Where is this season headed?

[Bowlmania]

Trying to keep it real and not taking things out to January. Let's get through October and the first College Football Playoff rankings on Tuesday November 5.

I don't have "IU wins 10+ games, does not play in the B1G championship game but is still selected for the CFP" as an option as I don't believe that's a plausible scenario.

 

[Rockport Zebra]

I was disturbed by Northwestern's speed .

 

[Bowlmania]

I was disturbed by Northwestern's speed .

I was disturbed by our pass defense.

 

[Bucket Getter]

We’ve played much better D overall. And I believe we will again. Today was a good wake up call for some guys on that side. We are legit.

 

[Cap99]

I picked "This was a poorly designed poll"

 

[TominDallas]

We need to play better than the last 2 weeks or we are not beating Nebraska. This bye came at the perfect time.

 

[IUPaterade724]

One option not on here: Win 10+ games, don't play in the BIG championship, but DO make the playoffs. It's not likely, but it is a scenario that could happen.

Sidenote, a whole bunch of top 25 teams lost today. Looking forward to see where we are ranked next week.

 

[Bowlmania]

One option not on here: Win 10+ games, don't play in the BIG championship, but DO make the playoffs. It's not likely, but it is a scenario that could happen.

Sidenote, a whole bunch of top 25 teams lost today. Looking forward to see where we are ranked next week.

I addressed that in post #1.

Hard to believe that, as a third place (or lower) conference finisher, we’d be CFP-ranked higher than a bunch of other at-large teams, particularly with our SOS.

 

[RegionHoosiers]

I was trying to find some info on strength of schedule, assuming ours has been relatively easy. There's probably good info out there somewhere, but this article was from earlier this week and said NW was our easiest game remaining. I'm not sure how that would be expected to be easier than PU, but I do think the hardest games are ahead for IU. Definitely a fun year but hard to say how it will work itself out. One game at a time I suppose....

 

[BayernFan]

Pop Tarts Bowl baby!!!

 

[Bowlmania]

I was trying to find some info on strength of schedule, assuming ours has been relatively easy. There's probably good info out there somewhere, but this article was from earlier this week and said NW was our easiest game remaining. I'm not sure how that would be expected to be easier than PU, but I do think the hardest games are ahead for IU. Definitely a fun year but hard to say how it will work itself out. One game at a time I suppose....

Sagarin’s most recent rankings had our SOS at #146 nationally. That ranking will improve as the competition gets tougher, but we got a break with the schedule in 2024, for a change.

 

[Bowlmania]

For the benefit of people who can’t see the poll results because they didn’t vote, 25 have voted so far with the first option (IU finishes the regular season with seven to nine wins) in the lead.

Btw, I didn’t provide “IU finishes the regular season with six wins” as an option because it’s close to statistically impossible that this team loses six straight, particularly with PU on the schedule.

 

[IUgradman]

We need to play better than the last 2 weeks or we are not beating Nebraska. This bye came at the perfect time.

The offense has been damn near perfect. It isn’t the problem.