ESPN FPI Rankings after Week 6: Georgia leapfrogged despite win
By Adam Spencer
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The Week 6 schedule in the SEC saw some notable upsets and some great games. The Texas Longhorns, the No. 1 team in the country, lost to rival Oklahoma in the Red River Rivalry.
South Carolina went on the road and handed Florida its second-straight loss. Georgia beat Alabama in Tuscaloosa. Will Stein and the Kentucky Wildcats won for a second-straight week by going for 2 in overtime, taking down LSU.
It was a great weekend of college football, and there’s a new No. 1 team in the ESPN Football Power Index (FPI). Despite Georgia’s win at Alabama, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish leapfrogged the Bulldogs to claim the FPI crown this week.
Here’s a look at the current top 25, which features 10 SEC teams:
- Notre Dame
- Georgia
- Ohio State
- Miami
- Alabama
- Texas
- Indiana
- LSU
- Oregon
- Utah
- Texas Tech
- Nebraska
- Tennessee
- BYU
- Ole Miss
- Oklahoma
- Mizzou
- Houston
- USC
- Northwestern
- Texas A&M
- Wake Forest
- Iowa
- Louisvile
- Florida
The 6 SEC squads that didn’t make the cut were Mississippi State (No. 27), South Carolina (No. 28), Kentucky (No. 30), Auburn (No. 31), Arkansas (No. 61) and Vanderbilt (No. 62).
How will these FPI rankings change next week? We’ll see what Week 7 has in store across the SEC!
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Adam is a daily fantasy sports (DFS) and sports betting expert. A 2012 graduate of the University of Missouri, Adam now covers all 16 SEC football teams. He is the director of DFS, evergreen and newsletter content across all Saturday Football brands.
