Author: Mike Schumann

After releasing the second 2025 College Football Playoff rankings, Committee Chair Mack Rhoades took questions from the media on Tuesday evening. A few of the questions touched on No. 2 Indiana.  You can read the full transcript below. Questions specifically related to Indiana are in red bold. For complete coverage of IU football, GO HERE. —————————————— College Football Playoff Media Conference Tuesday, November 11, 2025 Irving, Texas, USA Mack Rhoades CFP Media Conference BRETT DANIELS: I’d like to welcome everyone to the second College Football Playoff Selection Committee teleconference for the 2025 season. Joining us tonight is Rich Clark, the executive director…

Indiana football is ranked No. 2 in the second release of the 2025 College Football Playoff rankings. The rankings determined by the CFP Committee were announced live on ESPN Tuesday evening. The latest version of the bracket has IU playing the winner of No. 10 Texas and No. 7 Ole Miss. No. 1 Ohio State and No. 8 Oregon join IU from the Big Ten in the projected 12-team CFP field. As long as they remain a top-4 seed when the final CFP rankings are released in December, the Hoosiers will get a first round bye. In 2025 the 12-team…

Indiana had to turn to their No. 3 left guard on the depth chart at Penn State as redshirt freshman Adedamola Ajani got his first career start. That move was a bit surprising after redshirt senior Zen Michalski filled in for injured starter Drew Evans at Maryland a week ago. But IU coach Curt Cignetti revealed Michalski was also injured during practice last week, opening the door for Ajani’s start.  Michalski did see one snap at Penn State, which seems to indicate whatever he’s dealing with isn’t long term. “Zen got dinged up in practice a little bit, so Ajani…

On their plane Saturday afternoon and about to depart for Chicago, the IU basketball team suddenly faced a major dilemma. As you know very well by now, IU football’s 20-7 lead over Penn State had become a 24-20 deficit.  And about the time the basketball team was scheduled to takeoff, Fernando Mendoza and the IU offense was set to take the field at Beaver Stadium for their final drive. While football was orchestrating their plan to forge a dramatic rally against the Nittany Lions, basketball needed a desperation move of their own. “I think one of our managers may have…

Indiana’s solid start to the 2025-26 season has opened some eyes. After receiving just one vote in the preseason AP top-25, the Hoosiers received 45 in the updated poll following the first week of college basketball.  IU is effectively No. 28 based on the results of this week’s voting. Under first year coach Darian DeVries, IU dominated their first two opponents.  They beat Alabama A&M 98-51 to start the season, and then took care of Marquette 100-77 in Chicago on Sunday. Six teams from the Big Ten are ranked this week:  Purdue (2), Michigan (6), Illinois (14), UCLA (15), Michigan…

Indiana returns home for Senior Day on Saturday to face a program they seem to have replaced in the upper tier of the Big Ten. The No. 2 Hoosiers (10-0, 7-0) will face Wisconsin (3-6, 1-5) Saturday afternoon at Noon ET inside Memorial Stadium in Bloomington (BTN). With a loss on Saturday or at any other point over their last three games, Wisconsin will finish with a losing record for consecutive seasons for the first time since 1991-92. Indiana trails the all-time series against the Badgers 20-41-2, but the Hoosiers have won the last two meetings after dropping 10 in…

Below we take a look at Pro Football Focus (PFF) grades, notes and snap counts from Indiana’s week 11 game against Penn State — a dramatic 27-24 win to remain perfect on the season. The Hoosiers are No. 1 overall at PFF through 10 games.  They are tied for the No. 1 offense in the nation with Ohio State, they have the No. 2 defense behind Texas Tech, and the No. 8 special teams. Next up for Indiana (10-0, 7-0) is a return home to face Wisconsin (3-6, 1-5) for a Noon ET Saturday kickoff (BTN). OFFENSIVE STANDOUTS The top…

Indiana basketball made a statement on Sunday afternoon at United Center in Chicago. With Marquette leading 24-22 with around 10 minutes left in the first half, IU began to pull away.  The Hoosiers outscored Marquette 34-14 to end the first half.  The Golden Eagles got back within 10 about six minutes into the second half, but IU responded with a 15-6 run and never looked back. Let’s take a deeper look at how Indiana won 100-77 with our latest edition of The Report Card. Indiana (2-0) will host Milwaukee on Wednesday evening in Bloomington. —————————————- OFFENSE (A) Just how good…

CHICAGO, Ill. — Indiana defeated Marquette at United Center Sunday afternoon by a final score of 100-77. The Hoosiers led 56-38 at the break.  They were led in the game by Tucker DeVries with 28 points.  Lamar Wilkerson added 23. The three keys to the game, final stats and highlights are below. Stay tuned to The Daily Hoosier for more coverage of the game. Indiana returns to action on Wednesday when they host Milwaukee. THREE KEYS TO THE GAME 1. Tucker Takeover.  Tucker DeVries went over 2,000 points last week, and he put that number well into the rearview.  The…

There was little doubt Indiana was missing star receiver Elijah Sarratt on Saturday afternoon at Beaver Stadium. With Penn State bringing the blitz play after play, and locked in press man coverage, the Hoosiers needed their receivers to win one-on-one matchups — and win them quickly.  That is a Sarratt specialty, and with him out of the game with a hamstring injury, someone else had to step up. Enter sophomore Charlie Becker. Although he showed promise in 2024 as a true freshman, Indiana recruited over Becker this past winter and spring.  They brought in Jonathan Brady from California, Makai Jackson…