Indiana Football Stays at No. 2 for sixth week straight ahead of rivalry week

The Old Oaken Bucket game kick offs Friday at Ross Ade Stadium in West Lafayette
Purdue v Indiana
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The Indiana Hoosiers (11-0, 8-0 Big Ten) are ranked No. 2 for a sixth straight week in a row in the Coaches and Associated Press Polls as they head into their regular season finale against the Purdue Boilermakers at Ross-Ade Stadium. The Hoosiers are looking to clinch a spot in the Big Ten title game win the win where they will likely take on No. 1 Ohio State, who has been ranked No. 1 every single week this season.

The fourth College Football Playoff ranking will be released at 8 p.m. Nov. 25th.

Should the Hoosiers and Buckeyes win against their rivals they would meet in the Big Ten Championship game Dec. 6th in Indianapolis.

Per FanDuel Sportsbook, Indiana is listed as a 27.5-point favorite over Purdue. The over/under for the contest has been set at 52.5.

The annual game for the Old Oaken Bucket is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. ET on Friday, Nov. 28 from Ross-Ade Stadium in West Lafayette. The game will air on NBC and stream on Peacock.

This week’s AP Top 25:

  1. Ohio State
  2. Indiana
  3. Texas A&M
  4. Georgia
  5. Oregon
  6. Ole Miss
  7. Texas Tech
  8. Oklahoma
  9. Notre Dame
  10. Alabama
  11. BYU
  12. Vanderbilt
  13. Miami (FL)
  14. Utah
  15. Michigan
  16. Texas
  17. Virginia
  18. Tennessee
  19. USC
  20. James Madison
  21. North Texas
  22. Tulane
  23. Georgia Tech
  24. Pittsburgh
  25. SMU

Others Receiving Votes:

Arizona State 77, Navy 44, Missouri 22, Arizona 20, San Diego State 19, Washington 16, UNLV 7, South Florida 4, UConn 3, Wake Forest 2, Illinois 1

Breakdown of the AP Poll by conference:

SEC (8 ranked teams): Nos. 3 Texas A&M, 4 Georgia, 6 Ole Miss, 8 Oklahoma, 10 Alabama, 12 Vanderbilt, 16 Texas, 18 Tennessee.

ACC (5): Nos. 13 Miami (Fla.), 17 Virginia, 23 Georgia Tech, 24 Pittsburgh, 25 SMU.

Big Ten (5): Nos. 1 Ohio State, 2 Indiana, 5 Oregon, 15 Michigan, 19 USC.

Big 12 (3): Nos. 7 Texas Tech, 11 BYU, 14 Utah.

American (2): Nos. 21 North Texas, 22 Tulane.

Independent (1): No. 9 Notre Dame.

Sun Belt (1): No. 20 James Madison.

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