Imagine telling a Vanderbilt fan after 10 straight losses to end of the 2023 season that the Commodores would be ranked in the top 10 of The Associated Press poll in less than two years.

Imagine telling an Indiana fan the same thing at the same time, after the Hoosiers had closed with losses in seven of eight games, that their team would be in the top 10 less than a year later.

Now imagine telling anyone who follows college football that these two historically bad programs would be together in the top 10 in 2025. You would have been told to dream on.

No. 2 Indiana has its highest ranking ever entering its home game against UCLA on Saturday. No. 10 Vanderbilt, which hosts No. 15 Missouri, this week earned its first top-10 ranking since 1947.

Before last season, when Vanderbilt and India

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