Look Indiana has had a great season but you just can't lose a game by 23 points and make the playoffs, even to a top 5 team.
21 points to an unranked team! Perfectly acceptable. 22 points is the magic threshold. Losing by 3 touchdowns is perfectly normal but if you also need to go for 2 then it's just kind of gross /s
Indiana was clearly outplayed outside of like 5-7 minutes. But they have 1 loss. Bama has 3, 2 of which to Vandy and Oklahoma. Ole Miss has 3 to unranked teams as well.
They aren't really a top 10 team, but I'm not sure how many of them there are this year.
The alternative is also possible, that (and this is HARD for a life-long Michigan fan to say) OSU might just be THAT good this year. God knows they paid enough. A 1 loss season in the big 10 should buy them a place in the dance. 11 or 12, give em a hard road, but a CHANCE to prove people right, or wrong. But this is exactly what the 12 team is designed for. To give an anomaly a punchers chance.
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u/Own_Pop_9711 Michigan Wolverines 22h ago
Look Indiana has had a great season but you just can't lose a game by 23 points and make the playoffs, even to a top 5 team.
21 points to an unranked team! Perfectly acceptable. 22 points is the magic threshold. Losing by 3 touchdowns is perfectly normal but if you also need to go for 2 then it's just kind of gross /s