BLOOMINGTON — College Football Playoff selection committee chair Mack Rhoades suggested for a second straight week that the conversation separating Indiana and Texas A&M was among the most involved in its weekly rankings.

But in discussing the merits of the Hoosiers and Aggies, Rhoades issued a backhanded warning to both.

Asked specifically about what separated those two teams — each of them undefeated and either tied or leading their conference — Rhoades characterized the committee’s debate between the two as the “second-longest” such deliberation, behind only Ole Miss and Texas Tech.

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