This certainly won’t help recent SEC bias claims against ESPN.

The SEC makes up the entire Top 5 in the network’s most recent Football Power Index, daily rankings based on a team’s expected performance from this point forward.

AP Poll No. 1 Mississippi State, the league’s only remaining unbeaten after a 45-31 win over Kentucky, is No. 5 behind Alabama, Auburn, Ole Miss, and Georgia. The formula projects Dan Mullen’s team to fall at Alabama in a couple of weeks.

ESPN Football Power Index

  1. Alabama (17.2 winning out percentage)
  2. Auburn (5.2)
  3. Ole Miss (12.7)
  4. Georgia (14.5)
  5. Mississippi State (4.5)
  6. Florida State (28.7)
  7. Oregon (24.8)
  8. Oklahoma (45.9)
  9. Ohio State (23.7)
  10. TCU (29.4)

FPI ‘is a measure of team strength that is meant to be the best predictor of a team’s performance going forward for the rest of the season. FPI represents how many points above or below average a team is. Projected results are based on 10,000 simulations of the rest of the season using FPI, results to date, and the remaining schedule. Ratings and projections update daily.’