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BLOOMINGTON — The College Football Playoff committee kept the lone undefeated teams, No. 1 Ohio State and No. 2 Indiana football, in the top two slots in the penultimate rankings released on Tuesday night.
It sets up the a first of its kind No. 1 vs. No 2. in the Big Ten title game this weekend in Indianapolis.
The Hoosiers (12-0, 9-0 Big Ten) have been nipping at OSU’s heels for five straight weeks in the CFP rankings. The winner of the conference title game will lock up a spot in the Rose Bowl as the Big Ten’s highest-ranked team and top seed in the bracket.
“I had the opportunity to be a part of a couple of those at Alabama,” IU coach Curt Cignetti said Sunday. “We played Florida and (Tim) Tebow and Urban (Meyer) one verse two, two years in a row. It’s going be a great atmosphere.”
Based on the current rankings, Indiana would faced the winner of a matchup between No. 7 Notre Dame and No. 10 Texas A&M.
The good news for Ohio State and Indiana is that the changes the CFP made to their strength of schedule metrics during the offseason should prevent the team that loses this weekend from falling out of the top four, the cutoff for receiving a first-round bye.
Under the new formula, the metrics rewards teams for defeating high-quality opponents while minimizing the penalty for losing to such a team.
Week 5 CFP top 25 rankings
1. Ohio State 12-0 (-)
2. Indiana 12-0 (-)
3. Georgia 11-1 (+1)
4. Texas Tech 11-1 (+1)
5. Oregon 11-1 (+1)
6. Ole Miss 11-1 (+1)
7. Texas A&M 11-1 (-4)
8. Oklahoma 10-2 (-)
9. Alabama 10-2 (+1)
10. Notre Dame 10-2 (-1)
11. BYU 11-1 (-)
12. Miami 10-2 (-)
13. Texas 9-3 (+3)
14. Vanderbilt 10-2 (-1)
15. Utah 10-2 (-2)
16. USC 9-3 (+1)
17. Virginia 10-2 (+1)
18. Arizona 9-3 (+7)
19. Michigan 9-3 (-4)
20. Tulane 10-2 (+4)
21. Houston 9-3 (N/R)
22. Georgia Tech 9-3 (+1)
23. Iowa 8-4 (N/R)
24. North Texas 11-1 (N/R)
25. James Madison 11-1 (N/R)
How does the College Football Playoff work?
The 12-team field features the five highest-ranked conference champions, plus the next seven highest-ranked schools. The four highest-ranked schools are seeded one through four and receive a first-round bye.
The remaining schools will be seeded 5-12 based on their final ranking. If any of the five highest-ranked conference champions are outside the top 12, they will be seeded at the bottom of the bracket.
Those eight schools will play in the CFP first round with the higher seeds hosting the lower seeds on campus (or a designated site picked by the higher-seeded team). The committee doesn’t modify the bracket to avoid rematches and there is no re-seeding.
The top four seeds will be assigned to the quarterfinals hosted by the bowls, in accordance with historic bowl relationships. The Rose Bowl, Sugar Bowl, Cotton Bowl and Orange Bowl are hosting the quarterfinals this season.
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INDIANAPOLIS (WISH-TV) – Strong thunderstorms likely later this evening with all severe weather threats possible. It is going to be warm and windy with record highs today. Much cooler air works into Indiana for the end of the week.
TODAY: Partly cloudy conditions later this afternoon with warm and breezy conditions. It is going to be a beautiful and summer-like day across parts of Indiana. We will look for high temperatures to climb into the lower eighties which will set a new daily high record. The record for today is 80 set back in 1907. Winds will be gusty out of the southwest near 20 to 30 mph.
TONIGHT: A cold front approaches the state bringing a really good chance of strong to severe thunderstorms. A few thunderstorms may develop out ahead of the main line and some of those thunderstorms could contain some large hail along with a tornado risk as well. We are under a level 3 risk of strong storms out of a level 5. So there is confidence that a lot of these storms could reach severe criteria. Threats would be damaging winds and large hail. The tornado risk is low across parts of Indianapolis but it is not zero. A slightly higher risk of tornadic activity is possible in northern sections of Indiana.
Heavy rainfall could also lead to some flooding in parts of the state. Areas may see anywhere between 1 to 3 inches of rainfall.
Best timing on the thunderstorm activity will be anytime after 8:00 p.m. and lasting until Friday morning around 4.
TOMORROW: A few early morning rain showers will be possible on Friday. The main weather story is that it will be much cooler. High temperatures will climb around 49 which is below our normal high of 56. Winds switch direction out of the northeast and it will be a bit breezy at times as well. Low temperatures late Friday night into Saturday morning will drop into the upper twenties.
7 DAY EXTENDED FORECAST: A chilly start early Saturday morning but we will see lots of sunshine for the afternoon. High temperatures will climb around 52 for the afternoon.
Cloud cover returns on Sunday but it will be dry for the most part. Look for high temperatures to climb into the lower 60s.
Warmer next week with temperatures reaching the low and even middle and upper 70s by the middle part of the week. A dry start on Monday with some scattered showers possible on Tuesday and Wednesday.
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Indiana University is making sure all the visitors in town for the Final Four don’t forget who won the football national championship.
A photo of former IU quarterback Fernando Mendoza and wide receiver Charlie Becker is displayed at the Indianapolis International Airport when visitors arrive and go to baggage claim.
IU football won its first national championship in program history in the 2025 season, defeating Miami in the national championship game. The Hoosiers completed the season with an undefeated, 16-0 record.
Mendoza won the Heisman Trophy, becoming the first IU player to win the prestigious award.
Mendoza threw for 3,535 yards and 41 touchdowns last season. He is projected to be the top pick in the 2026 NFL Draft.
Becker had 34 catches for 679 yards and four touchdowns last season.
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