Almost always controversial, ESPN has released its updated Football Power Index for the 2025 preseason. While it tends to get some of the top teams pretty close with its advanced analytics expectations, it usually has some pretty big misses year over year, as well. In fact, when Michigan football won the Big Ten in 2021, the players cited FPI giving the Wolverines a 1% chance to win the conference as motivation.
Regardless, the update is out. With its release, we’re looking specifically at all 18 Big Ten teams, where they rank against each other, and our thoughts on each as it pertains to their ranking. You can see how all 18 teams rank below.
18. Purdue Boilermakers
FPI: -6.9Overall rank: 92Projected W-L: 3.2-8.8Win out %: 0.0Win conference %: 0.0Make CFP: 0.0
Barry Odom has his work cut out for him but given what he did with UNLV, he should get there. However, this year probably isn’t the year.
17. Northwestern Wildcats
FPI: -3.6Overall rank: 74Projected W-L: 4.1-7.9Win out %: 0.0Win conference %: 0.0Make CFP: 0.0
David Braun had a really good interim year, but this team is a mess offensively and shows little-to-no hope of improving on that front this year.
16. Maryland Terrapins
FPI: 1.9Overall rank: 61Projected W-L: 5.9-6.1Win out %: 0.0Win conference %: 0.2Make CFP: 1.3
Maryland has some coaching consistency but just lost many of the players that helped it improve steadily over the years. This team is a big question mark and may keep sliding a little until the top recruits Mike Locksley is bringing in start to rise through the ranks.
15. Michigan State Spartans
FPI: 2.3Overall rank: 59Projected W-L: 5.2-6.8Win out %: 0.0Win conference %: 0.1Make CFP: 1.0
Some think that MSU is underrated going into Jonathan Smith’s second year at the helm, and with Aidan Chiles being more experienced, it’s not a stretch to think that the…
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