ESPN has released its preseason Football Power Index (FPI), a predictive ranking system meant to forecast a team’s strength and their record for the upcoming season.
With the college football season still 4-plus months away, any predictions today should of course be taken with a grain of salt. Nonetheless, FPI can be a valuable indicator of where Arizona’s projected roster matches up with the rest of the country.
Unsurprisingly, FPI isn’t too high on the Wildcats heading into Year 2 of the Jedd Fisch era. FPI gives Arizona a -5.0 rating, No. 89 nationally, last in the Pac-12 and fourth-to-last among all power conference teams.