Vanderbilt finished its season 10-2 with wins over Tennessee, Missouri and LSU, but the Commodores were left out due to the committee's perception that they lacked a marquee win. Other teams on the bubble such as Alabama, Miami and Notre Dame all had at least one win over a top-20 team while Vanderbilt did not.

Chris 'The Bear' Fallica delivers his top 10 rankings ahead of conference championship weekend of the college football season.

Fernando Mendoza passed for 222 yards and a touchdown and the Indiana defense came up with two late stands as the No. 2 Hoosiers defeated No. 1 Ohio State 13-10 in the Big Ten championship game on Saturday.

For the first time in program history, Indiana is the Big Ten champion and No. 1 team in college football following Saturday night's 13-10 triumph over Ohio State. The win catapults the Hoosiers to the top spot in Sunday's updated AP Top 25 rankings.

Top signings/commits: Athlete Jermaine Bishop (No. 16 overall prospect, No. 2 ATH), quarterback Dia Bell (No. 27 overall prospect, No. 4 QB), linebacker Tyler Atkinson (No. 38 overall prospect, No. 2 LB) 5 stars: 3 4 stars: 12 Total number of signees: 23 Number of commits: 4