After Ohio State opened as a 9-point favorite over Indiana last week, the line has increased a bit as OSU is now favored by 11 points over the Hoosiers, according to consensus lines from the Action Network. After the spread grew from nine points on Nov. 3 to 11.5 points last Wednesday, it seems to have settled in at 11, at least for now.

Ohio State is 9-1 but just 5-5 against the spread, including 3-3 ATS at home. The Buckeyes are 3-2 ATS in their last five games.

Meanwhile, Indiana is 10-0 overall and 8-2 ATS, including 3-0 ATS on the road. The Hoosiers are 4-1 ATS in their last five games.

After the total opened at 54.5, it has climbed slightly to 55.5. Only four of OSU’s 10 games have gone over the total including just three of six games so far in Columbus. Each of Ohio State’s last four games have gone under the total. On the other side, seven of Indiana’s 10 games have gone over and all three of IU’s road games have hit the over. Two of the Hoosiers’ last three games have gone under the total, though.

Ohio State and Indiana will kick off at noon on FOX next Saturday as part of the network’s Big Noon Saturday slate. The network’s Big Noon Kickoff pregame show will air live from OSU’s campus on Saturday morning. College GameDay will also be in Columbus for the top-five showdown.

The Athletic’s Chris Vannini believes Georgia, Tennessee, Ole Miss, and Alabama all have a chance to harm the Hoosiers by the final release of the College Football Playoff Rankings if Indiana loses to Ohio State.

“It’s impossible to rank Georgia, Tennessee, Ole Miss and Alabama in the correct order. Nightmare situation for the CFP committee that may ultimately hurt Indiana,” Vannini tweeted on November 16.

“(And opens the door for the Big Ten/SEC to push CFP expansion again).”

Bama247’s Mike Rodak had the same thought as Week 12’s results, which threw the rankings into flux – though he was only thinking of it from the SEC perspective.

“Now the fun part for the CFP committee: how do you rank 2-loss Georgia, Ole Miss, Alabama and Tennessee? Alabama beat Georgia. Tennessee beat Alabama. Georgia beat Tennessee. Ole Miss beat Georgia,” Rodak tweeted.

Georgia beating Tennessee Between the Hedges certainly made things interesting as it pertains to the CFP Rankings. In truth, the Dawgs’ victory over the Volunteers created this four-way parity; which could ultimately affect Indiana up in the Big Ten.

Hoosiers head coach Curt Cignetti could lose the chance to call Indiana an emerging college football superpower

Hoosiers head coach Curt Cignetti was proud of his eight-year, $64 million extension during an appearance on FOX’s Big Noon Kickoff. He may have put his foot in his mouth calling Indiana an “emerging superpower in college football.”

“Well, you know, honestly, they came to me, they were very proactive,” Cignetti said of Indiana coming with a contract (h/t On3). “And, you know, some people say, ‘Well, you know, why would you do that when  this one may open, that one may open, you know, and you’re going to be a hot commodity, blah, blah, blah.’ And the fact that matter is, we’re the emerging superpower in college football. Why would I leave?”

The College Football Playoff Selection Committee could give Cignetti a chance to leave if things don’t break IU’s way: they can make him look for a job with one of the institutionally entrenched schools that don’t deal with these kinds of worries.

Associated Press

MUNCIE, Ind. (AP) — Camp Wagner scored 19 points as Indiana State beat Ball State 94-84 on Saturday.

Wagner added five rebounds for the Sycamores (2-2). Kmani Doughty scored 17 points while going 4 of 5 from the floor, including 3 for 3 from 3-point range, and 6 for 6 from the line and added five rebounds. Jaden Daughtry finished 7 of 14 from the field to finish with 16 points, while adding seven rebounds.

The Cardinals (1-3) were led by Payton Sparks, who recorded 16 points, seven rebounds and two blocks. Ball State also got 14 points from TJ Burch. Mickey Pearson Jr. also had 12 points.

Doughty scored six points in the first half and Indiana State went into the break trailing 39-36. Indiana State used a 12-1 second-half run to take the lead at 78-67 with 3:32 left. Wagner scored 13 second-half points.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.