Exactly. It’s not like they’re losing to Purdue here. Committee will give them the benefit of doubt, especially if the alternative is to put 5 SEC schools in the playoff.
Well, they got some instant help already. One less SEC team to worry about….now only 5 contenders from the SEC. Only chance of all of them finishing with 2 losses or less is Texas winning out and then losing to Bama in Atlanta, plus the chalk holding everywhere else with the SEC, B1G, and Notre Dame.
It’s actually a lot that has to happen to keep an 11-1 IU out now:
1) Bama over OU
2) Bama over Auburn
3) Bama over Texas
4) Texas over UK
5) Texas over Texas A&M
6) UGA over GT
7) Tennessee over Vandy
8) ND over Army
9) ND over USC
10) Penn State over Minnesota
11) Penn State over Maryland
12) Ohio State over Michigan
All those would be chalk outcomes…and most of them certainly WILL happen. But go to Vegas and make a bunch of 12-game money line parlay bets, and see how many you win.
So, IU came out as a big winner today with OM going down, even with they big loss that happened at the same time.
ETA: Updated to show completed games, 2 of 12 have happened.