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No. 1-seed Indiana football beat No. 5-seed Oregon 56-22 in the Peach Bowl on Friday night at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia, advancing to the national championship game. Here’s everything head coach Curt Cignetti said in his postgame press conference, courtesy of ASAPSports. CIGNETTI: It’s a great win against a really good football team. Really […]
25 days ago | 1 read
Entering today, Curt Cignetti was the only coach in college football history to have survived a first round bye in the College Football Playoff to advance to the Semifinals. Today, Cignetti became the first coach to win a rematch against a power conference opponent in the College Football Playoff. On the first play from scrimmage, […]
25 days ago | 1 read
No. 1-seed Indiana football is set to take on No. 5-seed Oregon this evening in the 2026 Peach Bowl Game, which doubles as a College Football Playoff semifinal, at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia This is the biggest game in program history for the Hoosiers up to this point. A win here means Indiana advances […]
25 days ago | 0 reads
No. 1-seed Indiana (13-0, 9-0 Big Ten) is set to take on No. 5-seed Oregon (11-3, 7-1 SEC) in the College Football Playoff semifinals at the Peach Bowl on Friday at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia. It’s a rematch of a regular season matchup as Indiana beat Oregon 30-20 at Autzen Stadium in Eugene, Oregon, […]
25 days ago | 3 reads
Indiana dispatched with one of the top passing games in the country in its dominant 38-3 victory over the Alabama Crimson Tide in the Rose Bowl. After holding Ty Simpson to a season-low 67 yards last week, Bryant Haines’ group will be tasked with defending another elite college quarterback to advance in the College Football […]
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It’s no secret that, for the strong majority of the past 25 years, college football’s national championship has run through the Southeastern Conference, otherwise known as the SEC. Of the 25 national championships won since 2000, 14 have been won by teams from the SEC. If you include current SEC membership in that tally, the […]
26 days ago | 2 reads
No. 1-seed Indiana football is set to take on No. 5-seed Oregon in the Peach Bowl, a College Football Playoff semifinal, on Friday at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia and fans previewing the game seem to have a strong favorite. A pretty solid majority of national college football fans who responded to an SB Nation […]
26 days ago | 1 read
Indiana football wouldn’t be where it is without the play and leadership of linebacker Aiden Fisher. Fisher followed head coach Curt Cignetti and defensive coordinator Bryant Haines from James Madison and has played at a high level ever since as the Hoosiers’ leader on the defensive side of the ball. Indiana fans have him picked […]
26 days ago | 1 read
Charlie Becker’s emergence at wide receiver has been crucial to Indiana football’s late-season push for a national championship. He totaled seven receptions in the Hoosiers’ first nine games of the 2025 season before pulling in just as many in Indiana’s 10th game, a slugfest on the road against unranked Penn State. Becker got the Hoosiers […]
26 days ago | 1 read
No. 1-seed Indiana football is set to take on No. 5-seed Oregon in the Peach Bowl, a College Football Playoff semifinal, on Friday at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia. Curt Cignetti and Dan Lanning, head coaches of the Hoosiers and Ducks, respectively, spoke with the media on Thursday ahead of the game. Here’s what they […]
26 days ago | 6 reads
No. 1-seed Indiana football is set to take on No. 5-seed Oregon in the Peach Bowl, a College Football Playoff semifinal, on Friday at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia. Bryant Haines, the Hoosiers’ defensive coordinator and a candidates for the Broyles Award in recognition of the top assistant coach in college football, spoke with reporters […]
26 days ago | 1 read
No. 1-seed Indiana football is set to take on No. 5-seed Oregon in the Peach Bowl, a College Football Playoff semifinal, on Friday at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia. Fernando Mendoza, the Hoosiers’ Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback, spoke with members of the press during media day ahead of the game. Here’s what he had to say, […]
27 days ago | 2 reads
