On Sunday morning, ESPN’s Football Power Index was updated, and there was a change at the top. Ohio State is the new No. 1 team in the nation, jumping over the Ducks despite Oregon being on a bye week.
Indiana was also coming off a bye week but moved up one spot from five to four over the weekend.
The No. 8 Indiana Hoosiers will have a top-10 matchup on the road against the No. 2 Oregon Ducks on Saturday at 3:30pm on CBS in the game of the week in college football.
Here is the full Top 25 on ESPN's FPI list:
- Ohio State
- Oregon
- Alabama
- Indiana
- Notre Dame
- Georgia
- Ole Miss
- Texas
- Miami
- USC
- Tennessee
- Michigan
- Texas A&M
- Texas Tech
- Oklahoma
- Vanderbilt
- LSU
- Missouri
- Penn State
- BYU
- Utah
- Nebraska
- Auburn
- Florida State
- TCU
ESPN's Football Power Index(FPI) for the remainder of the season and CFP hopes:
Indiana at Oregon - October 11, time and channel TBD
ESPN FPI Chances of Victory: Indiana 29.8%, Oregon 70.2%.
Indiana's chance of victory decreased by 2.0% since last week
Indiana Hoosiers vs. Michigan State Spartans - Oct. 18, time and channel TBD
ESPN FPI Chances of Victory: Indiana 93.3%, Michigan State 6.7%
Indiana's chance decreased 0.1% since last week
Indiana Hoosiers vs. UCLA Bruins - Oct. 25, time and channel TBD
ESPN FPI Chances of Victory: Indiana 97.1%, UCLA 2.9%
Indiana's chance decreased 1.3% since last week
Indiana Hoosiers at Maryland Terrapins - Nov. 1, time and channel TBD
ESPN FPI Chances of Victory: Indiana 82.7%, Maryland 17.3%
Indiana's chance decreased 0.1% since last week
Indiana Hoosiers at Penn State Nittany Lions - Nov. 8, time and channel TBD
ESPN FPI Chances of Victory: Indiana 51.6%, Penn State 48.4%
Indiana's chances decresed 0.1% since last week
Indiana Hoosiers vs. Wisconsin Badgers - Nov. 15, time and channel TBD
ESPN FPI Chances of Victory: Indiana 92.1%, Wisconsin 7.9%
Indiana's chances decreased 0.4% since last week
Indiana Hoosiers at Purdue Boilermakers - Nov. 29, 7:30 p.m. ET, NBC
ESPN FPI Chances of Victory: Indiana 93.3%, Purdue 6.7%
Indiana's chances decreased 0.5% since last week
ESPN FPI on Indiana's Big Ten, College Football Playoff Chances:
Indiana current FPI ranking: 5, up 1 spot from last week
The updated ESPN FPI projection is an 11-1 record for the Hoosiers.
Indiana's chances to win 6 or more games: 100%, same as last week
Indiana's chances to win Big Ten: 16.2%, up from 14.8% last week
Make College Football Playoff: 68.4%, up from 57.4% last week
Make National Championship Game: 16.4%, up from 14.1% last week
Win National Championship: 8.6%, up from 7.5% last week