 OPEN DATE

Nov. 21 Iowa

Nov. 28 OPEN DATE

Missed: Minnesota, Northwestern, Wisconsin
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Ohio State football’s non-conference schedule ranked in the top twenty by The Oklahoman

The Oklahoman published a ranking of all 64 Power-Five college football teams’ non-conference schedule. Where did it rank Ohio State’s?

We all still holding our breaths that we’ll have college football this fall, and for Ohio State fans, that means plenty of home games at the ‘Shoe to take in. It also means we could see a very intriguing intersectional matchup between the Buckeyes and Oregon Ducks out in the Pacific Northwest.

That game against Oregon is sandwiched between two non-conference home games, the opener against Bowling Green, and Buffalo. Even though the national narrative always seems to be that Ohio State doesn’t schedule tough games, it’s one of the few programs that goes out and tries to get an FBS Power-Five home and home. Going to Autzen Stadium is no walk among the roses, and Oregon returns the trip in 2021.

But back to this year. How does Ohio State’s non-conference slate stack up to other Power-Five FBS schools? The two games against MAC opponents won’t do too much to provide any clout, but there’s still a lot to like with that tussle with the Ducks.

The Oklahoman published a ranking of the most interesting Power-Five nonconference schedules for all 64 Power Five schools, and Ohio State checked in just outside the top fifteen, at a cool No. 16 overall.

So what does the rest of the ranking look like?

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