Could the Illini have claimed an at-large bid in the College Football Playoff with a win over Minnesota?
The improbable last-second victory No. 24 Illinois pulled off against Rutgers in Piscataway, New Jersey, on Saturday set off more ripple effects than just the celebrations of Illini fans across the country. We're talking, of course, about ESPN’s CFP Predictor.
Think back, for a moment, on the season up to this point. No one can fault the Illini for the loss to Penn State at Happy Valley or to Oregon in Eugene. But that home loss to unranked Minnesota? Well, that’s a different story. Maybe that's simply too much magic for a single team to ask for in a single season. But if it had happened, the Illini would currently be 9-2 , with 4-7 Northwestern up next. In this scenario, even given a victory next week, 10 wins would still leave Illinois on the outside of a Big Ten Championship looking in, and ineligible to clinch an automatic CFP bid.
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