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Top 50 College Football Teams of 2016: No. 50 — Indiana

2015 Record: 6-7

Projected 2016 Record: 8-4

Circle the date: Oct. 1 vs. Michigan State

Bowl trip: Foster Farms

Why No. 50: Let’s start with the “save the coach’s job-type schedule.” The nonconference games offer hope for a 3-0 start, though Ron Turner’s Florida International team won’t be a pushover when it hosts the Hoosiers in the opener. Indiana could get bruised at the start of the Big Ten season with games against Michigan State and Ohio State, but late games against Maryland, Rutgers and Purdue should mean a strong finish.