When the 2025 NCAA football season, began the Indiana Hoosiers were the losing-est program in college football history. When the 2025 season concludes, they might be National Champions and one of the best single-season teams of the modern era. Maybe of all time.
They took another step toward that championship on Friday night with an absolutely dominant 56-22 win over Oregon in the Peach Bowl, punching their ticket to the National Championship Game.
They will play the Miami Hurricanes for the chance to win their first national title in program history. Here are some key takeaways from Friday’s win.
Indiana made its statement from the very beginning
There should not have been any doubt about Indiana’s ability coming into this game. The Hoosiers were already 14-0 on the season, the only undefeated team in the nation and were coming off an emphatic dismantling of Alabama in the Rose Bowl. That win came after beating previously No. 1-ranked Ohio State in the Big Ten championship game.
This, however, might have been their most impressive statement of them all.
Indiana fans flooded Mercedes-Benz Stadium and turned it into a home game, and then on the first play from scrimmage, D’Angelo Ponds picked off a Dante Moore pass and returned it 25 yards for a touchdown.
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