No. 1/1/1 Ohio State (12-0, 9-0 B1G) vs. No. 2/2/2 Indiana (12-0, 9-0 B1G)
Saturday, December 6, 2025
Lucas Oil Stadium | Indianapolis, Ind.
• No. 2/2/2 Indiana will head to the state capital to face No. 1/1/1 Ohio State within the Uncover Massive Ten Championship Recreation on Saturday (Dec. 6) at 8 p.m. inside Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis on FOX.
• The sport marks Indiana’s first look within the Massive Ten Championship Recreation and the primary time Indiana has gained a share of the Massive Ten common season championship since 1967.
• Ohio State gained final yr’s sport in Columbus, 38-15, and leads the sequence, 81-12-5. Indiana is searching for its first win over Ohio State since 1988.
• Saturday’s contest would be the 52nd time ever that the No. 1 and No. 2 group within the AP ballot (since 1936) face off. It’s the third time in a convention championship sport and tenth time that two groups from the identical convention will meet. The final No. 1 versus No. 2 sport was in 2022 between Georgia and Tennessee. There have been two earlier iterations amongst Massive Ten groups (Iowa-Michigan, 1985; Ohio State-Michigan, 2006).
• Indiana’s rating within the AP and USA At the moment/US LBM Coaches Ballot is No. 2 for the seventh-straight week. The Hoosiers even have been ranked at No. 2 in every of the 4 editions of the Faculty Soccer Playoff rankings this season.
• The 23 victories for the reason that starting of the 2024 season are essentially the most in any two-year span in program historical past and rank tied for No. 4 nationally in that point. The 17 Massive Ten wins throughout that span are additionally essentially the most in a two-year stretch in IU historical past. MORE ON PAGE 4
• Curt Cignetti‘s 23 victories in his first two seasons at Indiana are the second most in Massive Ten historical past by a coach in his first two seasons at a college. The victory over Purdue broke a tie with Fielding Yost (22, 1901-02; Michigan) and he trails solely City Meyer (24, 2012-13; Ohio State).
• Cignetti’s 23 wins are tied for No. 6 in FBS historical past by a coach in his first two seasons at a college.
• Indiana capped the primary excellent common season in program historical past with a 12-0 report. The one different IU group to complete and not using a loss is the 1945 group at 9-0-1. The 12 victories are essentially the most in a single season.
• The 9 Massive Ten wins are essentially the most in program historical past and the 9-0 mark is the primary time IU has gained every of its convention video games in a single season.
• Since 1980, there have solely been 12 excellent common seasons within the Massive Ten (6, Ohio State; 3, Michigan; 1, Penn State; 1, Oregon; 1 Indiana).
• The Hoosiers are 43-27-1 all-time as a ranked group, which features a 36-20-1 mark in Massive Ten play.
• Indiana completed the common season with an unblemished report on the street for simply the third time in program historical past: 2025 (5-0), 1920 (3-0) and 1910 (2-0). The 1945 group went 5-0-1.
• The Hoosiers completed the common season with an unblemished report at Memorial Stadium, its sixth such season for the reason that venue opened in 1960. The opposite seasons embody 1967 (5-0), 1987 (6-0), 1991 (5-0), 2020 (3-0), and 2024 (8-0).
• Head coach Curt Cignetti began a season with a 12-0 mark for the primary time in his head teaching tenure, after he began back-to-back seasons at 10-0 (Indiana, 2024; James Madison, 2023).
• The 56-3 win over Purdue marked the sixth time in program historical past that Indiana has gained by 50-or-more factors with three of these coming in Massive Ten play. The three 50-plus level wins in convention play are the one such wins in program historical past.
• Fernando Mendoza threw two landing passes within the win over the Boilermakers to maneuver him to 32 on the yr, essentially the most of any Hoosier in a single season and is No. 1 within the FBS and Massive Ten. MORE ON PAGE 7
• Elijah Sarratt and Omar Cooper Jr. are tied for the Massive Ten lead with 11 landing receptions with Jeremiah Smith (Ohio State) and Makai Lemon (USC). The Hoosier duo can be among the many top-10 of this system’s profession receiving touchdowns charts. MORE ON PAGE 9
• Stephen Daley had 4.5 tackles for loss versus the Boilermakers to place him at No. 1 within the Massive Ten with 18.0. MORE ON PAGE 13
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