Bama, Miami in, Notre Dame out; Indiana No. 1 in College Football Playoff

Nobody paying attention for the past 24 months would be surprised to see Indiana – yes, Indiana – leading the way into this year’s College Football Playoff.

But anyone paying attention over the last 24 hours knew the only sure thing beyond that was that the selection committee was destined to get destroyed when it released the pairings for this season’s 12-team bracket on Sunday.

Most of that second-guessing and vitriol will be coming from Notre Dame, which was passed over for Alabama...