On Tuesday night, the College Football Playoff Committee released their first rendition of the 2024 College Football Playoff rankings.
Indiana (9-0, 6-0 in Big Ten play) was ranked 8th, but ended up with the 9th seed in the first College Football Playoff rankings released on Tuesday. The No. 9 seed would pit the Hoosiers up against the No. 8 seed, the Tennessee Volunteers, in Knoxville, TN.
If the Hoosiers were to win, Indiana's second round matchup would be the No. 1 seed Oregon Ducks.
Technically, Indiana is the No. 8 ranked team in the country, according to the rankings. However, BYU is the projected winner of the Big 12, and despite being ranked the No. 9 team by the rankings, BYU is ranked as the No. 4 seed -- effectively pushing Indiana from the No. 8 ranking to the No. 9 seed in the bracket.
Indiana has ample opportunity to rise in the rankings and that starts Saturday when the Hoosiers host the reining national champion Michigan Wolverines at 3:30p.m. ET on CBS. Having already defeated Washington, Indiana is looking to knock off both teams that played in last season's College Football Championship.
The full bracket can be seen below.
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