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Three IU football defenders on the preseason Bronko Nagurski watch list
IU football has three returning All-Americans on the defensive side of the ball. And all three are on the radar ...
IU football 2025 position snapshot: Quarterback depth chart and outlook
With football season approaching, we're going through Indiana's roster to look at each position group going into fall camp. Curt ...
IU football’s Sarratt and Mendoza are on 2025 Maxwell Award preseason watch list
Awarded to the outstanding player in college football, the Maxwell Award announced its preseason watch list Monday, with Indiana football ...
Here’s how CBS Sports ranks IU football’s Fernando Mendoza among the 18 Big Ten quarterbacks
Strong quarterback play was a common denominator across the four Big Ten teams that made the College Football Playoff in ...
The top-10 IU football seasons of all-time: No. 3 — 1967
The 1966 Indiana football team gave you no indication that something special was coming. For the 1967 Hoosiers, that was ...
IU football 2025 position snapshot: Safety depth chart and outlook
With football season approaching, we're going through Indiana's roster to look at each position group going into fall camp. Despite ...
ESPN posts SP+ preview for Big Ten: Here’s where IU football stands in the computer model
ESPN's Bill Connelly has completed his annual preview of the Big Ten fueled by his computer-driven SP+ model. Indiana finished ...
IU football 2025 position snapshot: Cornerback depth chart and outlook
With football season approaching, we're going through Indiana's roster to look at each position group going into fall camp. Indiana's ...
The greatest season in IU football history? The fans (and Curt Cignetti) voted
We've reached the top three in our countdown of the greatest seasons in IU football history. While the order can ...
IU football 2025 position snapshot: Linebacker depth chart and outlook
With football season approaching, we're going through Indiana's roster to look at each position group going into fall camp. Indiana's ...
Watch: Curt Cignetti appearances on Cover 3 and First Things First
It's been a busy week full of media appearances for IU football coach Curt Cignetti. Watch below as he appeared ...
With three non-Power 4 nonconference games, IU is in the majority Big Ten/SEC position
Curt Cignetti remembers the exact moment when everything changed. With his Hoosiers ranked in the top-5 and 10-0 on the ...
IU football notebook: Updates on injuries, projected starters, facilities, NIL, Barry Odom
Big Ten media days tend to produce a tsunami of content after a relatively quiet stretch of months. Tuesday was ...
Watch: IU football’s Aiden Fisher, Mikail Kamara and Elijah Sarratt on Big Ten Network set
Watch as IU football players Aiden Fisher, Mikail Kamara and Elijah Sarratt sat down for a live interview on the ...
Watch: IU football coach Curt Cignetti on Big Ten Network set at 2025 media day
Watch as IU football coach Curt Cignetti sat down for a live interview on the Big Ten Network set in ...
Video and transcript: Curt Cignetti on the stage at 2025 Big Ten media day
Watch below as IU football coach Curt Cignetti took the stage at the 2025 Big Ten media day in Las ...
Curt Cignetti on nonconference approach: “We figured we’d just adopt the SEC’s scheduling philosophy”
Indiana's approach to nonconference scheduling has been in the news this month after it was revealed the Hoosiers had canceled ...
IU football 2025 position snapshot: Defensive line depth chart and outlook
With football season approaching, we're going through Indiana's roster to look at each position group going into fall camp. First ...
Preseason 2025 media polls rank IU football sixth in Big Ten
Ahead of the Big Ten's annual media days this week in Las Vegas, a couple annual polls from outlets who ...
The top-10 IU football seasons of all-time: No. 4 — 2020
A season that almost never happened became one of Indiana's best ever. As the COVID-19 virus created chaos around the ...
Purdue coach Barry Odom takes subtle shot at IU football’s approach to scheduling
Towards the end of his second day on the job, IU coach Curt Cignetti jumped right into the Indiana and ...
IU football’s Fernando Mendoza nominated to 2025 AFCA Good Works Team
IU quarterback Fernando Mendoza was named a nominee for the 2025 AFCA Good Works Team, it was announced earlier this ...
ESPN gives IU football QB Fernando Mendoza chance to be No. 1 overall NFL draft pick
Indiana has had one player chosen as the No. 1 overall pick in the NFL Draft. And it has been ...
Bold and not so bold predictions for the 2025 Indiana football season
Indiana football's opening kickoff against Old Dominion on August 30th continues to inch closer. Fresh off a historic season, fans ...
IU Football 2025 Schedule Page with opponent previews, kick times, TV and ticket links
Updated July 14. Below is the schedule for the the 141st season of Indiana Football, and the second of the ...
