Indiana football has its second bye of the 2025 season in the penultimate week of the regular season.
IU is off this week, with only one regular season game remaining after the bye: the Old Oaken Bucket game at Purdue. Curt Cignetti’s team will be a heavy favorite in that matchup, and a win would secure the first undefeated regular season in program history.
But even without playing this week, the Hoosiers could officially clinch a spot in the Big Ten Championship Game. They’d need two results to go their way on Saturday for that to happen.
- Maryland (4-6, 1-6 Big Ten) needs to beat Michigan (8-2, 6-1) at SECU Stadium in College Park, Md.
- USC (8-2, 6-1) needs to beat Oregon (9-1, 6-1) at Autzen Stadium in Eugene, Ore.
If the Terps and Trojans win, Indiana would be in the Big Ten title game even with a loss against Purdue.
IU would have the head-to-head tiebreaker over Oregon, but a three-way tie between IU, UO, and Ohio State would result in the Buckeyes and Ducks playing for the conference championship. And if Michigan wins at Maryland, Indiana would be on the wrong end of tiebreakers if the Wolverines upset OSU next week and the Hoosiers lost to Purdue.
If those games this weekend don’t go Indiana’s way, the Hoosiers would still reach the title game with a win at Ross-Ade Stadium.
The Big Ten Championship Game is on Saturday, December 6, kicking off at 8 p.m. ET at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. IU Athletics would have a doubleheader in Indianapolis that day, with men’s basketball facing Louisville at Gainbridge Fieldhouse at 2 p.m. ET.
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