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Expect a banner SEC year if ESPN’s Football Power Index formula is to be trusted.
The formula recently spit out a preseason ranking that includes six different SEC teams in the Top 10.
Based on a combination of returning starters, average recruiting rankings, head coaching tenure and recent performance, ESPN’s FPI ranked Alabama at No. 2, just behind Ohio State this preseason.
The formula rates an unfathomable five SEC West teams in the Top 10, none of which are preseason co-favorite Auburn. (Some predictions favor Alabama, while others favor the Tide’s in-state rivals.)
Here’s the current Top 25, along with the rest of the SEC:
1. Ohio State
2. Alabama
3. Baylor
4. TCU
5. LSU
6. Georgia
7. Oregon
8. Texas A&M
9. Ole Miss
10. Arkansas
11. UCLA
12. USC
13. Tennessee
14. Michigan State
15. Oklahoma
16. Stanford
17. Auburn
18. Notre Dame
19. Clemson
20. Arizona State
21. Florida State
22. Georgia Tech
23. Florida
24. Virginia Tech
25. Boise State
26. Missouri
31. Mississippi State
40. South Carolina
47. Kentucky
51. Vanderbilt
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Expect a banner SEC year if ESPN’s Football Power Index formula is to be trusted.
The formula recently spit out a preseason ranking that includes six different SEC teams in the Top 10.
Based on a combination of returning starters, average recruiting rankings, head coaching tenure and recent performance, ESPN’s FPI ranked Alabama at No. 2, just behind Ohio State this preseason.
The formula rates an unfathomable five SEC West teams in the Top 10, none of which are preseason co-favorite Auburn. (Some predictions favor Alabama, while others favor the Tide’s in-state rivals.)
Here’s the current Top 25, along with the rest of the SEC:
1. Ohio State
2. Alabama
3. Baylor
4. TCU
5. LSU
6. Georgia
7. Oregon
8. Texas A&M
9. Ole Miss
10. Arkansas
11. UCLA
12. USC
13. Tennessee
14. Michigan State
15. Oklahoma
16. Stanford
17. Auburn
18. Notre Dame
19. Clemson
20. Arizona State
21. Florida State
22. Georgia Tech
23. Florida
24. Virginia Tech
25. Boise State
26. Missouri
31. Mississippi State
40. South Carolina
47. Kentucky
51. Vanderbilt