The College Football Playoff rankings that arrive before Selection Sunday may ultimately be inconsequential—but they sure are ripe for setting agendas and affirming biases. That proved to be the case this week with the conversation surrounding the undefeated Indiana Hoosiers, who are positioned tenuously above a crop of two-loss SEC teams with two weeks to play.
First-year coach Curt Cignetti has taken a group laden with transfers to the upper echelon of the Big Ten, but Indiana has come under fire—at least from its detractors—over a lackluster strength of schedule. And there’s truth to that argument. But it can finally be put to bed, at least in part, this weekend.
