Newsstand: Notre Dame has best chance of winning out per ESPN FPI

Nobody in college football has a better chance of winning all of its remaining games than the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, according to ESPN’s Football Power Index (FPI).

The FPI is giving the Irish a 21.6 percent chance of finishing the regular season 12-0.

According to ESPN, the FPI is “a measure of team strength that is meant to be the best predictor of a team’s performance going forward for the rest of the season.” The actual FPI decimal figure indicates how many points above or below average a team is.

Currently, Georgia is No. 1 in FPI with a score of 29.6. The Irish are sixth behind the Bulldogs, Alabama, Texas, Ohio State and Penn State. The highest chance any of those teams has of winning the rest of its regular season games, though, is Penn State. Strength of schedule is a key determining factor in those percentages.

Here’s which 10 teams have the best chance of winning out per the FPI.

1. Notre Dame (21.6)
2. Penn State (11.8)
3. Ohio State (11.0)
4. Georgia (10.9)
5. Texas (8.7)
6. Alabama (7.6)
7. Miami (7.1)
8. James Madison (6.2)
9. Boise State (2.5)
10. Clemson (2.3)

Notre Dame tweets of the day

If the Fighting Irish are a part of College GameDay, the people will watch.

Look out for these two freshmen defensive ends on Irish special teams.

Christian Gray has the ability to end games … and create calls of the game.

Fighting Irish quote of the day

“When you talk to him, you become a bigger fan. A way bigger fan. He is as good of a guy as there is. It’s no wonder they’re recruiting well. The program is [going up] with him. They’re only just beginning, in my opinion, of where they’re going with him as a head coach.”

— ESPN analyst Kirk Herbstreit on Fighting Irish head coach Marcus Freeman

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