It ought to come as no shock that there is not a lot motion on this week’s energy scores — actually not as a lot as there was final week. That is what occurs when Ohio State, Penn State, Alabama and Georgia — 4 of our high 5 groups final week — all take the week off. Toss in the truth that groups like Oregon, Texas, LSU and Tennessee all performed Group of 5 or FCS squads, and it is exhausting to maneuver anyone round an excessive amount of.
Nevertheless, there may be one group that has crashed the celebration for the primary time this season. Indiana, which was No. 16 in our scores final week, crushed Illinois — which was twenty second in our scores in comparison with No. 9 within the AP Prime 25 — by 53 factors. Even after taking out a number of the rubbish time numbers, the efficiency was nonetheless sufficient to vault the Hoosiers into the highest 10.
They have been a enjoyable Cinderella story final 12 months, however as I wrote in my CFP Vibe Examine piece Sunday, that is now not the case. Indiana is now not only a good story; it is a legitimately good group, led by a quarterback who may very well be the primary participant at his place taken within the draft if he continues enjoying the best way he has been.
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The dialogue about final 12 months’s Hoosiers group was that it took benefit of a positive schedule, however it wasn’t on the identical degree because the elite. I felt the identical, however this 12 months’s group is totally different, and the narrative surrounding it must shift as properly. Whereas the Hoosiers might but be elite, this group is best than final 12 months’s, and the hole between it and the groups on the high is smaller. Granted, none of that may matter till the Hoosiers begin beating these groups, however even when pollsters overrated Illinois heading into Saturday, it was a well-above-average group and received its ass handed to it by the Hoosiers.
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