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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 ...
Indiana Football: The 2025 Schedule Page
Below is the schedule for the the 141st season of Indiana Football, and the second of the Curt Cignetti era ...
“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 ...
Watch: C.J. West meets with media after being selected by San Francisco
The San Francisco 49ers selected Indiana football defensive tackle CJ West with the 113th overall pick in the fourth round ...
Indiana defensive tackle CJ West gets drafted by 49ers in 4th round
Indiana defensive lineman CJ West is off the board. The interior defensive lineman became IU's first NFL Draft pick since ...
Four transfer portal areas of interest for Indiana football
Recruitment season is already in full swing for Indiana football. Just over a week after the spring game, the Hoosiers ...
IU football: Position-by-position look at 2025 roster changes (UPDATE – WR Brady added via portal)
A second college football transfer portal window is set to begin April 16-25, and that lines up with IU concluding ...
NFL Draft preview: CJ West in position to snap Indiana football’s drought
The 2025 NFL Draft has arrived, and Indiana football appears likely to snap a multi-year drought. IU has gone two ...
Watch: Documentary on Kurtis Rourke on playing through torn ACL, prepping for NFL Draft
Former IU quarterback Kurtis Rourke will be an interesting name to watch in the latter rounds of the 2025 NFL ...
ESPN panel tabs IU football’s D’Angelo Ponds one of five best DBs in college football
Cornerback D'Angelo Ponds just completed his sophomore season at Indiana, but he stands among the best-of-the-best in college football. After ...
Watch: IU football cornerbacks coach Rod Ojong on Under the Hood
Watch as IU cornerbacks coach Rod Ojong sat down with Rhett Lewis for an episode of Under the Hood. Ojong ...
IU football coach Curt Cignetti says the big money in college football is “kind of scary”
After an 11-2 season that saw Indiana reach the College Football Playoff, the football program is seeing unprecedented support in ...
Hoosier Sounds: IU CB D’Angelo Ponds on the Hoosiers Connect podcast
Watch as IU football cornerback D'Angelo Ponds joined Mackenzie Holmes on the Hoosiers Connect podcast. As a sophomore in 2024, ...
IU football got through spring practice relatively injury free
If job one was to get through spring practice relatively injury free, mission accomplished there for IU football. Coach Curt ...
IU football loses defensive linemen Marcus Burris, Robby Harrison to transfer portal
The college football spring transfer portal window is open, and Indiana has lost a couple key depth pieces along the ...
Watch: IU football’s Coogan, Ponds, Fisher and Smith discuss 2025 spring game
Watch below as Indiana's Pat Coogan, D'Angelo Ponds, Aiden Fisher and Carter Smith met with the media following the 2025 ...
Three takeaways from Indiana’s spring game
BLOOMINGTON — Indiana football's spring game has come and gone. The Hoosiers wrapped up their spring camp Thursday night at ...
Watch: IU football coach Curt Cignetti recaps the 2025 spring game
IU football coach Curt Cignetti met with the media on Thursday evening following the 2025 spring game at Memorial Stadium ...
IU football 2025 spring game: Live updates and postgame recap video
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Indiana's 2025 spring football game is Thursday evening at 8 p.m. at Memorial Stadium. Follow along by ...
Watch: IU football coach Curt Cignetti gives spring update to NBC Sports
Watch as IU football coach Curt Cignetti joined NBC Sports for a spring interview. Cignetti covered a number of topics ...
Former IU coach, ESPN legend Lee Corso to retire after one more GameDay appearance
ESPN announced on Thursday legendary College GameDay personality Lee Corso will retire. The outlet says Corso will make his final ...
Three things to watch for during Indiana football’s spring game
Indiana football wraps up its spring camp on Thursday evening with its spring game. This will be the public's first ...
Watch: IU football specialists Radicic, McCarthy and Langston spring media Q&As
Watch as IU football specialists Nico Radicic (K), Mitch McCarthy (P) and Mark Langston (LS) met with the media this ...
IU football: Tight end Sam West announces he’s entering the transfer portal
Greensburg, Ind. product Sam West showed promise during his time at IU. But he'll play out the latter part of ...
IU football releases fan details for 2025 spring game
Indiana football concludes 2025 spring practice with the spring game on Thursday. The program released details for the game on ...
Hoosier Sounds: IU transfer OL Pat Coogan on the Hoosiers Connect Podcast
Watch as Indiana transfer offensive lineman Pat Coogan joined the Hoosiers Connect Player's Perspective podcast. The 6-foot-5 Coogan transferred to ...
Watch: IU football special teams coordinator and tight ends coach Grant Cain
Watch as IU football special teams coordinator and tight ends coach Grant Cain joined Rhett Lewis on the Under the ...
IU doesn’t tackle in spring football, prioritizing fundamentals and safety
As player safety measures in football have become increasingly prevalent and important in recent years, tackling outside of games has ...
Indiana OL Austin Barrett to enter transfer portal
Indiana offensive lineman Austin Barrett is entering the transfer portal, he announced on social media Friday. View this post on ...
