College football rankings always invite argument, and none more so than ESPN's FPI poll for 2024.
With just a dozen Saturdays left to go to the start of the 2024 season, ESPN revealed its annual preseason 133-team college football rankings, basing their results on the work of its Football Power Index analytic model. And, as usual, there will be plenty of disagreement over those rankings.The recent conference realignment moves have all but ensured that the SEC and Big Ten will dominate any rankings from now going forward, and that was the case in the FPI poll, as well.
Utah's defense remains more of a question, but Kyle Whittingham and his assistants have always been able to put a quality product on the field on that side of the ball. Utah is our No. 1 team in the Big 12 and our favorite to win the conference title.James Franklin had to replace both his coordinators and lost important talent on the offensive line, pieces that he needed to help give his young quarterback some quality protection.
That prediction doesn't gel with what Lane Kiffin has built and improved upon this offseason. Not only will quarterback Jaxson Dart and wide receiver Tre Harris return, but Ole Miss scored key transfers. Big Ten sacks leader Nic Scourton is among them, coming over from Purdue, and the addition of ex-Florida linebacker Scooby Williams is notable, both adding to a quality front seven rotation.
FPI lists the Ducks as the favorites to win the B1G title at 37.5 percent, followed by Ohio State, sitting in second at 25.7 percent.
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