Replacing star quarterback Fernando Mendoza won't be easy, that's for sure. Indiana earned the No. 1 seed in the College Football Playoff in large part because of Mendoza. The talented signal-caller is completing 71.

The former Crimson Tide head coach isn't buying into the notion that Alabama will have an easy time with the Hoosiers in the Rose Bowl.

The Hoosiers’ rise was once hailed as a program-building miracle of biblical scale, but with each victory, their dominance gets more real.

Omar Cooper Jr.'s game-winning catch for No. 1 Indiana against Penn State is the kind of play that gets remembered forever, especially if the Hoosiers go on to claim their first national title.

When Curt Cignetti was hired at Indiana, it had the most all-time losses among FBS teams. Cignetti has since molded the Hoosiers into the No. 1 team.

Indiana opened as a significant favorite over Alabama in the Rose Bowl on Thursday after its undefeated season. Nate Tice is joined by PFF's Trevor Sikkema to buy or sell playoff teams as true Super Bowl contenders. "It's crazy to think in 2025 that Alabama is thought about in this way."

While most Indiana laws tend to take effect July 1, there are some provisions left for Jan. 1, 2026. A few are significant.

The Indiana football program's staff believes something has changed since they were last in the College Football Playoff.