Indiana can only control what it can control. That's what Curt Cignetti would say as it relates to pretty much anything, but it goes double for any discussion about the Hoosiers' Playoff résumé.

IU cannot control what other teams do in order to help or hurt its strength of schedule. So far, IU has earned the benefit of the doubt in the AP Poll, thanks in large part to the whole "defending national champs" thing. It's the best flex possible.

But at this time next week, the first Playoff Poll will be out and we'll have already dissected it six ways to Sunday. For IU, the problem isn't necessarily in the present, but rather in the future.

Like, are we sure that IU will have a single ranked win five weeks from now?

Look at the possibilities and you'll see why a single ranked win might not happen

Just to be clear, "ranked wins on Selection Sunday" refers to teams who'll be in the final College Football Playoff rankings not which teams were ranked at the time of the matchup.

That needs to be said.…