College Football Playoff: Kirk Herbstreit calls for change after Indiana was 'outclassed' vs. Notre Dame

The opening game of the College Football Playoff between Indiana and Notre Dame had a ton of pregame hype, but once the contest got underway, the Irish handled the Hoosiers with relative ease.

Notre Dame beat Indiana 27-17 in a game that wasn’t as close as the score indicated. The Hoosiers scored a pair of touchdowns in the final two minutes, including one that came after a successful onside kick.

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ESPN college football analyst Kirk Herbstreit hopes that moving forward, changes are made by the College Football Playoff committee when it comes to determining who should get into the playoff after Friday’s showing by Indiana.

“The atmosphere was historic. The game was not, you know,” Kirk Herbstreit said Saturday on ESPN College GameDay. “And I’m not going to sit here and say, ‘Why was Indiana in?’ But Indiana, with what you guys like to talk about, ‘They have 11 wins. They’ve gotta be one of the best teams.’ Indiana was outclassed in that game. It was not a team that should’ve been on that field when you consider other teams that could’ve been there.”

Indiana finished the season with one win over a team with a winning record, beating Michigan 20-15 at home in early November. The Hoosiers did pound several overmatched teams, but they struggled against the good competition they faced.

Herbstreit feels that the College Football Playoff committee should put more weight on who you beat instead of how many wins you have in the future.

“It’s no knock on Indiana. They had a great year,” Herbstreit said. “But we’ve gotta move forward with the playoff and hope that the committee does a better job of weighing who the best 12 are, versus who’s the most deserving, because by golly they’ve got 11 wins. They didn’t beat anybody, but they’ve got 11 wins.

“That’s a bunch of BS. We need to find the best teams, and last night it was incredibly evident, just standing on that field and watching the game the way it played out.”

Fellow college football analyst Lee Corso mentioned South Carolina as a team that should have been upset watching the Indiana vs. Notre Dame game unfold.

“South Carolina, that’s the best football team that’s not in the playoff, South Carolina,” Corso said.