BTN releases “Indiana Classic” replay of IU football’s emotional 2007 win over Purdue
The Big Ten Network released a condensed one-hour replay of Indiana's emotional 2007 win over Purdue. Indiana gave away a ...
IU football 2025 opponent overview: Week 14 — Purdue
With the college football season starting to creep up, we’re running down Indiana’s schedule to preview all 12 opponents for ...
The top-10 IU football seasons of all-time: No. 5 — 1910
In today's era of fast paced offense and high scoring games, it is rare to hold an opponent without a ...
CBS panel says Curt Cignetti has best job security in Big Ten, No. 10 coach in nation says PFF
This should come as no surprise. IU football coach Curt Cignetti is on the coldest seat in the Big Ten ...
David Pollack on IU football: “I don’t think they’re going anywhere”
When it comes to IU football in the Curt Cignetti era, former college All-American, NFL linebacker and long-time ESPN analyst ...
PFF’s data puts these IU football players among the 50 best for 2025, ranks team No. 17
Football data and analysis site PFF says Indiana has three of the top-50 players in college football going into the ...
IU football coach Curt Cignetti is on the preseason Dodd Trophy Watch List
Curt Cignetti joked in December he had swept all of the national coach of the year honors except the Dodd ...
Here’s where Phil Steele, other preseason magazines rank IU football nationally, in the Big Ten
Well-known college football analyst Phil Steele was more optimistic than most when it came to Indiana's 2024 outlook under then ...
IU football 2025 opponent overview: Week 12 — Wisconsin
With the college football season starting to creep up, we’re running down Indiana’s schedule to preview all 12 opponents for ...
IU football: Four players earn preseason All-American nods, new turf field featured in video
When Indiana opens fall camp on July 30, at least four preseason All-Americans will take the practice fields. Both Phil ...
IU football: Here are Fernando Mendoza’s preseason odds to win the Heisman
A year ago at this time IU fans were introduced to an unfamiliar topic: a quarterback with a chance to ...
Watch: Big Ten Commissioner Tony Petitti discusses future CFP models
Watch as Big Ten Commissioner Tony Petitti joined FOX's Joel Klatt for a lengthy discussion, primarily focused on the future ...
The top 10 IU football seasons of all-time: No. 6 — 1987
It had been 20 years since Indiana had defeated Michigan. 36 years since the Hoosiers last claimed a victory over ...
IU football 2025 opponent overview: Week 11 — Penn State
With college football season starting to creep up, we’re running down Indiana’s schedule to preview all 12 opponents for 2025 ...
IU football notebook: Reps for Big Ten media day named, Ponds gets first round projection
A trio of seniors who followed IU football coach Curt Cignetti from James Madison to Indiana will represent the Hoosiers ...
As things stand, IU football is right to avoid Power 4 teams in nonconference schedule
For the second time in two years, IU football has cancelled a future nonconference series with a Power 4 opponent ...
IU football 2025 opponent overview: Week 10 — Maryland
With college football season starting to creep up, we’re running down Indiana’s schedule to preview all 12 opponents for 2025 ...
IU Football: A look at the program’s known future opponents through 2032
LATEST UPDATES: Virginia home-and-home canceled in 2027/28, home game vs. Kennesaw State added in 2027. IU will host Eastern Illinois ...
The top 10 IU football seasons of all-time: No. 7 — 1988
Choosing the best of former IU head coach Bill Mallory's seasons wasn't easy, but it is clear that the two-year ...
IU football 2025 opponent overview: Week 9 — UCLA
With college football season starting to creep up, we’re running down Indiana’s schedule to preview all 12 opponents for 2025 ...
IU football 2025 opponent overview: Week 8 — Michigan State
With college football season starting to creep up, we’re running down Indiana’s schedule to preview all 12 opponents for 2025 ...
The top 10 IU football seasons of all-time: No. 8 — 1905
Did you know there was a "golden age" of Indiana football at the turn of the 20th century? Prior to ...
IU football 2025 opponent overview: Week 7 — Oregon
With college football season starting to creep up, we’re running down Indiana’s schedule to preview all 12 opponents for 2025 ...
IU football’s 2026 class looks promising, while the 2022 class provides cautionary tale
Will Indiana football's recruiting class of 2026 be graded the program's best ever in the rankings era? Possibly. As of ...
IU football gets multiple mentions in ESPN’s top-five at each position for 2026 NFL Draft
Will the 2026 NFL Draft be the best in IU football history? It could be one of them. ESPN's Matt ...
