The ACC has put themselves in position to potentially spoil IU’s playoff bid with SMU (9-1; 7-1 ACC) ranked at No. 9 — the Mustangs have already clinched a spot in the ACC title game — and Clemson (9-2; 7-1 ACC) ranked at No. 12 and the first team left out of the field.

The Indiana Hoosiers hung on to a spot in the latest College Football Playoff bracket projection. Tuesday night, Indiana University fans found out that they'd get to stay in the playoff conversation. They landed in the No. 11 spot in the bracket.

Indiana is hoping a win in the season-finale against Purdue will lock up its first ever appearance in the College Football Playoff.

Indiana fell to the No. 10 spot in rankings by the College Football Playoff committee. That makes the Hoosiers the last at-large team in the field.

Some teams saw their stock improve and other saw theirs take a hit in this week's College Football Playoff. A look at the winners and losers.

The Southeastern Conference’s losses were almost everyone else’s gain in the College Football Playoff rankings, with SMU nudging its way into the top 12 and Indiana staying in the mix at No. 10 despite a lopsided loss of its own.

Indiana slid to 10th in this week’s College Football Playoff rankings. The Hoosiers’ tumble down the top 25 comes on the heels of the 38-15 loss they suffered to No. 2 Ohio State in Columbus last week.