Indiana rewards Curt Cignetti for 10-0 season with 8-year contract
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Indiana rewards Curt Cignetti for 10-0 season with 8-year contract

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Google me.” Then at a basketball game, he riled up crowd by shouting “Purdue sucks,” referencing Indiana’s long-time in-state rival, before declaring “so does Michigan and Ohio State.” All Cignetti has done since then is win at a historic rate, just like his late Hall of Fame coaching father. “After first meeting Coach Cignetti, we were very confident that he was the perfect fit for what we were trying to build with our football program,” athletic director Scott Dolson said. “Coach Cignetti has been the architect of one of college football’s greatest turnarounds and has shown the world that IU is also a football school,” Indiana President Pamela Whitten said. “The success he has brought to Indiana football is shining a light on all that is amazing about Indiana University.” ___ Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top 25 throughout the season.

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No. 10 Indiana tries to rebound from 1st loss and take shot at Big Ten title game by beating Purdue
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3 weeks, 5 days ago

No. 10 Indiana tries to rebound from 1st loss and take shot at Big Ten title game by beating Purdue

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! A win would likely secure a spot in the expanded 12-team College Football Playoff and could send them to the Big Ten title game — if No. The Boilermakers have struggled to find balance all season and could have problems against Indiana’s physical defense — especially …

No. 22 Illinois tries to reach 9 wins for 1st time since 2007 when it meets Northwestern at Wrigley
3 weeks, 5 days ago

No. 22 Illinois tries to reach 9 wins for 1st time since 2007 when it meets Northwestern at Wrigley

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! 22 Illinois at Northwestern at Chicago’s Wrigley Field, Saturday, noon EST BetMGM College Football Odds: Illinois by 7 1/2. Facts & figures Northwestern is 0-4 at Wrigley Field since college football returned to “The Friendly Confines” in 2010 after more than a seven-decade absence. The Illini …

No. 10 Indiana looks to rebound from 1st loss and clinch playoff spot against reeling Purdue
3 weeks, 5 days ago

No. 10 Indiana looks to rebound from 1st loss and clinch playoff spot against reeling Purdue

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Yes, it’s all still there for the taking and coach Curt Cignetti expects his team to follow the same game plan it has all season when it hosts in-state rival Purdue on Saturday. “I’m slowly starting to realize how important this game is,” said defensive lineman …

College football picks: Never mind Hoosiers, Ohio State has lots riding on showdown at the Horseshoe
1 month ago

College football picks: Never mind Hoosiers, Ohio State has lots riding on showdown at the Horseshoe

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Much has been made about the stakes for unbeaten Indiana in Saturday’s top-five showdown with Ohio State. Ohio State hasn’t won a Big Ten championship, let alone play in the title game, since 2020. With a one-point loss at Oregon on this season’s ledger, the Buckeyes …

Perfect season has done the unthinkable — turned Indiana into the toast of college football
1 month, 1 week ago

Perfect season has done the unthinkable — turned Indiana into the toast of college football

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! I’m more excited about football than basketball, and I didn’t think I’d ever say that.” For decades, Indiana football was mired in mediocrity or worse — irrelevance. When ESPN broadcaster Joe Buck identified an Indiana alum during a Monday Night Football telecast a couple years back, …

No. 8 Indiana hopes to keep perfect record and playoff hopes intact against Michigan
1 month, 2 weeks ago

No. 8 Indiana hopes to keep perfect record and playoff hopes intact against Michigan

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! “There’s nothing, we prepare the same we do every week, every single week,” West, a defensive lineman, said after the first set of CFP rankings had Indiana listed No. “This is the biggest game because it’s the next game, and that’s how it is every week.” …

Indiana Aims for First 9-0 Start at Michigan State
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Indiana Aims for First 9-0 Start at Michigan State

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No. 13 Indiana aims for its first 9-0 start at Michigan State. The Hoosiers have already produced the most lopsided win in school history, 77-3 over Western Illinois, and matched the most lopsided Big Ten win in school history, 56-7 over Nebraska. Indiana has kept its record unblemished because of the way it starts and finishes games. The Hoosiers are …

Indiana's Unblemished Quest: Can They Keep Their Perfect Record Intact Against Washington?
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Indiana's Unblemished Quest: Can They Keep Their Perfect Record Intact Against Washington?

