Author: Seth Tow

With college football season starting to creep up, we’re running down Indiana’s schedule to preview all 12 opponents for 2025. The second of Indiana’s two biggest games of the regular season comes on Nov. 8, in a road test at Penn State. James Franklin’s team made a deep postseason run in 2024, reaching the semifinals and coming up painfully short against Notre Dame. This will be Curt Cignetti’s first matchup against the Nittany Lions, and it looks like a potential matchup of two of the Big Ten’s best teams. Opponent: Penn State Date/Time/TV: Saturday, November 8, time TBD Location: Beaver…

With college football season starting to creep up, we’re running down Indiana’s schedule to preview all 12 opponents for 2025. IU starts off November with a road game at Maryland. The last time these two teams played in College Park, in 2023, Indiana fired offensive coordinator Walt Bell the next day after a brutal performance. But the two programs went opposite directions in 2024; Curt Cignetti took the Hoosiers to the College Football Playoff, while Mike Locksley’s Terps suffered their worst season in four years. Opponent: Maryland Date/Time/TV: Saturday, November 1, time TBD Location: SECU Stadium, College Park, Md. 2024…

With college football season starting to creep up, we’re running down Indiana’s schedule to preview all 12 opponents for 2025. Indiana welcomes UCLA to Bloomington in October for the first time. The programs faced off in Los Angeles last season in their first-ever matchup, which became a blowout IU victory. Head coach DeShaun Foster, in year two leading the Bruins, will hope to improve on last year’s up-and-down season and get the program rolling. Opponent: UCLA Date/Time/TV: Saturday, October 25, time TBD Location: Memorial Stadium, Bloomington, Ind. 2024 record/postseason result: 5-7, 3-6 Big Ten Returning production, offense: 54 percent (per…

With college football season starting to creep up, we’re running down Indiana’s schedule to preview all 12 opponents for 2025. Indiana will go nearly a full month between home games this fall, with two road games sandwiching a bye week. The Hoosiers return to Bloomington for their homecoming game in mid-October against Michigan State, with the Old Brass Spittoon up for grabs. The Spartans made IU sweat a little last season, giving Curt Cignetti his first deficit of the season in the first quarter, before the Hoosiers dominated the rest of the game. MSU has a lot of returning production…

With college football season starting to creep up, we’re running down Indiana’s schedule to preview all 12 opponents for 2025. Indiana’s first bye week of the season comes in week six. Curt Cignetti and his team will face one of its toughest challenges of the season coming out of that off-week: a road test at Oregon. The Ducks were one of the best teams in the country last season, completing an undefeated regular season and winning the Big Ten championship. This will be the fourth-ever matchup between IU and UO, and the first meeting since 2004, when the Hoosiers earned…

With college football season starting to creep up, we’re running down Indiana’s schedule to preview all 12 opponents for 2025. The last time Indiana football played against Iowa created a haunting memory. The Hawkeyes dominated a ranked IU team in the first game of the 2021 season, setting the tone for a disappointing season that began with high expectations. The Hoosiers will return to Iowa City this season in week five, for the first time since that 34-6 beatdown. Iowa has been extremely consistent under Kirk Ferentz, with 12 consecutive winning seasons and 16 in the last 17 years. Opponent:…

With college football season starting to creep up, we’re running down Indiana’s schedule to preview all 12 opponents for 2025. IU opens Big Ten play with a big test this season, at home against Illinois. The Fighting Illini are coming off their first 10-win season in 23 years, and have a lot of key pieces back from that squad. Bret Bielema’s team ranks fourth in the nation in overall returning production at 75 percent. This will be Curt Cignetti’s first matchup against Illinois — Indiana’s last game against the Fighting Illini came in 2023, in a disappointing 48-45 overtime loss.…

Indiana football’s class of 2026 is continuing to grow. The Hoosiers landed a commitment from Powder Springs, Georgia running back Jayreon Campbell, he announced on social media on Monday. Campbell is rated as a three-star prosect in 247Sports Composite. He’s the No. 44 running back in the class of 2026, and the No. 83 overall player out of Georgia. He was among the recruits who took an official visit to Indiana over the weekend. The McEachern High product previously visited Georgia Tech, which is around 25 miles away from Powder Springs. Campbell held 20 power-four offers, including IU and GT.…

IU football landed a commitment from class of 2026 in-state product Parker Elmore, he announced on social media on Sunday. Elmore plays both tight end and outside linebacker at Columbus North High. He tagged Indiana tight ends coach Grant Cain in his commitment post, but it’s not entirely clear at which position the Hoosiers will use him. COMMITTED!!!❤️🤍❤️🤍@Coach_Haston @CoachNGlidden @DogPackFB @dsmitty72503 @CCignettiIU @coachgrantcain @Coach_AHiggins pic.twitter.com/d8gJMnw40s — Parker Elmore (@ParkerElmore1) June 15, 2025 He’s unranked in 247Sports Composite, and held just two other offers: Illinois State and Kent State. He’s a 3-star and the No. 41 tight end in 247Sports own…

With college football season starting to creep up, we’re running down Indiana’s schedule to preview all 12 opponents for 2025. Indiana rounds out its non-conference slate with a Friday night game against FCS opponent Indiana State. The Sycamores haven’t posted a winning record since 2017, Curt Mallory’s second season as head coach. The team improved from 1-10 in 2023 to 4-8 last season, but ISU still has a lot of work to do to get back to winning ways. Opponent: Indiana State Date/Time/TV: Friday, September 12, 6:30 or 7 p.m. ET, BTN Location: Memorial Stadium, Bloomington, Ind. 2024 record/postseason result:…