Takeaways: What's ahead for Oklahoma, Indiana, Penn State and more

Week 7 successful assemblage shot did not disappoint. There were respective blockbuster matchups, and immoderate antecedently undefeated teams were dealt their archetypal losses.

No. 7 Indiana traveled to No. 3 Oregon for a crippled betwixt 2 undefeated Big Ten teams and snapped the Ducks' 18-game location winning streak, sending Oregon down 5 spots successful this week's AP Poll. The Hoosiers, connected the different hand, person shown they're the existent woody and successful the hunt for different changeable astatine the nationalist title aft past season's aboriginal exit from the College Football Playoff. Meanwhile, successful the Cotton Bowl, the instrumentality of backmost John Mateer didn't assistance No. 6 Oklahoma, which fell from the ranks of the unbeaten astatine the hands of Texas.

And with things going from atrocious to worse for Penn State aft its 3rd consecutive nonaccomplishment Saturday, the schoolhouse fired James Franklin connected Sunday aft 12 seasons arsenic its caput coach.

What's up for the Hoosiers arsenic they pursuit a first-round bye successful the playoff? What's adjacent for the Nittany Lions aft their coaching change? And however does Oklahoma bounce backmost aft a unsmooth rivalry nonaccomplishment that whitethorn person exposed immoderate issues that request to beryllium addressed?

Our assemblage shot experts interruption down cardinal storylines and takeaways from Week 7.

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Indiana's CFP chances | Franklin's future
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Indiana is amended than past play -- and susceptible of a deeper playoff run

At the midpoint of the season, nary squad has made a bigger playoff connection than Indiana. The Hoosiers tried to denote their accomplishment connected the nationalist signifier with past season's playoff appearance, but doubts lingered aft an aboriginal exit. They tried to reassert themselves with a historical 63-10 beatdown of Illinois, but the Illini aren't Ohio State oregon Oregon. And past the Hoosiers bushed Oregon -- by treble digits -- successful Autzen Stadium, wherever the Ducks hadn't mislaid successful 18 consecutive games. Indiana forced Heisman Trophy hopeful backmost Dante Moore into 2 interceptions and sacked him six times.

With the win, the Hoosiers catapulted into the apical 5 and into programme lore, positioning themselves not lone for a tally astatine the Big Ten title, but for a first-round bye arsenic a top-four playoff team. Indiana doesn't play Ohio State during the regular s...