With the new ESPN rankings out this preseason, let's see which college football teams are projected to be the best and the worst in 2024.
A key date on the preseason calendar has arrived as ESPN revealed its annual Football Power Index analytics, creating the complete 134-team college football rankings and strength of schedule model coming into what will be an historic 2024 season.
Three SEC teams meet that criteria — Georgia, Texas, and Alabama — while two Big Ten squads — Oregon and Ohio State — do. Penn State sits just outside that group, but not by much.According to the index, that unfortunate honor falls on Kent State, which the FPI predicts will be an estimated 18.6 points worse than an average team on a neutral field.
Still, that would be an improvement from Kent State's meager 1-11 record from a year ago, the worst overall record in college football, and that included an 0-8 mark in MAC play.Kent State's win total projection was not the worst on the index, but it earned last place in the rankings owing to its expected point margin per game mark.
But the Owls avoided being ranked last overall thanks to its projected scoring margin per game, as FPI expects they will be 17.7 points worse than an average team.As ground zero of this year's historic college football realignment, the Big Ten is expected to dominate the competition for the expanded playoff.FPI listed Illinois as 0.2 points better than an average team, and Minnesota ranked just ahead by an expected 0.4 points better in comparison. Both are estimated to win 5.
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