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.

No. 16 Indiana faces South Carolina in a men’s college basketball game on Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024 (11/16/24) at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Indiana.

How to watch: Fans can watch the game via Peacock.

Here’s what you need to know:

What: College Football

Who: Indiana vs. South Carolina

When: Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024 (11/16/24)

Where: Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall

Time: 3:00 p.m.

TV: N/A

Live stream: Peacock

Here’s a college basketball story from the AP:

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Mackenzie Mgbako scored 18 points, Oumar Ballo and Malik Reneau each had 17 and No. 17 Indiana defeated Eastern Illinois 90-55 on Sunday.

The Hoosiers (2-0) trailed the upset-minded Panthers by five points before going on a 24-2 run early in the second half. Mgbako, Ballo and Reneau combined to make 23 of 32 shots overall and grab 22 rebounds. Indiana outscored Eastern Illinois 54-18 in the second half.

Nakyel Shelton led Eastern Illinois (1-2) with 17 points. The Panthers made five 3-pointers to take a one-point halftime lead but were just 2 of 10 from beyond the arc in the second half.

Takeaways

Eastern Illinois: The Panthers looked like an underdog capable of an upset for about 23 minutes, then disappeared in a disastrous second-half stretch. The collapse had the visitors looking more like the team that lost by 45 at No. 24 Illinois in the season opener.

Indiana: Another double-digit win over an outmanned midmajor program was far from encouraging when considering the Hoosiers struggled to defend the 3-point line early and didn’t take control of this game until a few minutes into the second half. Far more is expected.

Key moment

Down five early in the second half, Indiana went on a 11-0 run, with Mgbako and Reneau combining for nine of those points, including a pair of dunks.

Key stat

In Indiana’s 24-2 run, the Hoosiers made 9 of 14 shots while the Panthers managed only one basket with 10 missed shots.

Up next

The Panthers visit Northwestern on Friday and the Hoosiers host South Carolina on Saturday.