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Indiana's backup quarterback Tayven Jackson faces a tough task in keeping his perfect record intact against Washington. Despite losing starting quarterback Kurtis Rourke to a thumb injury, Jackson has stepped up admirably, completing 12 of 18 passes for 225 yards and three TDs in four games. The Hoosiers are currently leading the FBS in scoring at 47.5 points, and they …

Missouri State Soars to 46-21 Victory Over Indiana State
2 months ago

Missouri State Soars to 46-21 Victory Over Indiana State

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Missouri State dominated Indiana State in a 46-21 victory. Jacob Clark threw for 379 yards and three touchdowns, while Jacardia Wright added two more rushing touchdowns. The Bears took control of the game in the third quarter with a 82-yard touchdown and a 20-yard touchdown run by Wright. They secured their fifth consecutive win in the Missouri Valley Football Conference.

Indiana is no Cinderella. The Hoosiers look like they can crash the CFP and compete
2 months ago

Indiana is no Cinderella. The Hoosiers look like they can crash the CFP and compete

New York Times  

— Indiana coach Curt Cignetti could not relinquish the fight. A maniac.” This is an Indiana football team that is unrecognizable from its past, which largely consisted of sharing revenue in exchange for being the Big Ten’s party favor for a century. “We’re looking to dominate whenever we can.” Miles Cross and the many transfers who make up Indiana’s roster …

Unbeaten Hoosiers Dominate AP's Big Ten Midseason Awards
2 months, 1 week ago

Unbeaten Hoosiers Dominate AP's Big Ten Midseason Awards

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The Indiana Hoosiers have dominated the AP's Big Ten midseason awards, with nine out of 10 writers voting them the most surprising team of the first half of the season. The Hoosiers have already doubled their win total from last season, and coach Curt Cignetti has led the team to a 14-7 record and their first bowl appearance since 1967. …

Indiana improves to 5-0 for 1st time since 1967 with 42-28 victory over Maryland
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Indiana improves to 5-0 for 1st time since 1967 with 42-28 victory over Maryland

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Kurtis Rourke threw for a season-high 359 yards and three touchdowns Saturday, and the Indiana defense came up with stop after stop over the final 22 minutes as Indiana defeated Maryland 42-28 for its first 5-0 start since 1967. Despite committing four turnovers — their first …

Curt Cignetti chases history as Indiana puts perfect mark on the line against Charlotte
3 months ago

Curt Cignetti chases history as Indiana puts perfect mark on the line against Charlotte

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! A win also would surpass Indiana’s victory total from 2023 and would put them two wins away from becoming bowl eligible. Indiana broke single-game records for points and total yards in its last home game got its first win at the Rose Bowl. FACTS & FIGURES …

AP Top 25 Takeaways: Marcus Freeman again is explaining a stunning loss at Notre Dame 3 years in
3 months, 2 weeks ago

AP Top 25 Takeaways: Marcus Freeman again is explaining a stunning loss at Notre Dame 3 years in

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Notre Dame coach Marcus Freeman still has not mastered the most underrated part of being a college football coach at a blue-blood school: Beat the teams you’re supposed to beat. Notre Dame came in ranked fifth, coming off a quality road win over Texas A&M and …

Big Ten goes 17-1 with new coaches, QBs in Week 1’s full non-conference slate
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Big Ten goes 17-1 with new coaches, QBs in Week 1’s full non-conference slate

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! With no league contests in Week 1 for the first time since 2019, the league finished a 17-1 weekend with Miller Moss’ dramatic last-minute touchdown drive to give Southern California a 27-20 victory over then-No. “There’s some pretty good Big Ten football today,” Trojans coach Lincoln …

Indiana begins new football era with coach Curt Cignetti making debut against Florida International
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Indiana begins new football era with coach Curt Cignetti making debut against Florida International

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Indiana starts anew after hiring Curt Cignetti, who has never posted a sub-.500 mark in 13 years as a head coach. While the unveiling of Florida International’s recently renamed Pitbull Stadium won’t take place this week, the Golden Panthers are ready for a fresh start after …

New Indiana coach Cignetti counts on father’s old-school values, new faces to spur quick turnaround
3 months, 3 weeks ago

New Indiana coach Cignetti counts on father’s old-school values, new faces to spur quick turnaround

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! “Greatest man I’ve ever known,” Cignetti said when asked about his father. After taking his first head coaching job at the same school his father turned into a Division II powerhouse, Cignetti led IUP to the playoffs twice in six seasons. Running back Justice Ellison, a …

New Indiana coach relies on familiar blueprint to help Hoosiers recreate a winning formula in 2024
4 months ago

New Indiana coach relies on familiar blueprint to help Hoosiers recreate a winning formula in 2024

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! So when the 63-year-old son of a Hall of Fame coach accepted the Indiana job, hopeful fans immediately began contemplating how Cignetti could extend his 13-year streak of winning seasons as a head coach and 17 straight overall — despite taking over a team picked to …

