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ESPN’s FPI predicts outcome of every Week 3 B1G game
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The Big Ten has several marquee matchups coming up in Week 3, and ESPN’s Football Power Index has a prediction for each of them.
Per FPI, Ohio State is the biggest favorite of the weekend with a 98.6 percent chance to defeat Northwestern.
FPI has tabbed Minnesota-Illinois has the closest game of the week, giving the Gophers a 53.1 percent chance to win.
The biggest surprise on the board is arguably that Indiana has 56.8 percent chance to defeat Michigan. The Hoosiers are 2-0 and currently tied with Ohio State atop the Big Ten East standings.
Here’s the full list of Big Ten predictions from FPI.
- Michigan State (23.4%) vs Iowa (76.6%)
- Rutgers (1.4%) vs Ohio State (98.6%)
- Nebraska (31.8%) vs Northwestern (68.2%)
- Purdue (6.3%) vs Wisconsin (93.7%)
- Maryland (2.9%) vs Penn State (97.1%)
- Michigan (43.2%) vs Indiana (56.8%)
- Minnesota (53.1%) vs Illinois (46.9%)
Spenser is the news manager at Saturday Road and covers college football across all Saturday Football brands.