Clemson doesn't have the strongest case for the College Football Playoff, but it just needs a case better than Indiana's. And it's getting closer.

Indiana fell to the No. 10 spot in rankings by the College Football Playoff committee. That makes the Hoosiers the last at-large team in the field.

SMU nudges its way into the bracket and Indiana drops just five spots to No. 10 despite a lopsided loss, as the latest 12-team field excludes Alabama and Mississippi, both of which suffered their