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ESPN's Preseason Football Power Index Rankings Has LSU #1
Posted on 2/9/16 at 2:16 pm
Posted on 2/9/16 at 2:16 pm
ESPN's preseason FPI
#1 LSU
#5 Tennessee
#6 Alabama
#7 Ole Miss
#9 Georgia
#14 Texas A&M
#21 Auburn
#22 Mississippi State
#23 Florida
#27 Arkansas
#39 South Carolina
#50 Vanderbilt
#51 Missouri
#54 Kentucky
#1 LSU
#5 Tennessee
#6 Alabama
#7 Ole Miss
#9 Georgia
#14 Texas A&M
#21 Auburn
#22 Mississippi State
#23 Florida
#27 Arkansas
#39 South Carolina
#50 Vanderbilt
#51 Missouri
#54 Kentucky
This post was edited on 2/9/16 at 2:44 pm
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Posted on 2/9/16 at 2:17 pm to VOLcano
31-14
17-0
Fournette Sucks
Laissez les bon temps roulez!
This post was edited on 2/9/16 at 2:19 pm
Posted on 2/9/16 at 2:17 pm to VOLcano
I will say that the FPI did nail TN vs NW being the most lopsided bowl match up of the season.
Posted on 2/9/16 at 2:18 pm to VOLcano
Looks about right to me. Of course we all know Bama will probably be better than #6. But going off of just returning starters, I'd say they about nailed it.
Posted on 2/9/16 at 2:18 pm to Tennessee Jed
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I will say that the FPI did nail TN vs NW being the most lopsided bowl match up of the season.
The longer the season goes on, FPI seems to be very accurate. I think ESPN put together a very good system in FPI.
But its a bit harder to take serious when there have been no games played.
Posted on 2/9/16 at 2:21 pm to VOLcano
Alabama not being #1 is a joke
Posted on 2/9/16 at 2:22 pm to VOLcano
Posted on 2/9/16 at 2:23 pm to texag7
You realize Herbstreit and FPI are different things, right?
Posted on 2/9/16 at 2:23 pm to VOLcano
"LSU too high"
Posted on 2/9/16 at 2:24 pm to VOLcano
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ESPN's preseason FPI #1 LSU
#5 Tennessee
#6 Alabama
#7 Ole Miss
#9 Georgia
#21 Auburn
#23 Florida
#27 Arkansas
#39 South Carolina
#50 Vanderbilt
#51 Missouri
#54 Kentucky
Aggie is not in the top 54??
Posted on 2/9/16 at 2:24 pm to VOLcano
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#27 Arkansas
Higher than expected, but probably fair.
Posted on 2/9/16 at 2:25 pm to texag7
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LSU
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texag7
Posted on 2/9/16 at 2:26 pm to BHMKyle
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The longer the season goes on, FPI seems to be very accurate. I think ESPN put together a very good system in FPI.
But its a bit harder to take serious when there have been no games played.
Bingo. No system is perfect, but with more data points during the season, I agree it gets a lot better. Pre-season, I don't envision a scenario where any of these can be considered accurate.
Posted on 2/9/16 at 2:28 pm to Billder
I don't see them on this list....
Posted on 2/9/16 at 2:31 pm to Porker Face
I thought you guys were trying to downplay the idea that LSU is your Super Bowl?
You're not doing a very good job.
You're not doing a very good job.
Posted on 2/9/16 at 2:32 pm to VOLcano
Germans
Posted on 2/9/16 at 2:38 pm to texag7
As in... Arizona State?
Posted on 2/9/16 at 2:38 pm to VOLcano
Just because I was curious, I went back to the 2015 preseason FPI to see how accurate it was:
#2 Alabama (15-1, 7-1)
#4 LSU (9-3, 5-3)
#8 Ole Miss (10-3, 6-2)
#9 Georgia (10-3, 5-3)
#10 Arkansas (8-5, 5-3)
#11 TAMU (8-5, 4-4)
#14 Tennessee (9-4, 5-3)
#18 Auburn (7-6, 2-6)
#22 Mississippi State (9-4, 4-4)
#24 Missouri (5-7, 1-7)
#28 Florida (10-4, 7-1)
#40 South Carolina (3-9, 1-7)
#48 Kentucky (5-7, 2-6)
#51 Vanderbilt (4-8, 2-6)
Some numbers stand out:
#10 Arkansas losing to #72 Toledo
#10 Arkansas losing to #45 Texas Tech
#8 Ole Miss losing to #68 Memphis
I think this index is useful so long as you're saying things like "Alabama is going to be very good" and "Vanderbilt and Kentucky aren't going to be very good." Other than that, seems like a crapshoot.
#2 Alabama (15-1, 7-1)
#4 LSU (9-3, 5-3)
#8 Ole Miss (10-3, 6-2)
#9 Georgia (10-3, 5-3)
#10 Arkansas (8-5, 5-3)
#11 TAMU (8-5, 4-4)
#14 Tennessee (9-4, 5-3)
#18 Auburn (7-6, 2-6)
#22 Mississippi State (9-4, 4-4)
#24 Missouri (5-7, 1-7)
#28 Florida (10-4, 7-1)
#40 South Carolina (3-9, 1-7)
#48 Kentucky (5-7, 2-6)
#51 Vanderbilt (4-8, 2-6)
Some numbers stand out:
#10 Arkansas losing to #72 Toledo
#10 Arkansas losing to #45 Texas Tech
#8 Ole Miss losing to #68 Memphis
I think this index is useful so long as you're saying things like "Alabama is going to be very good" and "Vanderbilt and Kentucky aren't going to be very good." Other than that, seems like a crapshoot.
Posted on 2/9/16 at 2:41 pm to VOLcano
We beat Bama, UF, and UGA(again) and pull the modest upset over LSU in the SECCG. LSU's slight talent advantage will be completely negated by Tennessee's coaching advantage.
Posted on 2/9/16 at 2:44 pm to JDHLaw
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I think this index is useful so long as you're saying things like "Alabama is going to be very good" and "Vanderbilt and Kentucky aren't going to be very good." Other than that, seems like a crapshoot.
It's not designed to predict how each game is going to unfold. It's designed to give a rough estimate of how good each team is in a vacuum.
The reason that people have mentioned that it "looks better as the season goes on", is because the outcomes of all the games over the course of the season average out. The people who come up with these numbers are making their best guess at what those averages are going to look like.
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