There’s no doubt who the most underrated team in America is to Joel Klatt. The Indiana Hoosiers are 9-0 and 6-0 in Big Ten play. The only team that can match them in the Big Ten are the No. 1 Oregon Ducks, who are also perfect through Big Ten play. Curt Cignetti is likely the National Coach of the Year at this point, and quarterback Kurtis Rourke has been sensational.
On Monday’s episode of The Joel Klatt Show, Klatt didn’t hold back on his feelings on IU. He declared the Hoosiers, “without question,” to be America’s most underrated team.
“Indiana is without question the most underrated team in America. Without question. They jumped finally five spots in the AP poll because the AP voters are… I won’t go there. I won’t go there. They’re now up to 8. Still underrated at 8. My question will be how the committee views them. … I hope that they’re higher than 8. I think they should be higher than 8.”
Klatt suggested that the team has an argument to be the 5th- or 6th-ranked team in the country.
“That’s the way that they have played. And I know exactly what everyone is gonna say, like, ‘They haven’t played anybody.’ I hate that argument. You have no control over the schedule you play as a player. The only thing you have control over is what you do to that schedule. And right now, nobody has done to their schedule what Indiana has done to its schedule. Period. They’ve won every game by 14 or more points. Nobody can say that. Nobody can say that. Indiana can. This is a team that goes down early against Michigan State on the road, and what do they do? And roll off, what is it? 47 straight points. Sorry about that, folks.”
He remarked about the defense being solid and how they’ve outscored opponents by over 30 points per game. He remarked about their stats and profile and that if their helmet logo was anyone else’s, they’re at No. 2 or No. 3 instead of No. 8.
As he often does, Klatt took issue with the AP Poll and its perception issues. They indeed might be damaging Indiana a bit in this case. But for now, they remain where they’re at. Klatt implored the College Football Playoff committee to “rank the resume, not the logo.”
