According to FPI, the worst team in college football this season will be the Gophers' opening week opponent: New Mexico State Aggies.

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The 2022 college football season will be here before you know it. Which teams will be the best and the worst in the country this fall?

ESPN's computer prediction system, Football Power Index, went about making its picks for just that as we get closer to kickoff.

The worst team in college football​

According to FPI, the worst team in college football this season will be the New Mexico State Aggies.

FPI projects the Aggies will go 3-9 this season, which on the face of it doesn't seem like the record for the nation's worst team.

Seven other teams are projected to have worse records than New Mexico State, though FPI still ranked this as the worst team in the country.

Last season, the Aggies went 2-10 with wins over South Carolina State and UMass. Head coach Doug Martin was fired after nine years and the school tabbed Jerry Kill as his replacement.

He inherits a schedule that includes two road games against Big Ten teams in Minnesota and Wisconsin and a late season trip to SEC East team Missouri.

www.si.com

ESPN computer predicts college football's best and worst teams - College Football HQ

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Go Gophers!!
 



And Colorado is picked, in 2 Pac-12 analyses, to finish 12th or tied for 11th in conference.
 



Gophergrandpa said:
How can you be expected to win three games and be the worst in the country? What about the three teams you are expected to beat? Are they not worse? 🧐
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I thought this as well. They only play one 1-AA team, so the projection has them winning at least two games against 1-A competition. Seems like there might be worse teams than that when it is all said and done.
 








With the portal and roster churn IMO the old models and projections are even more worthless than in past years. NMSU is almost certainly not the same team as last year. MN is not the same team. None of our opponents. I don’t know how any individual can accurately track all this and make confident predictions early in the year. I guess that’s why they still play the games.

All this headline does is create some pressure on MN. Nobody wants to be subject to the fourth quarter upset alert tweet storm. Put them away early, Fleck.
 

Looking at the NMSU coaching staff it includes a mix of former TCU coaches, some former Pittsburgh State (never knew mascot is the Gorillas), southern Ilinois, Northern Illinois, and interestingly the Bishop Gorman head coach 2009-2015. A motley crew. Will be interesting to see what they put together on short notice.
 





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