Penn State and Indiana's Path to the College Football Playoff

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00:00Let's go to tier number two, Joe, to look at some of those more minus money prices.

00:09Again, Penn State in the narrative of Saturday in Happy Valley is not good, but it was not

00:15impactful really for the Nittany Lions playoff outlook.

00:19They will be a hefty favorite in their final four games of the year.

00:23There is an argument, I believe a sound one, that Penn State's game in Madison against

00:28Wisconsin two Saturdays ago so much more significant for their resume than that of an Ohio State

00:35game.

00:36Had they won that, they're a shoo-in for the college football playoff, and the strength

00:39of schedule or a marquee win for the Nittany Lions is not overwhelming or impressive, and

00:45yet Penn State is going to see the college football playoff if they can win out.

00:50How about Indiana?

00:51The Hoosiers a perfect 9-0 for the first time in program history, minus 250.

00:57Two touchdown favorite this week against Michigan, then a bye, a road trip to Ohio

01:02State where IU will be the underdog.

01:05Will that game even matter if Indiana can't win their following one against Purdue?

01:09They'll be a heavy favorite for that, but how will the committee judge Indiana based

01:15on its strength of schedule so far?

01:18Notre Dame also minus 250, the blemish and a bad one against Northern Illinois, but against

01:24non-MAC teams, the Irish have looked incredibly dominant.

01:27Tennessee minus 230, that huge win over Alabama and a couple of big wins on the resume for

01:34the Volunteers, and despite two losses, Alabama still minus 140 to reach the college football

01:40playoff.

01:41Yeah, you gotta love the fact though that Ben, Indiana, listen, Indiana beats Ohio State,

01:47they're facing Oregon in Indy for the Big Ten championship.

01:51So they control, doesn't make a difference, strength of schedule or not, they're going

01:54to control their destiny here, and they're going to be a favorite in some pretty easy

01:59games coming up, and you mentioned it, Purdue being one of them there.

02:03I think Indiana is a great price here across the board, simply because they don't need

02:09to worry about somebody else or the committee.

02:12Win against Ohio State and you're facing Oregon with a chance to guarantee yourself one of

02:18the top four spots.

02:19I think it's going to be fantastic down the stretch.