Using team strengths coupled with their offensive, defensive and special teams projected value, ESPN’s Football Power Index (FPI) predicts how teams will finish the 2021 college football season.
The Big 12 is all over the board, but the conference is finally receiving the respect it deserves. The FPI foresees the Big 12 having the second-toughest conference schedule in the nation. The most recent rankings feature five teams in the top 25.
Although Oklahoma has been sitting pretty at the top for a while now, this season could be the best conference competition it has faced since before the days of clamoring for Texas to be back.
Let’s take a look where each of the Big 12 teams ranked in ESPN’s most recent FPI rankings.