6.64

Indiana drops 2 spots after the loss to Ohio State. But they still have quality wins over Northwestern and Nebraska, both fringe top 25 teams.

trying hard to be a rip, but roster is too good

-3

So close, yet so far.

+2. Would be the #5 playoff seed in this scenario, hosting #12 Boise State in the first round

GippyRank expected rank: 4.8. Central 80% interval: 1–9. Top-25 probability: 99.9%.

+0

[6-1, 3-1 B1G] (-2) | SOR: #6 | Notable Results: W 29-23 vs #20 Northwestern [5-1], W 20-17 @ DO Nebraska [5-2], L 15-19 vs #3 Ohio State [6-1] |

While it's near-impossible to replicate the highs that last year's national champions were able to pull off, this year's Indiana has certainly been flirting with disaster at a few points throughout the season so far. Hoover is still too inconsistent with his throwing accuracy, which has lowered the ceiling of the Hoosier offense, and the defense and special teams alone can only do so much. Even with these hiccups, Indiana had the chance to seal the victory late vs the Buckeyes, only for Hoover to send it a little too far to the sideline and receiver Nick Marsh to make a costly misstep out of bounds. The rest of the schedule is quite manageable, and B1G title hopes aren't dashed yet, but Curt Cignetti will need to make some key fixes, and quickly.

I think Indiana is a paper tiger this year. I don't think this game should have been close down the stretch but the OSU injury really opened the window.

0; if I didn't drop Bama last week then I can't drop Indiana this week

+1

(-4)

Power: 7, SoR: 9; LW: 4

-4

(24.49)

Missed it by that much. Feel like they outplayed OSU most the game.

27.27 - Quality wins > Quality losses. Unfortunately, this overcomes the HTH with Ohio State, which I feel a little disturbed by.

(-5) Hoover is what I thought he was. Tragic ending for the Hoosiers and especially Nick Marsh, but they’re not gonna sniff a playoff win if he can’t get a clean pocket on 90% of his dropbacks. Which, against even decent competition, is an unreasonable ask. However their secondary which has previously been picked on a little bit did give me a vote of confidence in that game, limiting Smith until that absolute prayer to give the Bucks the lead

1-loss

(6-1) (down 5)
L: 15-19 vs #4 Ohio State (6-1)
Next Week: @ Michigan (4-2)
Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 @ UCLA

.821 rating, 6-1, SOS .602 (-7)

88.136

91.58 | -7

1.711

1833.2 -> 1796.4 [-36.8] (#11 -> #14)

Tough to decide between ND and Indiana, Indiana has slightly better wins over NU and Nebraska, ND has the better loss, predictive metrics do lean slightly towards ND so we'll go that direction as the tiebreaker.

1.746 [10.50-1.50]

1013.51 (-9)

+5.9731886 (LW: #15)

T7ᵗʰ W/L, T5ᵗʰ Predicted Wins, 1ˢᵗ Team Strength, 5ᵗʰ Quality of Wins

That’s how you lost?

Indiana lost this game by literal inches. While their offense struggled throughout the game, they did have a good chance to walk off with the win at the very end and it fell through. This year's offense, as I have mentioned before, is nowhere near the level of last year's. But that defense looked very good yesterday, with their main mistake being giving up a 38 yard touchdown to Smith. Indiana doesn't have a lot of firepower left to play against - Michigan might have more potential now that they're looking at a QB change, but USC is the only other team with much of a pulse on their schedule, even if I don't think USC is very good.

37.65%

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-4
L (6-1) H -4 vs Ohio State (4)
W (6-0) H +3 vs Nebraska (25)
W (5-0) A +32 vs Rutgers (unranked)
W (4-0) H +6 vs Northwestern (unranked)
W (3-0) H +38 vs WKU (unranked)
W (2-0) H +55 vs Howard (unranked)
W (1-0) H +36 vs North Texas (unranked)

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Loss to Ohio St hurts them. Nebraska and Northwestern looking bad hurts them. Weakness of their schedule outside of Ohio St might hurt them. None of their wins justify putting them over Tennesee.

To my eyes, the best team in america. Remove the mistakes like they always have been able to do, and they win another championship. Cig's a genius

After a disappointing loss to Ohio State, the overall resume for Indiana isn’t the strongest. With wins over Nebraska and Northwestern as the key points for this Indiana team.

-3

(-4)

1 Loss to #8 Ohio State , best win VS #18 Northwestern

1733 points

they've played so damn hard every single one of their conference games, idk if they're actually a top 10 team or just plucky but I like only have one SEC team in the top 10

They were so close, with a catch juuust out of bounds, but I finally have a reason to make them even lower.

Tier 3.

(63.89, -6) The Hooisers fell a yard short (or maybe long?) as Josh Hoover's last second pass carried Nick Marsh just out of the endzone. Indiana looks to have taken a step back from last year and have a lot to prove.