College Football Week 8 Winners and Losers: Indiana is 7-0, and Alabama is not

BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA – OCTOBER 19: Justice Ellison #6 of the Indiana Hoosiers celebrates a touchdown with teammates during the first half against the Nebraska Cornhuskers Memorial Stadium on October 19, 2024 in Bloomington, Indiana. (Photo by Justin Casterline/Getty Images)

Week 8 was one of the most well-structured we’ve seen all season in college football.

There were intriguing games throughout the day on Saturday, leading off with Indiana’s coming out party against Nebraska before Tennessee handed Alabama its second loss of the year to win two out of the last three in the once-lopsided rivalry series.

In the nightcap, Georgia made a statement in Austin, taking down the No. 1-ranked Texas Longhorns to create a logjam with six 6-1 teams atop the SEC.

While the weekend didn’t feature a lot of earth-shattering results, it did provide us with some more information ahead of a College Football Playoff race that could be wild over the final month of the season.

Here are the winners and losers.

Winner: Indiana is a CFP contender, and you will treat it as such

BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA – OCTOBER 19: Kaelon Black #8 of the Indiana Hoosiers celebrates a touchdown with Justice Ellison #6 during the second half against the Nebraska Cornhuskers at Memorial Stadium on October 19, 2024 in Bloomington, Indiana. (Photo by Justin Casterline/Getty Images)

For a program with more all-time losses (712) than any other at the Division I level, moderate success has not exactly been impossible to come by in Bloomington in recent years. Tom Allen, who got the boot after the 2023 campaign, led Indiana to an 8-5 season in 2019 followed by a 6-2 campaign in the shortened COVID season.

But the Hoosiers are approaching uncharted territory here in Year 1 under coach Curt Cignetti, who came in after quickly building James Madison into one of the Group of…

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Publish date : 2024-10-21 22:36:41

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