Warde Manuel, one of 13 members on the College Football Playoff Committee, detailed the reasoning behind Indiana's ranking.
, the Hoosiers remained in the latest College Football Playoff projected 12-team bracket released Tuesday night despite losing 38–15 to Ohio State on Saturday.from No. 5 to No. 10 entering the final week of the regular season. ESPN's projected bracket based on those rankings slotted Indiana as a No. 11 seed battling Big Ten rival Penn State, a No. 6 seed, in the first round.
Indiana led the Buckeyes 7–0 after the first quarter Saturday and the game was tied 7–7 late in the first half before disaster struck. Hoosiers punter James Evans muffed a snap inside the 10-yard line, and Ohio State scored shortly after and took a 14–7 lead into the break. The Buckeyes never looked back, outscoring Indiana 24–8 in the second half.
"Is that a serious question? I’m not even going to answer that one, the answer is so obvious," a smiling Cignetti said before throwing a wink toward the reporter who asked the question.
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