ESPN FPI System Breaks Down MT Schedule
We are less than one month away until college football action begins. ESPN utilizes a system that breaks down and assigns a percentage chance of victory for each team.
Below is the game-by game percentage chance MT has of winning each game according to ESPN's FPI formula.
@ Michigan: 1.8 percent chance of victory
Tennessee State: 93.6 percent chance of victory
Duke: 29.7 percent chance of victory
@ Iowa: 6.2 percent chance of victory
Marshall: 36.9 percent chance of victory
@ Florida Atlantic: 26.6 percent chance of victory
@ North Texas: 29.4 percent chance of victory
Florida International: 40.5 percent chance of victory
@ Charlotte: 60.3 percent chance of victory
Rice: 88.8 percent chance of victory
Old Dominion: 84.4 percent of victory
@ Western Kentucky: 36.6 percent chance of victory
ESPN's FPI system has Middle Tennessee State favored to win four of their 12 regular season ballgames.
If you are looking strictly at C-USA games, ESPN essentially has the Blue Raiders going 3-5 in conference play.
Let's look at MT's opponents and how they rank nationally using the FPI system.
-Michigan: 5th in the nation
-Tennessee State: No ranking
-Duke: 56th in the nation
-Iowa: 23rd in the nation
-Marshall: 70th in the nation
-Florida Atlantic: 86th in the nation
-North Texas: 85th in the nation
-Florida International: 72nd in the nation
-Charlotte: 121st in the nation
-Rice: 130th in the nation
-Old Dominion: 127th in the nation
-Western Kentucky: 94th in the nation