Fresh off a 31-0 Fiesta Bowl beatdown, it’s a bit odd to see Ohio State at the top of any ranking. However, that’s where the Buckeyes find themselves this spring with Alabama positioned at No. 2 overall in the current ESPN Football Power Index.

Auburn, coming off an 8-5 season, is positioned at No. 5 with LSU, coming off an 8-4 year, ranked just behind their SEC West foe. Here’s a graphic of the entire Top 10:

The SEC placed three other teams inside the Top 25: No. 13 Georgia, No. 15 Florida and No. 19 Tennessee.

Here’s the complete ESPN FPI Top 25:

  1. Ohio State
  2. Alabama
  3. Oklahoma
  4. Florida State
  5. Auburn
  6. LSU
  7. Clemson
  8. Penn State
  9. Washington
  10. Wisconsin
  11. Stanford
  12. USC
  13. Georgia
  14. Louisville
  15. Florida
  16. Miami
  17. Michigan
  18. TCU
  19. Tennessee
  20. Notre Dame
  21. Oregon
  22. NC State
  23. UCLA
  24. Texas
  25. Washington State

Outside of the Top 25 from the SEC: No. 27 Texas A&M, No. 32 South Carolina, No. 33 Mississippi State, No. 34 Kentucky, No. 36 Arkansas, No. 38 Ole Miss, No. 41 Missouri, and finally No. 46 Vanderbilt.


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