Indiana’s Top Four Playoff Ranking Gets Blunt Reality Check From ESPN’s Pat McAfee & Co. After Curt Cignetti’s Bias Claim

Indiana is the reigning national champion, and that title is now part of the argument over where the Hoosiers belong. When the first College Football Playoff rankings came out Tuesday, the committee placed Indiana at No. 4 with an 8-1 record, two spots higher than its place in the AP poll. ESPN’s analysts have been picking at that number since. The bigger question is whether Indiana earned the spot or is carrying last year’s reputation into it. “Indiana, I give them all the credit in the world.