After the reveal of the first College Football Playoff rankings , the top teams knew where they stood in the pecking order. Some of those top contenders found themselves in tough battles to stay in the CFP conversation.

The Indiana Hoosiers , ranked No. 2 in the initial rankings, and the Oregon Ducks , ranked No. 9, both went on the road for conference games. Neither had an easy time.

Indiana was sitting on a 20-10 lead in the fourth quarter against the Penn State Nittany Lions when things got crazy. A Penn State scoring drive followed by a Fernando Mendoza interception and another quick score from Nittany Lions had the Hoosiers looking at their first loss. But Mendoza had some late heroics left and found Omar Cooper Jr . for the game-winning score (and one of the best catch

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