Another wild weekend of college football action around the country is in the books, and we must now wait for the updated AP Top 25 rankings ahead of Week 9.
This week, we saw No. 2 BYU fall to unranked UCF in double-overtime, No. 8 Texas Tech lose to unranked CIncinnati, No. 11 Tennessee lost to unranked South Carolina on a last-second field goal, No. 15 Iowa lose to unranked Minnesota, and No. 16 USC get steamrolled by unranked Wisconsin.
With such a whirlwind of a weekend, there will be several shake-ups in the latest rankings. But first, before the official AP Top 25 poll is released later in the afternoon, the ESPN FPI rankings were updated to give us a taste at how the College Football Playoff could play out.
In the latest ESPN FPI, the Ohio State Buckeyes hold firm at No. 1, followed by the No. 2 Notre Dame Fighting Irish. Miami leapfrogs Georgia to take over the No. 3 spot, while the Indiana Hoosiers round out the top five.
Where does your favorite team stand after Week 8? A full look at the ESPN FPI Top 25 rankings ahead of Week 8 can be seen below.
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Updated ESPN FPI Top 25 Rankings After Week 8
About the ESPN FPI
“The Football Power Index (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 20,000 simulations of the rest of the season using FPI, results to date, and the remaining schedule. Ratings and projections update daily. FPI data from seasons prior to 2019 may not be complete.” – via ESPN.com.
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