ESPN has released its updated Football Power Index reflecting Liberty’s new schedule and how it thinks the Flames will handle their new 10-game slate. The FPI essentially analyzes teams and uses a formula to predict single-game and season results.

Here is a game by game breakdown of how ESPN’s FPI projects the Flames’ chances against their opponents in 2020. It does not include a matchup predictor for the two newest games added to Liberty’s slate – North Alabama and Coastal Carolina.

  • Game 1: Western Kentucky 25.6% chance of winning
  • Game 2: Florida International 62.4% chance of winning
  • Game 3: North Alabama N/A
  • Game 4: Louisiana-Monroe 72.5% chance of winning
  • Game 5: Syracuse 26% chance of winning
  • Game 6: Southern Miss 42.9% chance of winning
  • Game 7: Virginia Tech 5% chance of winning
  • Game 8: Western Carolina 97.7% chance of winning
  • Game 9: NC State 20.9% chance of winning
  • Game 10: Coastal Carolina N/A

Thoughts?