One of the final four unbeaten teams entering Week 12, the Indiana football program is No. 5 in the second College Football Playoff rankings as announced by the CFP committee on Tuesday (Nov. 12).
The No. 5 ranking is the highest in the CFP era for Indiana. It marks the second-straight week in 2024 and the seventh time overall in program history that IU has appeared in the CFP rankings. In 2020, Indiana entered the CFP rankings at No. 12 for three weeks and sat No. 11 during the final two weeks of the selections that season.
The Big Ten saw four schools ranked in the top-5 of the second CFP rankings in 2024: Oregon (No. 1), Ohio State (No. 2), Penn State (No. 4) and Indiana (No. 5).
No. 5/6/5 Indiana (10-0, 7-0 Big Ten) is idle in Week 12 and will travel to Columbus, Ohio, for a top-5 showdown with No. 2/2/2 Ohio State (8-1, 5-1 Big Ten) inside Ohio Stadium. The Hoosiers will then close out the season against Purdue in the annual battle for the Old Oaken Bucket on Nov. 30 at Memorial Stadium.
College Football Playoff Rankings – Nov. 12
- Oregon (10-0)
- Ohio State (8-1)
- Texas (8-1)
- Penn State (8-1)
- INDIANA (10-0)
- BYU (9-0)
- Tennessee (8-1)
- Notre Dame (8-1)
- Miami (9-1)
- Alabama (7-2)
- Ole Miss (8-2)
- Georgia (7-1)
- Boise State (7-1)
- SMU (8-1)
- Texas A&M (7-2)
- Kansas State (7-2)
- Colorado (7-2)
- Washington State (8-1)
- Louisville (6-3)
- Clemson (7-2)
- South Carolina (6-3)
- LSU (6-3)
- Missouri (7-2)
- Army (9-0)
- Tulane (8-2)
