With the calendar officially past the July 4 weekend and heading to the first full week of July, ESPN has updated its offseason Football Power Index rankings.

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To little surprise, the top of the FPI features some very familiar faces in Alabama, Ohio State, Georgia and Clemson in the top 4 slots. Notre Dame and Michigan also rounded out the top 6.

The Buckeyes also lead the way in terms of odds to win their conference with a 73.1% chance to win the B1G per the FPI. No other team is given a better than 59% chance to win their conference during the preseason.

In terms of the top 25, the B1G landed 5 teams with Michigan State also landing inside the top 15. Here is where all 14 B1G teams sit on the latest FPI:

  • No. 2 – Ohio State
  • No. 6 – Michigan
  • No. 15 – Michigan State
  • No. 16 – Penn State
  • No. 21 – Wisconsin
  • No. 32 – Nebraska
  • No. 37 – Iowa
  • No. 38 – Maryland
  • No. 40 – Minnesota
  • No. 41 – Purdue
  • No. 68 – Indiana
  • No. 75 – Illinois
  • No. 81 – Northwestern
  • No. 82 – Rutgers