It ought to come as no shock that there is not a lot motion on this week’s energy scores — definitely 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 arduous to maneuver anyone round an excessive amount of.
Nevertheless, there’s one workforce 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 High 25 — by 53 factors. Even after taking out plenty 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 Test piece Sunday, that is not the case. Indiana is not only a good story; it is a legitimately good workforce, led by a quarterback who might 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 workforce 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 workforce is totally different, and the narrative surrounding it must shift as nicely. Whereas the Hoosiers might but be elite, this workforce is best than final 12 months’s, and the hole between it and the groups on the high is smaller. Granted, none of that can matter till the Hoosiers begin beating these groups, however even when pollsters overrated Illinois heading into Saturday, it was a well-above-average workforce and bought its ass handed to it by the Hoosiers.
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