IU football 2025 opponent overview: Week 5 — Iowa
With college football season starting to creep up, we’re running down Indiana’s schedule to preview all 12 opponents for 2025 ...
The top 10 IU football seasons of all-time: No. 9 — 1979
Like many who have tried both before and after him, Lee Corso had his share of tough times as the ...
IU football 2025 opponent overview: Week 4 — Illinois
With college football season starting to creep up, we’re running down Indiana’s schedule to preview all 12 opponents for 2025 ...
The top 10 IU football seasons of all-time: No. 10 — 1942
The 1942 Indiana Hoosiers were no doubt one of the better teams in IU football program history. But their inclusion ...
IU football 2025 opponent overview: Week 3 — Indiana State
With college football season starting to creep up, we’re running down Indiana’s schedule to preview all 12 opponents for 2025 ...
The top 10 IU football seasons of all-time — 1991 (honorable mention)
Narrowing down Bill Mallory's seasons to include on this list wasn't easy. The 1991 season is the first of three ...
IU football 2025 opponent overview: Week 2 — Kennesaw State
With college football season starting to creep up, we’re running down Indiana’s schedule to preview all 12 opponents for 2025 ...
The top 10 IU football seasons of all-time — 2007 (honorable mention)
If emotions were the only criteria, the 2007 IU football season would surely vault to the top of this list. ...
IU football 2025 opponent overview: Week 1 — Old Dominion
With college football season starting to creep up, we’re running down Indiana’s schedule to preview all 12 opponents for 2025 ...
Fernando Mendoza one of ESPN’s top nine names to know for 2026 NFL Draft
ESPN's Jordan Reid listed IU football quarterback Fernando Mendoza among his top nine "names to know" when it comes to ...
IU announces plans for 2025 single-game football tickets sales
Can IU sell out the 2025 football season? The quest continues. After an appearance in the 2024 College Football Playoff, ...
Is IU football coach Curt Cignetti comfortable with his backup QB situation?
It is one of the more underappreciated aspects of the 2024 IU football season. In a pressure-packed scenario, a 7-0 ...
Here’s where IU football stands in ESPN’s first release of 2025 FPI rankings
When it comes to Indiana, ESPN's Football Power Index Rankings (FPI) still seem bogged down by 2021-23 data. After an ...
IU football greats Randle El and Dunbar back on the Hall of Fame ballot
The National Football Foundation (NFF) announced this week the names on the 2026 Ballot under consideration for induction into the ...
Watch: IU football’s Curt Cignetti Q&A from Big Ten meetings
Watch as IU football coach Curt Cignetti sat down with Rick Pizzo at the Big Ten's annual meetings in California ...
What would they be doing if they weren’t IU coaches? “I wanna be Coach Cig”
Football was the sport of choice for most of the boys in the DeVries household growing up. All three of ...
IU football offering four miniseries ticket packages for 2025 season
In 2024, Indiana totaled 386,992 fans for the season, well above the previous record of 354,823 set in 2013. With ...
IU football’s Mikail Kamara selected to Lott IMPACT Trophy watch list
After his first season ended with a finalist nomination for the award, redshirt senior Mikail Kamara was named one of ...
Watch: IU football players Aiden Fisher and Elijah Sarratt talk to the media
Watch as Indiana linebacker Aiden Fisher and wide receiver Elijah Sarratt caught up with the media this week at an ...
Watch: IU football QB Fernando Mendoza goes in depth with NBC Sports
Watch as IU football quarterback Fernando Mendoza joined Nicole Auerbach of NBC Sports for an in-depth interview. The pair discuss ...
Several IU football kick times, TV designations revealed for 2025 season
The highly anticipated 2025 IU football season begins in just over three months, and significant aspects of the schedule were ...
Watch: IU football coach Curt Cignetti talks to the media at alumni event
Watch as IU football coach Curt Cignetti met with the media ahead of an alumni event at Huber's Winery in ...
From “neglect” to “real commitment”: IU’s investment in football making major impact
Was Indiana football always a sleeping giant, simply short on the necessary investment to the elevate the program, and often ...
“Maybe biggest culture change in history of the sport”: What anonymous Big Ten coaches said about IU football
It’s difficult to get college coaches to speak candidly on much of anything. That’s why we like Athlon’s annual tradition ...
Here’s what IU football’s CFP path would have looked like under the new seeding format
Indiana would have had an easier postseason path in 2024 under the new College Football Playoff format. The College Football ...
A look at IU football and the Big Ten in ESPN’s post-spring SP+ model
After spring practice and the final wave of transfers, Indiana is ranked No. 23 in the latest 2025 preseason ESPN ...
