As Indiana and SMU both struggled in their College Football Playoff matchups in the inaugural 12-team bracket, the CFP committee has been called out by many pundits and coaches for allowing teams that capitalized off of easy schedules into the tournament.
Indiana finished the regular season 11-1, but did not defeat any teams that finished the season ranked in the AP Top 25. Their lone game against a current Top 25 opponent was against Ohio State, which beat them 38-15. Indiana faced its second ranked opponent during the first round of the CFP, and were trounced by Notre Dame 27-17.
