Georgia, Tennessee, Ole Miss, Alabama likely to doom Indiana in the College Football Playoff Rankings if Hoosiers lose to Ohio State

The Athletic’s Chris Vannini believes Georgia, Tennessee, Ole Miss, and Alabama all have a chance to harm the Hoosiers by the final release of the College Football Playoff Rankings if Indiana loses to Ohio State.

“It’s impossible to rank Georgia, Tennessee, Ole Miss and Alabama in the correct order. Nightmare situation for the CFP committee that may ultimately hurt Indiana,” Vannini tweeted on November 16.

“(And opens the door for the Big Ten/SEC to push CFP expansion again).”

Bama247’s Mike Rodak had the same thought as Week 12’s results, which threw the rankings into flux – though he was only thinking of it from the SEC perspective.

“Now the fun part for the CFP committee: how do you rank 2-loss Georgia, Ole Miss, Alabama and Tennessee? Alabama beat Georgia. Tennessee beat Alabama. Georgia beat Tennessee. Ole Miss beat Georgia,” Rodak tweeted.

Georgia beating Tennessee Between the Hedges certainly made things interesting as it pertains to the CFP Rankings. In truth, the Dawgs’ victory over the Volunteers created this four-way parity; which could ultimately affect Indiana up in the Big Ten.

Hoosiers head coach Curt Cignetti could lose the chance to call Indiana an emerging college football superpowerHoosiers head coach Curt Cignetti was proud of his eight-year, $64 million extension during an appearance on FOX’s Big Noon Kickoff. He may have put his foot in his mouth calling Indiana an “emerging superpower in college football.”

“Well, you know, honestly, they came to me, they were very proactive,” Cignetti said of Indiana coming with a contract (h/t On3). “And, you know, some people say, ‘Well, you know, why would you do that when  this one may open, that one may open, you know, and you’re going to be a hot commodity, blah, blah, blah.’ And the fact that matter is, we’re the emerging superpower in college football. Why would I leave?”

The College Football Playoff Selection Committee could give Cignetti a chance to leave if things don’t break IU’s way: they can make him look for a job with one of the institutionally entrenched schools that don’t deal with these kinds of worries.