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Where Miami stands in updated ESPN Football Power Index

Trinton Breeze
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According to a major metric by ESPN, the Miami Hurricanes football team is considered a top 10 team this offseason.

Miami is ranked No. 9 for projected strength, with a projected win-loss record of 9.7 wins to 2.8 losses. The other two ACC teams in the top 25 are Clemson, at No. 11, and SMU, at No. 20. According to ESPN, the Hurricanes have a 46.3% chance of making the College Football Playoff (CFP) and a 3.2% probability of winning the national championship.


The FPI is a computer-based ranking system that, according to ESPN, aims to be the best predictor of a team's performance for the remainder of the season.

Check out the full rankings down below:

1. Texas
2. Georgia
3. Alabama
4. Ohio State
5. Penn State
6. Oregon
7. Notre Dame
8. Texas A&M
9. Miami
10. Tennessee
11. Clemson
12. LSU
13. Ole Miss
14. Auburn
15. South Carolina
16. Oklahoma
17. Michigan
18. Florida
19. USC
20. SMU
21. Kansas State
22. Arkansas
23. Missouri
24. Arizona State
25. Nebraska

 

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Make it make sense.

According to the updated FPI..

Miami is tied for 6th in projected wins at 9.7, ahead of Notre Dame and Texas A&M.

Miami has the 8th best odds to make the playoff, ahead of Notre Dame and Texas A&M.

Miami has the 8th best odds to win the championship, ahead of Notre Dame and Texas A&M.

Overall Miami is ranked 9th, BEHIND both Notre Dame and Texas A&M.
 
SCarolina Ibis said:
Make it make sense.

According to the updated FPI..

Miami is tied for 6th in projected wins at 9.7, ahead of Notre Dame and Texas A&M.

Miami has the 8th best odds to make the playoff, ahead of Notre Dame and Texas A&M.

Miami has the 8th best odds to win the championship, ahead of Notre Dame and Texas A&M.

Overall Miami is ranked 9th, BEHIND both Notre Dame and Texas A&M.
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Head-to-head on neutral field projection? Kind of how Pate does his rankings.
 
SCarolina Ibis said:
Make it make sense.

According to the updated FPI..

Miami is tied for 6th in projected wins at 9.7, ahead of Notre Dame and Texas A&M.

Miami has the 8th best odds to make the playoff, ahead of Notre Dame and Texas A&M.

Miami has the 8th best odds to win the championship, ahead of Notre Dame and Texas A&M.

Overall Miami is ranked 9th, BEHIND both Notre Dame and Texas A&M.
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Well I'll help it make sense. There is 13 SEC teams in that top 25 there is six or seven Big ten teams in that top 25 everything and anything media related comes down to at the end of the day justifying what they'll turn around and do every other team outside of those conferences once playoffs rankings come around. Especially now with the conference champions being irrelevant. Or at least virtually irrelevant.
 
The gators getting the love that they are but yet have 6.5 next to the their name is just insane. That schedule is tough no doubt but they’re not a good team if they win 6 games. Tough schedule or not
 
kccanefan said:
I'd say that's a fair list. We'll know right off the bat against ND. Hoping Beck has developed some chemistry with his WR's and Lofton by then.
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Agree specifically on Miami's ranking. ND at #7 also seems fair to me. Battle of the Titans. We win that, put UF in their proper place, and we are fuccin. As for the rest of the list, ESPN can't help themselves in their SEC slurping.
 
All that matters is that we will play our first game in Hard Rock and our sixteenth game in Hard Rock ... rocking you like a hurricane
 
BoxingRobes said:
Is this Breeze character a real person or an AI Chatbot. Just churns out content.
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Don’t you remember the joys of being able to run on fumes at that age? I tell my kid all the time that if I could bottle his energy and sell it to us old folks, I’d be rich.
 
Preseason FPI is always a weird crap shoot because the data is made up entirely from last season’s numbers. Obviously, they have nothing else to go on but like every other ranking system. It should probably be ignored until at least week 4 or 5.

Also, FPI is not a determinant on what teams will make the playoff or win the title. It’s purely to measure head to head matchups. So while a team like Miami, with a relatively easy schedule might have higher number of expected wins or higher chance to make the playoff, FPI considers teams like Notre Dame and Texas A&M to be better in a head to head matchup.
 
DTP said:
Preseason FPI is always a weird crap shoot because the data is made up entirely from last season’s numbers. Obviously, they have nothing else to go on but like every other ranking system. It should probably be ignored until at least week 4 or 5.

Also, FPI is not a determinant on what teams will make the playoff or win the title. It’s purely to measure head to head matchups. So while a team like Miami, with a relatively easy schedule might have higher number of expected wins or higher chance to make the playoff, FPI considers teams like Notre Dame and Texas A&M to be better in a head to head matchup.
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Unfortunately, it's just made up period. Regardless of previous records, lost players or coaches or stats the SEC teams get ranked anyway.
 
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