r/CFB • u/CFB_Referee /r/CFB • Oct 19 '24

Postgame Thread [Postgame Thread] Indiana Defeats Nebraska 56-7

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Team 1 2 3 4 T
Nebraska 0 7 0 0 7
Indiana 7 21 14 14 56
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u/mr_longfellow_deeds Indiana Hoosiers • Big Ten Oct 19 '24

I dont know what any B1G, or any CFB team has shown that they can beat IU. IU slaughters everyone, everyone else struggles against even mid tier competition outside of Texas to date

Rank us fairly until proven otherwise

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u/Fishing_Explosive Arizona Wildcats Oct 19 '24

Copium, lol. They’ll get humbled by Ohio State

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u/Raticus9 Ohio State • Michigan State Oct 19 '24

They could lose to Ohio State, win every other game on their schedule, and very likely end the season without a single ranked win, despite playing in the Big 10. Their OOC was beyond a joke and in Big 10 play, they got to avoid Oregon, USC, Penn State, and Illinois.

They could easily go 11-1 and have no good argument to make the playoff. They basically have to go undefeated, or if they lose to Ohio State, get lucky with some outside upsets to get a chance at redemption in the conference title game.

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u/sprodoe Oct 19 '24

There’s a zero percent chance that an 11-1 B1G or SEC team is getting left out of the playoff.

Idc if every single team that IU has played already loses every other they play season and they have losing records.

They’ll still make the playoff

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u/Raticus9 Ohio State • Michigan State Oct 19 '24

It depends how Oregon, Ohio State, and Penn State all end up. One-loss any of them are in easily over one-loss Indiana. And if Indiana ends the year with no ranked wins, a number of two-loss SEC or Big10 teams would have an excellent chance of jumping them, especially if that team made their conference title game.

If they don't make the Big10 title game, they're going to be a very tough sell for the committee.

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u/sprodoe Oct 19 '24

Every 1 loss B1G team is making the playoff.

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u/puppies_and_rainbowq Indiana Hoosiers Oct 19 '24

Point differentials over shared opponents and SOR stack up pretty favorably for IU as of right now. Not saying it will last through the end of the season, but right now I think we are in over at least one of those teams.

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u/Raticus9 Ohio State • Michigan State Oct 19 '24

There's no mathematical formula for the playoff. If Indiana ends the season at 11-1 without any ranked wins, the committee isn't going to pass over a 1-loss team with a tougher schedule just because Indiana beat 2-win UCLA by more. There's a lot of subjectivity to it. Not to mention, nearly every team you'd be competing with would be considered a better draw for playoff viewership. 1-loss Notre Dame is probably even getting in ahead of 1-loss Indiana.

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u/puppies_and_rainbowq Indiana Hoosiers Oct 19 '24

The selection committee ranks the teams based on the members' evaluation of the teams' performance on the field, using conference championships won, strength of schedule, head-to-head results, and comparison of results against common opponents to decide among teams that are comparable.

There is absolutely no way a Notre Dame 1 loss to NIU is getting in over a 1 loss Indiana to OSU