For 2026 IU football commit Jay Timmons, overcoming pressure became a necessity
Lawrence "Jay" Timmons faced a crossroads one year ago; in football, and in life. After his sophomore year at Pine-Richland ...
IU AD Dolson on football success: “We are paranoid, don’t want to be one-hit wonder”
2024 wasn't the first time IU football ascended the mountain and found itself in the national college football conversation. In ...
“We needed a kick in the ___”: Former IU football OL describes changes under Bob Bostad
As Indiana languished through a second straight miserable season in 2022, the change everyone knew was needed finally happened. On ...
Here’s where the oddsmakers are placing the over/under for IU football’s 2025 win total
A near consensus over/under win total for Indiana has emerged in recent days across the popular betting platforms and sports ...
IU football notebook: PFF cites top returners, ESPN notes top newcomers, Klatt likes it all
IU football fans are living through an unfamiliar age when virtually all of the news about the Hoosiers is positive ...
This could be good: Cignetti sees better OL, more mobile and still very accurate QB for IU football
How good can Indiana's offense be in 2025? With more time to throw, Fernando Mendoza has the potential to reach ...
Hoosier Sounds: Former IU OL Mike Katic recounts roller coaster six years in Bloomington
Former IU football offensive lineman Mike Katic saw it all in six years in Bloomington. From back-to-back strong seasons in ...
Former All-Big Ten Indiana football player, IU team doctor Brad Bomba has passed
Longtime IU Athletics physician and former All-Big Ten football player Brad Bomba, Sr. has passed away. He was 89. His ...
Where IU football landed in ESPN’s 2025 post-spring practice too early rankings
With spring practice out of the way and majority of roster reconstructions complete, it's time to look ahead to rankings ...
Watch: IU football coach Curt Cignetti goes in depth with ESPN’s Greg McElroy
Watch as IU football coach Curt Cignetti joined ESPN's Greg McElroy on the Always College Football podcast. McElroy and Cignetti ...
As NCAA navigates the courts, IU’s Cignetti just wants level playing field for NIL
IU football coach Curt Cignetti has spent his entire life around college football, and he's seen plenty of change along ...
Indiana football’s backfield trio carries great potential for 2025
Indiana football's running game was solid throughout 2024. The Hoosiers ranked 63rd in the country and fifth in the Big ...
Watch: Curt Cignetti interview at Bloomington Boys & Girls Club event
Watch below as IU football coach Curt Cignetti was interviewed at the Bloomington Boys & Girls Club "Boys to Men" ...
IU football depth chart projection: How the Hoosiers stack up going into summer
Indiana football is continuing to fill in some gaps through the transfer portal, but the roster still looks pretty clear ...
Report indicates IU football strength coach Derek Owings will be top-5 nationally in salary
Indiana and coach Curt Cignetti have made a major statement when it comes to how much they value strength and ...
ESPN data says IU football was one of 2024’s “luckiest” teams, but were they?
Could a run of bad luck completely flip the narrative surrounding IU football in 2025? Well sure, too much bad ...
After making big strides in 2024, IU’s offensive line has potential entering 2025, with clear areas to improve
Indiana's offensive line became a major weakness throughout the final seasons of Tom Allen's tenure in Bloomington. But offensive line ...
Latest turn of the carousel shows IU football holding strong as “emerging superpower”
A lot changed as Tom Allen led Indiana through two of the program's best seasons in 2019 and 2020. Of ...
Update: Per report, IU football strength coach Derek Owings turns down USC opening, signs new contract
Indiana football director of athletic performance Derek Owings emerged as a strong candidate for a head strength and conditioning coach opening ...
Watch: IU football’s Curt Cignetti recaps spring season
Watch as IU football coach Curt Cignetti joined Rhett Lewis on Under the Hood to recap the team's spring practice ...
IU football trio appearing in first rounds of early 2026 mock NFL Drafts
The 2026 NFL Draft could be one of the best ever for IU football. And the headliner is projected to ...
Multiple former IU football players sign undrafted free agent deals
This disappointment of going undrafted has quickly passed for several former Hoosiers. Below are the IU players who have signed ...
Watch: Kurtis Rourke meets with media after being selected by San Francisco
With its seventh-round pick in the 2025 NFL Draft, the San Francisco 49ers selected Indiana quarterback Kurtis Rourke. His post-draft ...
Indiana quarterback Kurtis Rourke picked by San Francisco in the NFL Draft
Indiana quarterback Kurtis Rourke is NFL-bound. The Ohio transfer was selected in the seventh round of the 2025 NFL Draft on Saturday ...