Essentials WHAT #4 Michigan (5-0) vs Indiana(3-2) WHERE Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN WHEN Noon Eastern THE LINE M –22.5 TELEVISION FOX (Johnson/Klatt) TICKETS From $69. WEATHER Sunny, high 50s 0% chance of rain nominal wind Overview Indiana was ranked 17th in last year's preseason poll. Since then, woe and disaster. Any level of expectation placed upon Hoosier football evidently induces Mel-Tucker-level flop sweat. This year's edition of the Hoosiers superficially has the same record as the Iowa team Michigan just played but there is a vast gap in projected ability. Iowa is hovering just outside the top 29 in SP+; Indiana is 83rd. To get a ranking like that with a record like that you have to get stomped by decent teams (Cincinnati), lose to bad teams (Nebraska), and squeeze by dubious teams (WKU and especially Idaho). Also your one good win (Illinois) has to be a statistical fluke against a team that is still getting dogged by preseason expectation is ranking system
Essentials WHAT #4 Michigan (5-0) vs Indiana(3-2) WHERE Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN WHEN Noon Eastern THE LINE M –22.5 TELEVISION FOX (Johnson/Klatt) TICKETS From $69. WEATHER Sunny, high 50s 0% chance of rain nominal wind Overview Indiana was ranked 17th in last year's preseason poll. Since then, woe and disaster. Any level of expectation placed upon Hoosier football evidently induces Mel-Tucker-level flop sweat. This year's edition of the Hoosiers superficially has the same record as the Iowa team Michigan just played but there is a vast gap in projected ability. Iowa is hovering just outside the top 29 in SP+; Indiana is 83rd. To get a ranking like that with a record like that you have to get stomped by decent teams (Cincinnati), lose to bad teams (Nebraska), and squeeze by dubious teams (WKU and especially Idaho). Also your one good win (Illinois) has to be a statistical fluke against a team that is still getting dogged by preseason expectation is ranking system