Last season, Indiana came out of nowhere under head coach Curt Cignetti and reached the College Football Playoff for the first time in program history. The Hoosiers lost in the first round to Notre Dame 27-17, but were still light years from where they used to be.

The College Football Playoff selection committee's first top 25 rankings release is Tuesday, Nov. 4, but with data points continuing to expand nearing the midseason point, we have a pretty good idea of how that poll would look if the season ended today.

FOX college football analyst Joel Klatt is even more bullish on the Irish than AP voters, slotting them at No. 9 in his latest rankings.

The drama of the Big 12 conference is in full force as Week 7 saw the power rankings once again get shaken up.

The Tennessee Volunteers have a huge challenge on Saturday, as they travel to Tuscaloosa to take on the Alabama Crimson Tide in a major SEC battle with conference title and College Football Playoff implications on the line.

Indiana and Texas A&M would be top-four seeds in the College Football Playoff based on The Associated Press Top 25 released Sunday and Tennessee and South Florida would be back on the mock bracket. Ohio State and Miami remain the top two seeds as the Nos. 1 and 2 teams in the AP poll, with Indiana No. 3 and Texas A&M No. 4.

Joel Klatt believes Notre Dame is going to steamroll the rest of its schedule and ride into the College Football Playoff.

The Texas Tech-Utah showdown is not the most important game for the conference. Two ACC duels could have lasting consequences.