As spring practice is wrapping up for most schools across the nation, many people are ready to look ahead to the start of the 2022 season.
EPSN released its preseason Football Power Index early this week, the rankings featured familiar faces at the top with a few major surprises throughout the list.
- Alabama
- Ohio State
- Georgia
- Clemson
- Notre Dame
- Texas
- Michigan
- Oklahoma
- Pitt
- Auburn
- LSU
- Penn State
- Oklahoma State
- Texas A&M
- Utah
- Michigan State
- Ole Miss
- Miami
- Baylor
- Kentucky
- Wisconsin
- North Carolina
- Oregon
- Mississippi State
- Florida
Their FPI is extremely high on Texas having a bounce-back season in 2022. It ranks the Longhorns as the top team in the Big 12 conference and No. 6 in the country.
Oklahoma (No. 8), Oklahoma State (No. 13) and Baylor (No. 19) round out the rest of the conference that made ESPN’s cut.
FPI gives Texas a 41% chance to win the Big 12 and a 21% chance to make the College Football Playoff. High praise for a team that finished 5-7 a year ago.
The Longhorns do return many key pieces including Bijan Robinson and Xavier Worthy, but Steve Sarkisian’s team has many question marks to figure out in order to live up to this projection.
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