If you were suffering from withdrawal last week without Ohio State football to watch last weekend, welcome to the club. Despite the Buckeyes having a week off, there was still plenty of action across the country, including in the Big Ten that gave us many data points and observations to ponder.
It also helped update the ESPN Football Power Index (FPI) matchup predictor determine the likelihood of Ohio State winning each of its remaining regular season games for the 2023 season.
To date, the mad-scientist formula that goes into ESPN’s model have favored the Buckeyes to win each game, but the chances for each have fluctuated. So what does it say about OSU’s chances of beating the likes of Michigan, Penn Sate, Wisconsin, Michigan State, and others?
Here’s how ESPN sees each game panning out for Ohio State from here through “The Game.”