Watch: IU football RB Kaelon Black spring practice media Q&A
Watch as IU football running back Kaelon Black met with the media this week in connection with the program's spring ...
Consistency is the next step for Indiana receiver Omar Cooper Jr.
After a breakout 2024 season, Omar Cooper Jr. is eyeing continued progression with Indiana football. The Indianapolis native took a ...
Watch: IU football coach Curt Cignetti gives update one week ahead of spring game
Watch as IU football coach Curt Cignetti met with the media on Thursday in Bloomington. Cignetti took questions as the ...
Watch: IU football RB Lee Beebe, Jr. spring practice media Q&A
Watch as IU football redshirt junior running back Lee Beebe, Jr. met with the media this week in connection with ...
IU Football: A look at the program’s known future opponents through 2032
LATEST UPDATE: Indiana will play a 2032 game at UConn. Below are all of the known games on the future ...
RB Roman Hemby noticed better IU football offense, culture, fans….everything in 2024
Roman Hemby arrived at Maryland in 2021, right after Tom Allen led IU through two of their best seasons in ...
Watch: IU football RB Roman Hemby spring practice media Q&A
Watch as IU football running back Roman Hemby met with the media on Tuesday in Bloomington as the program continues ...
Hoosier Sounds: IU football OT Carter Smith on the Hoosiers Connect podcast
Watch as IU football offensive tackle Carter Smith joined the Hoosiers Connect podcast. Former IU women's basketball player Sydney Parrish ...
Watch: IU football defensive lineman Tyrique Tucker spring media Q&A
Watch as IU football interior defensive lineman Tyrique Tucker met with the media in connection with spring practice. Tucker is ...
Curt Cignetti mentioned in future NFL Hall of Famer’s retirement video
In some respects, Curt Cignetti and Julio Jones helped launch each other's careers. Cignetti was the receivers coach at Alabama ...
Watch: IU football defensive coordinator Bryant Haines gives a spring update
Watch as IU football defensive coordinator Bryant Haines joined Rhett Lewis on "Under the Hood" to provide a spring practice ...
Watch: IU football WR Omar Cooper, Jr. spring media Q&A
Watch as IU football wide receiver Omar Cooper, Jr. met with the media this week in connection with the program's ...
Watch: IU football wide receiver E.J. Williams spring Q&A
Watch as IU football receiver E.J. Williams met with the media on Thursday in Bloomington Williams initially entered the transfer ...
IU football: Cignetti expects 2024 starting guard Drew Evans back practicing in the fall
Indiana's 2024 offensive line was never quite the same after Drew Evans went down with a season-ending injury. To be ...
Watch: IU football coach Curt Cignetti gives spring practice update
Watch as IU football coach Curt Cignetti met with the media on Tuesday in Bloomington. Indiana concludes spring practice on ...
Indiana WR Tyler Morris out for 2025 season with knee injury
Indiana football has been dealt a big blow during spring practice. IU head coach Curt Cignetti announced on Tuesday that ...
Watch: IU football CB D’Angelo Ponds spring practice media Q&A
Watch as IU football All-American cornerback D'Angelo Ponds met with the media in connection with the program's spring practice sessions ...
Watch: IU football edge Mikail Kamara spring practice media Q&A
Watch as IU football edge rusher Mikail Kamara met with the media to discuss spring practice and the upcoming 2025 ...
Watch: IU football QB Fernando Mendoza spring practice media Q&A
Watch as IU football quarterback Fernando Mendoza met with the media this week. Mendoza transferred to Indiana from California during ...
With his brother’s help, Fernando Mendoza is getting acclimated to Indiana football
When most quarterbacks join a new college program, they'll start learning the playbook when they get to campus, or after ...
Watch: IU football transfer OL Pat Coogan spring practice media Q&A
Watch as IU football offensive lineman Pat Coogan met with the media on Thursday in Bloomington. Coogan transferred to IU ...
Watch: IU football WR Elijah Sarratt on the Hoosiers Connect podcast
Watch below as IU wide receiver Elijah Sarratt joined the Hoosiers Connect podcast hosted by IU women's basketball great Mackenzie ...
Watch: IU football coach Curt Cignetti on the Under the Hood podcast
Watch below as IU football coach Curt Cignetti joined the Under the Hood podcast with former Hoosiers player and radio ...
Watch: IU football spring practice Q&A’s with Fisher, Ferrell, Sarratt and Smith
Watch below as IU football's Aiden Fisher, Amare Ferrell, Elijah Sarratt and Carter Smith met with the media on Tuesday ...
Former IU football running back Justice Ellison back with the program in support role
After a solid college career, Justice Ellison appeared to have a shot to get some consideration for a role at ...
Watch: IU football coach Curt Cignetti discusses first spring practice of 2025
Watch as IU football coach Curt Cignetti met with the media following his team's first spring practice. Indiana's spring practice ...
Cignetti sees silver lining in IU football’s season ending loss
IU football coach Curt Cignetti is always on the hunt for complacency in his program. And coming off a record ...