Indiana University Athletics
Hoosiers Holds at No. 2 in Third CFP Rankings
11/18/2025 9:08:00 PM | Football
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Holding steady at the No. 2 spot in the College Football Playoff rankings, the Indiana football program enters its second idle week of 2025 in front of its Week 14 regular season finale in the Old Oaken Bucket Game on the road.
Indiana has now been among the teams in playoff consideration for nine-straight CFP polls, all of those among the top 10. It is the 13th time in program history that IU has been among the contenders for a playoff spot.
The Big Ten saw six schools ranked and three programs in the top 10 of the latest CFP rankings: Ohio State (No. 1), Indiana (No. 2), Oregon (No. 7), USC (No. 15), Michigan (No. 18) and Illinois (No. 21).
The 12 participating teams in the College Football Playoff will be the five conference champions ranked highest by the CFP selection committee, plus the next seven highest-ranked schools. The four highest-ranked schools will be seeded one through four and will receive a first-round bye. The remaining schools will be seeded 5-12 based on their final ranking. If any of the five highest-ranked conference champions falls outside of the top 12, they will be seeded at the bottom of the 12-team pool.
The eight schools seeded No. 5-12 will play in the CFP First Round with the higher seeds hosting the lower seeds either on campus or at other sites designated by the higher-seeded institution (No. 12 at No. 5, No. 11 at No. 6, No. 10 at No. 7 and No. 9 at No. 8.).
No. 2/2/2 Indiana (11-0, 8-0 Big Ten) travel to Purdue (2-9, 0-8 Big Ten) for a 7:30 p.m. kickoff on NBC from Ross-Ade Stadium in the Old Oaken Bucket Game.
College Football Playoff Rankings - Nov. 18
1. Ohio State (10-0)
2. Indiana (11-0)
3. Texas A&M (10-0)
4. Georgia (9-1)
5. Texas Tech (10-1)
6. Ole Miss (10-1)
7. Oregon (9-1)
8. Oklahoma (8-2)
9. Notre Dame (8-2)
10. Alabama (8-2)
11. BYU (9-1)
12. Utah (8-2)
13. Miami (Fla.) (8-2)
14. Vanderbilt (8-2)
15. USC (8-2)
16. Georgia Tech (9-1)
17. Texas (7-3)
18. Michigan (8-2)
19. Virginia (9-2)
20. Tennessee (7-3)
21. Illinois (7-3)
22. Missouri (7-3)
23. Houston (8-2)
24. Tulane (8-2)
25. Arizona State (7-3)
Indiana has now been among the teams in playoff consideration for nine-straight CFP polls, all of those among the top 10. It is the 13th time in program history that IU has been among the contenders for a playoff spot.
The Big Ten saw six schools ranked and three programs in the top 10 of the latest CFP rankings: Ohio State (No. 1), Indiana (No. 2), Oregon (No. 7), USC (No. 15), Michigan (No. 18) and Illinois (No. 21).
The 12 participating teams in the College Football Playoff will be the five conference champions ranked highest by the CFP selection committee, plus the next seven highest-ranked schools. The four highest-ranked schools will be seeded one through four and will receive a first-round bye. The remaining schools will be seeded 5-12 based on their final ranking. If any of the five highest-ranked conference champions falls outside of the top 12, they will be seeded at the bottom of the 12-team pool.
The eight schools seeded No. 5-12 will play in the CFP First Round with the higher seeds hosting the lower seeds either on campus or at other sites designated by the higher-seeded institution (No. 12 at No. 5, No. 11 at No. 6, No. 10 at No. 7 and No. 9 at No. 8.).
No. 2/2/2 Indiana (11-0, 8-0 Big Ten) travel to Purdue (2-9, 0-8 Big Ten) for a 7:30 p.m. kickoff on NBC from Ross-Ade Stadium in the Old Oaken Bucket Game.
College Football Playoff Rankings - Nov. 18
1. Ohio State (10-0)
2. Indiana (11-0)
3. Texas A&M (10-0)
4. Georgia (9-1)
5. Texas Tech (10-1)
6. Ole Miss (10-1)
7. Oregon (9-1)
8. Oklahoma (8-2)
9. Notre Dame (8-2)
10. Alabama (8-2)
11. BYU (9-1)
12. Utah (8-2)
13. Miami (Fla.) (8-2)
14. Vanderbilt (8-2)
15. USC (8-2)
16. Georgia Tech (9-1)
17. Texas (7-3)
18. Michigan (8-2)
19. Virginia (9-2)
20. Tennessee (7-3)
21. Illinois (7-3)
22. Missouri (7-3)
23. Houston (8-2)
24. Tulane (8-2)
25. Arizona State (7-3)
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