All 18 Big Ten football schools ranked by ESPN's FPI entering Week 7

After an eventful Week 6, the Ohio State Buckeyes are no longer the nation's top team, according to ESPN's Football Power Index. Remember, the 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

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After an eventful Week 6, the Ohio State Buckeyes are no longer the nation's top team, according to ESPN's Football Power Index.

Remember, the 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.

That said, the Big Ten still has three of the top 10 teams in the nation, and they have seven teams that are in the top 25 of ESPN's FPI.

No team is ranked lower than No. 87, and only two of the 18 teams in the conference have a negative rating.

Purdue was the Big Ten's biggest

riser as they moved up 12 spots. To no surprise, Minnesota, the team that lost to the Boilermakers, was the conference's biggest faller as they dropped nine spots.

Every Big Ten football team ranked after Week 6, according to ESPN's FPI

UCLA head coach Bob Chesney walks off the field after his win as the Oregon Ducks host the UCLA Bruins on Oct. 10, 2026, at Autzen Stadium in Eugene, Oregon.

Ohio State Buckeyes: 28.2 (FBS Rank: 3)
Indiana Hoosiers: 25.5 (FBS Rank: 7)
Oregon Ducks: 19.5 (FBS Rank: 9)
Nebraska Cornhuskers: 17.4 (FBS Rank: 12)
USC Trojans: 14.6 (FBS Rank: 19)
Northwestern Wildcats: 14.0 (FBS Rank: 20)
Iowa Hawkeyes: 13.1 (FBS Rank: 23)
Penn State Nittany Lions: 12.5 (FBS Rank: 26)
Michigan Wolverines: 10.9 (FBS Rank: 34)
UCLA Bruins: 10.3 (FBS Rank: 36)
Wisconsin Badgers: 10.3 (FBS Rank: 37)
Illinois Fighting Illini: 4.5 (FBS Rank: 53)
Washington Huskies: 3.5 (FBS Rank: 57)
Purdue Boilermakers: 3.3 (FBS Rank: 58)
Michigan State Spartans: 1.4 (FBS Rank: 60)
Minnesota Golden Gophers: 0.3 (FBS Rank: 68)
Maryland Terrapins: -2.4 (FBS Rank: 77)
Rutgers Scarlet Knights: -5.0 (FBS Rank: 87)

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