Ex-Kansas State quarterback Will Howard announces he is transferring to Ohio State
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Ex-Kansas State quarterback Will Howard announces he is transferring to Ohio State

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! COLUMBUS, Ohio — Former Kansas State quarterback Will Howard announced his intention to transfer to Ohio State on Thursday night, giving the Buckeyes a replacement for Kyle McCord after his own decision to transfer to Syracuse. But with Kansas State expected to turn over its offense …

Thomas Castellanos’ 2 fourth-quarter TDs lift BC over No. 17 SMU in Fenway Bowl
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Thomas Castellanos’ 2 fourth-quarter TDs lift BC over No. 17 SMU in Fenway Bowl

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! 17 SMU 23-14 on Thursday in the Fenway Bowl at the home of the Boston Red Sox, snapping the Mustangs’ nine-game winning streak. We didn’t play very well today.” With the Mustangs moving to the Atlantic Coast Conference next season in a sweeping list of realignments …

New Indiana coach Curt Cignetti says ‘no reason’ he can’t replicate his JMU success
1 year ago

New Indiana coach Curt Cignetti says ‘no reason’ he can’t replicate his JMU success

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! One day after taking the biggest job of his career, the 62-year-old Cignetti promised Friday to bring the same approach he used to produce 12 straight winning seasons at three schools to Indiana, which hasn’t played in a bowl game since 2020. “But you’re your own …

Indiana Hoosiers agree to deal with Curt Cignetti as new football coach
1 year ago

Indiana Hoosiers agree to deal with Curt Cignetti as new football coach

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Curt Cignetti learned the coaching profession from his College Football Hall of Fame father. Both also spent more than a decade climbing the assistant coaching ranks before landing a head coaching job, and now Curt Cignetti, like his father, has landed a job at a Power …

Indiana hires Curt Cignetti as football coach
1 year ago

Indiana hires Curt Cignetti as football coach

New York Times  

By Nicole Auerbach, Scott Dochterman and Chris Vannini Indiana has named Curt Cignetti its football coach. Depending on who Cignetti signs in the portal, he has a chance to elevate IU into a bowl game his first season and perhaps compete for the Big Ten’s upper-middle by his second season. — Scott Dochterman, college football staff writer Why Indiana needed …

With NCAA probe in Vols’ rearview mirror, Josh Heupel ready to chase titles
1 year, 5 months ago

With NCAA probe in Vols’ rearview mirror, Josh Heupel ready to chase titles

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! The NCAA cited Tennessee’s cooperation with the investigation involving violations described as “egregious and expansive.” On Thursday, Heupel credited Tennessee administration for backing him in his first season by refusing self-impose a bowl ban in his first season. The guys that were left were were innocent …

Ryan Day, Buckeyes feel urgency behind second chance at CFP
2 years ago

Ryan Day, Buckeyes feel urgency behind second chance at CFP

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! “We’re going to start making the transition into game planning here soon and then we get down to bowl week, so we have three phases when we talk about bowl practice, but the energy has been really, really good.” The Buckeyes took the back door into …

Navy’s Ken Niumatalolo out after 15 seasons as coach
2 years ago

Navy’s Ken Niumatalolo out after 15 seasons as coach

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! — Ken Niumatalolo set the bar high for what a military academy could still accomplish in major college football. In the Midshipmen’s first two years in the American Athletic Conference, Niumatalolo led the team to a share of an AAC West Division title in 2015 and …

Backup QB Harris leads Ohio past Bowling Green 38-13
2 years, 1 month ago

Backup QB Harris leads Ohio past Bowling Green 38-13

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! ATHENS, Ohio — CJ Harris stepped in for injured star quarterback Kurtis Rourke and ran for three touchdowns and threw for a fourth to lead Ohio to a 38-13 win over Bowling Green on Tuesday night for the Bobcats’ seventh-straight win. Ohio won the Mid-American Conference …

AP Top 25 Takeaways: Superpowers flex with titles in sight
3 years, 1 month ago

AP Top 25 Takeaways: Superpowers flex with titles in sight

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! That loss to Oregon in September is a distant memory for Ohio State, which is one victory away from a fifth straight Big Ten title game appearance. If Wake loses next week at Boston College and North Carolina State loses to North Carolina, Clemson is back …

AP Top 25: Cincinnati holds on to No. 2 as Tide closes in
3 years, 1 month ago

AP Top 25: Cincinnati holds on to No. 2 as Tide closes in

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! 3 Alabama in The Associated Press college football poll Sunday, and Oregon slipped past Ohio State to move up to No. POLL POINTS Seven more ranked teams lost this past weekend, upping the total to 68 on the season, including 42 to unranked teams. 21 North …

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