Unbeaten Indiana and underdog Alabama are ready to roll in a rain-soaked Rose Bowl

PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — The rain-soaked Rose Bowl is ready to host a surprising No. 1 team and a blue-blood underdog in the 112th edition of The Granddaddy of Them All.

Top-seeded Indiana (13-0) begins its College Football Playoff quest for the first national title in school history when the Hoosiers play in the Rose Bowl on Thursday for the first time since 1968.

Their opponent is Alabama (11-3, CFP No. 9 seed), which is back in the Rose Bowl for the second time in three years after...