"This team has no business in the Top 12 of the CFP ― much less the top five," writes USA TODAY's Matt Hayes, pointing to IU's weak schedule.

Here's how social media has reacted to where Indiana football was ranked in the first College Football Playoff rankings:

No. 5 Indiana (10-0, 7-0 Big Ten, No. 5 CFP) now has one more win than its combined total over the previous three seasons and finds itself ditching the half-full stadiums that had become the norm in Octobers and Novembers of seasons past.