ESPN’s Football Power Index (FPI) has never been a metric that has favored the Utes, and it really does not in 2017. FPI has Utah ranked No. 57 before the season and 11th in the Pac-12 Conference (ahead of only Cal). The Utes, with the No. 12 hardest schedule in the nation, are projected to only win 4.7 games, which checks in at No. 102 in the nation, and second worst in the Pac-12, ahead of only Cal, who FPI projects to have the toughest schedule and only win 3.7 games. UW leads the Pac-12 in FPI and projected wins at 10.
ESPN’s FPI Only Favors Utah in 3 Games in 2017
