ESPN's football power index (FPI) has been updated following Week 11 college football games. FPI has a new top team. It no longer ranks the Notre Dame Fighting Irish No. 1 and now has the Georgia Bulldogs as the No. 1 team in the country. Notre Dame is not far behind at No. 2.
Georgia certainly looked the part in the Bulldogs' 48-21 drubbing of the Missouri Tigers. Georgia has earned three straight blowout wins after losing to the Auburn Tigers and is playing at an elite level.
ESPN's FPI "measures team's true strength on net points scale; expected point margin vs average opponent on neutral field" and is not necessarily meant to reflect the teams with the best resumes in the country.
Miami checks in at No. 3 in FPI. Miami beat Duke at home over
the weekend is followed by the Alabama Crimson Tide, who did not exactly look impressive on the road against the Vanderbilt Commodores. Three-loss Ohio State rounds out the top-five.
Four-loss LSU is ranked No. 7 despite LSU's struggles to get a big win this season. Three-loss Oregon is also in the top-10 while undefeated teams Utah and UCLA are ranked outside of the top-10.
FPI gives Georgia the best chance to win the national championship at 23.3%. The Bulldogs along with Notre Dame (17.5%), Miami (15.8%) and Alabama (12.2%) all have over a 10% chance of winning the national title. Texas (9.7%) is not too far behind. FPI gives Utah just a 5.0% chance to win it all.
ESPN's FPI after Week 11
- Georgia Bulldogs
- Notre Dame Fighting Irish
- Miami Hurricanes
- Alabama Crimson Tide
- Ohio State Buckeyes
- Texas Longhorns
- LSU Tigers
- Indiana Hoosiers
- Oregon Ducks
- Wake Forrest Demon Deacons
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