The College Football Playoff bracket will be announced on Sunday afternoon, and IU coach Curt Cignetti is making his final pitch to the Committee.
The first year leader of the Indiana program believes his 11-1 team deserves to be playing at home when the CFP kicks off the the weekend of Dec. 20.
But the Hoosiers are currently ranked No. 9 by the Committee and seeded No. 10 in the bracket. Seeds No. 5-8 will host in the CFP’s first round. Unless there are dramatic shifts in the final bracket, IU will be playing on the road.
Cignetti doesn’t believe that’s a just outcome based on Indiana’s body of work.
“Here’s my question,” Cignetti said on a Saturday evening interview on CBS. “There’s six one-loss teams in the country, okay. We lost to the second-ranked team on the road. Penn State lost to the fourth-ranked team at home. Texas lost to the fifth-ranked team at home. Boise (State) lost to the seventh-ranked team. Notre Dame lost to Northern Illinois. SMU lost to an unranked team at the time they played them.
“So how are we not right now seeded for a home game? That’s what I want to know. We’ve got the largest margin of victory in the country. Take out the FCS and G5 (opponents), P4 only, we’re outscoring people 40-17, second in the country.
“So because our name is Indiana and not Michigan, we’re ninth.”
“How are we not, right now, seeded for a home game?” @IndianaFootball‘s Curt Cignetti has some questions about their current CFP ranking. pic.twitter.com/PAEWW0IRS7
— CBS Sports College Football 🏈 (@CBSSportsCFB) December 7, 2024
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