ESPN's FPI updates Pac-12 title odds, Playoff chances following Week 5
ESPN’s Football Power Index (FPI) thinks the Pac-12 championship race has just about become Oregon vs. the field.
After Week 5, the Ducks moved up to No. 6 in FPI’s national rankings — up one spot from last week. They’re the highest-ranked Pac-12 team. Washington remained at No. 9 while USC fell four spots down to No. 12.
FPI gives the Ducks a 46.8% chance to win the league. After losing to Oregon State last Friday, Utah has seen its title odds nearly evaporate. FPI also isn’t a believer in the 4-0 Washington State Cougars.
Here is the updated Pac-12 outlook from FPI:
- Oregon — 46.8%
- Washington — 24.4%
- USC — 23.1%
- Oregon State — 2.9%
- Utah — 1.1%
- UCLA — 0.9%
- Washington State — 0.8%
- Cal — 0.1%
- Arizona — 0.0%
- Colorado — 0.0%
- Arizona State — 0.0%
- Stanford — 0.0%
Oregon also now holds the fourth-best odds of making the College Football Playoff, according to FPI.
The predictive model gives the Ducks a 40% chance to make the CFP. That’s better than the top-ranked Georgia Bulldogs and the unbeaten Florida State Seminoles.
Washington has a 21% chance, according to the model. USC has a 14% chance.
This will ultimately get settled on the field, with each of the league’s top four teams all playing each other round-robin-style this season.
And that’ll get started in Week 7. Oregon and UW are both on byes this upcoming week. After, the Ducks head to Seattle for a top-10 matchup.