2024 College Football Playoff Shakeup: Which Surprising Teams Could Crash the 12-Team Field?
9. Indiana (10-0)
- Current committee rank: No. 5
- TRACR: 31.0 (No. 6)
- Playoff potential: 99.6 (No. 3)
The Hoosiers are 10-0 and having a dream season in every way. That dream is due for an interruption when IU visits Ohio State in two weeks, but I believe Indiana will keep a defeat close enough that as long as the Hoosiers don’t mess up against rival Purdue the week after that, they’ll preserve a playoff spot.
Purdue may be the worst team in the Power Four – and to that point, Indiana would have an 11-1 record without a single win against a team that hasn’t lost at least four games. I expect that would be enough, because I don’t think the committee will try to justify excluding a one-loss Big Ten team.
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