The ACC has put themselves in position to potentially spoil IU’s playoff bid with SMU (9-1; 7-1 ACC) ranked at No. 9 — the Mustangs have already clinched a spot in the ACC title game — and Clemson (9-2; 7-1 ACC) ranked at No. 12 and the first team left out of the field.

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.