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Updated ESPN FPI rankings have 8 SEC teams in top 25 following Week 4 action
A wild Week 4 is in the books, and ESPN’s Football Power Index (“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” calculated from 10,000 simulations) has been updated. Spoiler alert – some SEC fanbases aren’t going to like the rankings.
A total of eight SEC teams make the top 25 in FPI heading into Week 5:
- No. 1 – Alabama
- No. 3 – Georgia
- No. 10 – Auburn
- No. 13 – Texas A&M
- No. 16 – Mississippi State
- No. 19 – LSU
- No. 21 – Florida
- No. 24 – South Carolina
For those wondering, Kentucky is ranked No. 35 by the metric, despite wins over Florida in Week 2 and Mississippi State in Week 4. The Auburn and LSU rankings also demonstrate that the FPI does not factor in previous outcomes from head-to-head meetings on the field.
The full rankings, from No. 1 to No. 130, can be viewed here.
Not upset at all about this. Just motivation. GO CATS!!!
Hang in there Ky Blue, these experts ain’t so expert.
KY isn’t getting the respect they deserve. I hope they use it well.
I hope Snell runs it on everyone but my Dawgs.
How is Teaxs A&M going to stay in the top 25 ? Everbody else lost too ?
FPI proves what a joke it is on a weekly basis. Not sure why ESPN would want to continue to embarrass itself, other than it’s just who they are.
The way they are playing Kentucky should be ahead of Florida and us. This is incorrect and laughable.
The media takes forever to acknowledge former cellar dwellers as being good. It happened to Mississippi State, where they had been solid for years, but until Prescott showed up, they didn’t get too much respect. I think it was a bit easier with USC since Spurrier had great name recognition, but Kentucky and Vanderbilt have been footnotes in general, even after pulling off some upsets over the past few years.
I know this is the PC response, but after beating 2 ranked SEC teams, and being undefeated, I am very upset about this. Miss St. at 16. Florida at 21. UK (who didn’t just beat, but whipped both) at 35?! This is supposed to be a metric about a teams chances for the rest of the year?! GTFO. KY should be favored in every remaining game except against A&M and GA… Can Miss St. at 16 say that? They still have to play Auburn and A&M, and at LSU, Alabama, and Ole Miss.
Make that: this is NOT the PC response…
They only like brands. Like Michigan and Notre Dame are always ranked high regardless