Indiana Comes in at Number 12 Again in Latest College Football Playoff Ranking

Written by Sammy Jacobs (@Hoosier_Huddle)

The Indiana Hoosiers stayed put at number 12 in this week’s College Football Playoff rankings. The Hoosiers were 12th the last two weeks. The Hoosiers are coming off a win at Wisconsin, but their game this weekend is in doubt as Purdue has cancelled their Tuesday practice. The Hoosiers are in play for a New Year’s Six Bowl bid.

College Football Playoff Committee Chair Gary Barta, also the AD at Iowa explained the committee’s reasoning putting IU 12th.

“Well, the committee has really thought highly of Indiana” Barta said. “They only have one loss, and that's to Ohio State. They started off slow in that game but came back. Their defense has been strong. And then you always wonder when a team loses their leader, their quarterback, how will a team react to that, when they lost Michael Penix but Jack Tuttle came in and really did a nice job. The committee feels good about Indiana. They are 6-1 now.

When you look at some of the people that we compare around them, they don't have any top-25 wins and none of their wins are against a team with a winning record. So that certainly was considered as one of the variables.”

It is clear the committee is discounting Indiana’s three ranked wins since none of those teams are currently ranked in the CFP Top 25.

The Hoosiers paused all team activities as of Tuesday night.