​Indiana’s Charlie Becker (80) catches a touchdown pass in overtime during the Indiana versus Minnesota football game at Memorial Stadium on Saturday, Oct. 31, 2026. | Source: Lastwordonsports.com – Drew CrabtreeThe first polls that actually matter are out! We were operating with AP Poll rankings for the first nine weeks, but now the actual, official, totally-bias-free College Football Playoff Committee Rankings are here! Last week, the Big Ten had quite the shakeup, both with actual upsets and near-upsets.Now, with only four weeks left in the regular season, things are getting real. Will one of our “eliminated” teams have a path illuminated by the committee? How many teams will be situated in the 12-team field? Well, we got those answers on Tuesday night.Was there anything else worth keeping an eye on on Tuesday?The Big Ten College Football Playoff Picture: Week 10LocksN/ANot quite time to crown anyone as a lock, but next week could be a locking scenario for one contender…right?ContendersIndiana’s Grant Wilson (2) walks off with his fist raised during the Indiana versus Minnesota football game at Memorial Stadium on Saturday, Oct. 31, 2026.#4 Indiana (8-1, 5-1)Well, our leading Big Ten team in the standings is the one-loss Indiana Hoosiers. To this point, the Hoosiers haven’t quite looked as impressive as they did last year en route to the program’s first national championship. Even then, Indiana has eight wins for just the 11th time. Additionally, it’s the first time the Hoosiers have done so in three consecutive seasons.Indiana is led by a couple of impressive running backs in Lee Beebe and Turbo Richard, but it needed a 60-yard field goal at the end of regulation to force overtime to survive a surprising Minnesota team. Josh Hoover was replaced by Grant Wilson, who promptly led the Hoosiers back to victory.Indiana is in the driver’s seat to make the CFP, though there is still a world in which it does not get back to Indianapolis to try and go back-to-back.#8 UCLAThe Bruins are the eighth-highest ranked team in the nation. The undefeated UCLA Bruins have matched the program’s highest CFP ranking in its history. And yet, it feels like Bob Chesney is just getting started.Last week, UCLA had an odd non-conference matchup on Halloween with Nevada coming to town. Now, four weeks remain with three eliminated teams on the docket. Wayne Knight is one of, if not the best, running backs in the Big Ten, and his 12 touchdowns lead the way.If UCLA gets to 10-0, it should be a lock. Of course, it wouldn’t have a marquee win to that point, unless you consider it to be Oregon. Dropping each of the final two games wouldn’t be fun, but crazier things have happened.#12 Ohio StateWell, that wasn’t great.With or without Julian Sayin, Ohio State did not play well enough at USC to get the win. Luke Fahey was fine; he wasn’t playing well enough to win the game for the Buckeyes, but he also didn’t lose the game, either. The issue, surprising