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Cignetti and Co. stayed undefeated with Saturday's victory, and looking at the schedule, the Hoosiers will be favored in all of their regular season games. If Indiana runs the table, it would be the first time the Hoosiers have made the Big Ten Championship game, and would cement them as a top seed in the College Football Playoff.
Much like we saw from Indiana earlier on Saturday in Happy Valley, No. 9 Oregon escaped a near disaster on the road in Iowa City with a late scoring drive to get an 18-16 win over the feisty Hawkeyes and remain in the College Football Playoff picture.
It's certainly not impossible, but if the initial College Football Playoff rankings are any indication, UCLA was doomed from the start. The committee released its first round of rankings on Tuesday and if the CFP started today, the Bruins will have played five Top 25 opponents this season.
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CFP chairman Mack Rhoades: Ohio State given ‘slight edge’ over Indiana in initial playoff rankings
The first College Football Playoff rankings were revealed on Tuesday night and had Indiana football at No. 2, one spot behind Ohio State. Oregon was the other Big Ten team to make the initial 12-team playoff bracket,
The Hoosiers' hurry-up in front of 100,000-plus at Beaver Stadium culminated with Mendoza's 7-yard toss to Omar Cooper Jr. in the back of the end zone, who dazzled despite solid coverage and came down with the football with his left toe inbounds to push Indiana ahead.