ESPN FPI: LSU has toughest remaining schedule, Florida won't win out
The Florida-LSU game, which was postponed from Oct. 8 and rescheduled Nov. 19, was discussed widely in the national media for its importance to the SEC division races. While the result could ultimately decide which teams get to go to Atlanta, ESPN’s Football Power Index shows that the Gators and Tigers themselves have slim chances of winning a conference championship.
Per @ESPNStatsInfo: LSU has nation's toughest remaining schedule. Is No. 8 in FPI. Has 4 pct chance to win out, win SEC pic.twitter.com/oizgQe8gw9
— David Ching (@ESPNChing) October 17, 2016
LSU has the toughest remaining schedule according to the ESPN metric, which gives the Tigers only a 4 percent chance of winning out and the same chance of winning the SEC. Interim coach Ed Orgeron has a difficult schedule ahead of him (Ole Miss, Alabama, Arkansas, Florida and Texas A&M) as he tries to earn the full-time job.
While the above graphic shows Florida having a 0 percent chance of winning out, the actual website shows 0.4 percent (to quote “Dumb and Dumber,” there is a chance). UF’s remaining schedule is considered the seventh-most difficult, and includes games against Georgia, Arkansas, LSU and FSU all away from The Swamp. With that in mind, it might not have been wise for Florida cornerback Quincy Wilson to start trolling Tennessee over a one-game advantage in the SEC East standings.
The best part of Florida not making the SECG is that they will have to choke to do it.
i wouldn’t consider losing at Ark or LSU a choke if it happens…. and don’t bag on Georgia, it took a hail mary for UT to win that game. USC at home is probably the single game left that one would have confidence in… But if they win out they for sure deserve to be there.
Georgia? It took the equivalent of a UGA hail mary (actual a UT total defensive back collapse) for UT to need a hail mary.
And last time I check Eason threw a longer ball than Dobbs, so which was a hail marry again? Eason had no clue where that ball was going his receiver had gave up, he just happened to lay eyes on it before TN backfield to have the advantage.
Man i didnt know Espn could predict the future… Does this mean CFB is rigged?
With all do respect to all fans of Florida because they are a good team no doubt. But Tennessee is missing 9 starters, not including the 5 that went down since then. You take Quincy Wilson and Teez Tabor out with injuries we all know Florida wouldn’t even be a threat to the high school league. So Quincy Wilson can “troll” all he wants but last I checked, no matter how it was done that duck pulled that truck without Sutton, Maybin, and Kirkland jr. And we all know Florida won’t win out. So keep trolling Quincy because you still lost to the vols. Do whatever makes you feel confident.
Is looking up at UF in the standings AND the polls what made you so butt hurt? One oUT of twelve baby!!!!! Go Vawls!!!!
38-28
Boo Whoo. 9 starters out. Who cares. Tennessee lost 2 games and beat Florida while Florida had their Backup QB out there. Florida lost to Tennessee on terrible coaching and poor execution, a mistake they will not make again. Good luck the rest of the way and may the best team get to Atlanta.
It will be short lived I promise. Enjoy it while you can!
The LSU schedule looks extremely tough. There may be some LSU fans dreaming about winning out, but that’s just not realistic. If we go 3-2, I would be thrilled.
Who do you think we’d fall to? Not trying to be snarky, just interested in your thoughts.
We surly could fall to any of these teams. The only loss that would be embarrassing would be to the gators, and that’s not because of their talent but the issues over the past two weeks. We are most likely to lose to Bama and A&M, but I just said 3-2 because of the quality and quantity of the competition. We have owned A&M, so hopefully that continues. We are due against Bama, so hopefully that comes to fruition. Arkansas has won two straight over LSU. This is going to be quite the ending for LSU. We have never finished a season like this.
Embarassing loss to the Gators??? You must be a special kind of stupid. Because Florida struggled with their backup QB playing or their starter who had not played in a month and coming back from a knee injury. Yeah you obviously have no clue what the F— you are talking about. I hope you are embarassed when the beat the tar out of you. Your dumbass AD pissed off a sleeping giant and it is not going to end well for you. Good luck. You are going to get whopped by Texas A&M Alabama Florida and Arkansas. Enjoy your losing.
Eric, you my friend could benefit greatly from a course or 2 down at the local community college. He clearly stated it would be embarrassing due to the sked issues the tms had and not because the Gators aren’t any good. Comprehend? Now unbunch your panties and move on.
Fellow Devil Dog: I can see it. Im just wanting to see how we play this weekend against OM. I think we could go 4-1 IF we play well on the road.
Eric: Clearly you gave no clue what you are talking about.
4-1 is very realistic if we find some consistency on offense. And yes, losing to the gators would be embarrassing.