Rutgers Football Ranked 88th per ESPN’s FPI

Yes, it's that time of year again during which college football analysts release their early projections and rankings. Most recently was the release of ESPN's Football Power Index where the Scarlet Knights find themselves ranked 88th nationally and near the bottom of the Big Ten ahead of 99th ranked Purdue.

Let’s take a closer look at how this index is constructed:

The index uses four factors that are assigned different weightings and 10,000 computer simulations to produce "unbiased ratings that account for many of the same factors that voters tend to value when producing their preseason rankings …" writes Sharon Katz, of ESPN.