College Football Playoff winners & losers: Indiana massive loser entering Week 11
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Key points
- If IU loses to USC this coming Saturday, the Hoosiers probably won't even make the Big Ten Championship Game and will be in danger of missing the playoff entirely.
- Loser: Indiana Indiana Head Coach Curt Cignetti during the Indiana versus Ohio State football game at Memorial Stadium on Saturday, Oct.
- We can all agree on this, even if we might not agree on where either team should be ranked: USC and Indiana both have a ton to prove this coming weekend in Bloomington.
The College Football Playoff rankings were released on Tuesday night, which featured the second iteration.
Additional details
- Winner: Oregon Oregon Ducks head coach Dan Lanning leaves the field following the NCAA football game against the Ohio State Buckeyes at Ohio Stadium in Columbus on Nov.
- Indiana hosts USC, and another loss could put the Hoosiers on the outside looking in, with several two-loss teams looking to move up in the coming weeks.
- Despite not playing this past weekend, Indiana fell five whole spots in the new CFP rankings, tumbling from No.
- Indiana sat out this past week, preparing for USC this upcoming weekend and Curt Cignetti’s team fell from No.
- Mandatory Credit: Michael Caterina-Imagn Images Credit: IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect (Reuters) Notre Dame was far too low when the first rankings were released last Tuesday night.
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