ESPN utilizes a series of advanced statistics to power rank its football teams. If you’ve ever followed the college football playoff race and ESPN’s playoff reveal coverage, you’ve almost certainly heard of Football Power Index or FPI, their flagship number for how they rank these squads.

At the moment, the Green Bay Packers have a preseason FPI of +2.3, which ranks them eighth in the NFL. For reference, the top team in the NFL, per this number, is the reigning Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles at +5.5, and the worst club going into 2025 is the New Orleans Saints with a -5.2 mark.

Here’s how ESPN explains FPI :

The Football Power Index (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 seaso

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