Indiana football’s slide from No. 4 to No. 9 in this week’s College Football Playoff rankings, the second set of the 2026 season, means the Hoosiers probably have to win out to earn a bid at all. Well, the fanbase sees them doing that.
The Hoosiers entered November on a much-needed bye with injuries stacking up from nine consecutive weeks of football. Despite that, they sustained aforementioned tumble in the rankings, largely because every Big Ten team they’d played up to that point lost last Saturday.
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With USC, Washington and Purdue on deck, we wanted to know how Indiana fans felt about the close to the season. Hoosier fans reaffirmed their faith in the team and then some:
Every respondent to our survey chose the Hoosiers to go 3-0 down the stretch, finishing at 11-1 in the regular season with a berth in the Big Ten Championship Game.
Some offered a bit of tongue-in-cheek analysis as to how Indiana would actually get to 3-0:
Indiana’s postseason odds remain solid, with the Hoosiers sitting at -110 to win the Big Ten Championship and +950 to win the national championship, per FanDuel Sportsbook.
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