Indiana keeps adding to its defensive front ahead of the 2026 offseason. Joe Hjelle, a junior defensive lineman formerly of Tulsa, has committed to join the Hoosiers out of the transfer portal, per Matt Zenitz of CBS Sports. He’s rated as a 3-star prospect and ranks as the 107th highest-rated defensive lineman and 1038th highest-rated […]
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No. 1-seed Indiana football is set to take on No. 5-seed Oregon in the Peach Bowl on Friday at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia. The Hoosiers are currently a 3.5-point favorite over the Ducks, per FanDuel Sportsbook. The game doubles as a College Football Playoff semifinal, with the winner advancing to the national championship game […]
27 days ago | 1 read
After holding one of the more one-dimensional offenses left in the playoff field to just three points in the Rose Bowl, Curt Cignetti’s Indiana Hoosiers will be faced with a much tougher task in the Peach Bowl against Oregon, a team that boasts one of the top rushing attacks in the country. Entering the College […]
27 days ago | 1 read
Indiana men’s basketball moved to 12-3 on the season and 4-1 in conference play with its first road win of the 2025-26 campaign, an 84-66 showing in College Park, Maryland. For the second time in five conference games, the Hoosiers found themselves in a meeting of first-year head coaches, though Buzz Williams is having a […]
27 days ago | 1 read
Entering tonight’s game at Maryland, Darian DeVries’ Indiana had yet to win a true road game on the season, dropping winnable games to both Minnesota and Kentucky. Buzz Williams’ Terrapins, winless through three games in Big Ten play, made for the perfect trap game opponent. To avoid another road upset, DeVries was probably hoping for […]
27 days ago | 1 read
Indiana men’s basketball (11-3, 2-1 Big Ten) is set to take on Maryland (7-7, 0-3 Big Ten) in a road matchup on Wednesday night. The Hoosiers’ last outing was a pretty strong 90-80 win over Washington. Indiana took an early lead thanks to some strong 3-point shooting out of the backcourt and managed to hold […]
27 days ago | 1 read
Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NCAA. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Indiana fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. No. 1-seed Indiana football is set to take on No. 5-seed Oregon in the Peach Bowl […]
28 days ago | 4 reads
Indiana has added strong transfers at tight end in each of its past two offseasons. Monday’s news makes that three. Brock Schott, a freshman tight end formerly of Miami, has committed to join the Hoosiers out of the transfer portal, per Hayes Fawcett of On3/Rivals. He’s rated as a 3-star prospect ranked as the 12th […]
29 days ago | 1 read
No program in all of college football had a better week than No. 1 Indiana. First, the Hoosiers dominated No. 9-seed Alabama 38-3 in the Rose Bowl, which doubled as a College Football Playoff Quarterfinal, on Thursday. It was the largest postseason loss in program history for the Crimson Tide and wasn’t truly competitive at […]
30 days ago | 2 reads
Indiana continued loading up on edge rushers through the transfer portal on Monday. Chiddi Obiazor, a sophomore edge rusher formerly of Kansas State, has committed to join the Hoosiers out of the transfer portal, according to Hayes Fawcett of On3/Rivals. He’s a 3-star transfer prospect ranked as the 38th highest-rated edge rusher and 292nd highest-rated […]
30 days ago | 1 read
No. 1-seed Indiana football moved to 1-0 in the College Football Playoff with a 38-3 win over No. 9-seed Alabama in the Rose Bowl on New Years Day in Pasadena, California. This has, of course, inspired some choice apparel. Perhaps a new take on the Hollywood sign, keeping the “H” but changing it to “Hoosiers,”? […]
30 days ago | 1 read
As a perimeter-oriented group, Darian DeVries’ first team at Indiana has struggled with the things you would expect a team to struggle with. Notably, rebounding. There are ways to defend and score at the rim with good scheming, but rebounding is harder to teach. To overcome a size deficit like the one Indiana faced tonight […]
about 1 month ago | 0 reads
Indiana loaded up on defensive linemen last offseason and it worked out tremendously throughout the 2025 season. This offseason, they’re doing it again. Joshua Burnham, formerly of Notre Dame, announced his commitment to the Hoosiers out of the transfer portal, per Allen Trieu of 247Sports. Burnham rates as a 3-star prospect in the transfer portal […]
about 1 month ago | 1 read