The bowl games have become a joke, there’s so many of them. Add to that fact that many of the top seniors heading to the NFL draft typically don’t play for fear of injury at the advice of their agents.
I think that Northern Illinois loss might go down in the history books as one of the least likely outcomes. But for that loss, people would be expecting an undefeated Notre Dame to take on Oregon for the national title. Northern Illinois wasn’t only not ranked; they’re not any good at all: They went 4-4 in a conference without a single good team; their other out-of-conference win was against a non-FBS team. Without that win against Notre Dame, they wouldn’t be ranked in the top 100.
Indiana is the best coached team in football- regardless of college or NFL.