FOX “Big Noon Kickoff” will be in Bloomington for Indiana versus UCLA

The No. 2 Indiana Hoosiers and the UCLA Bruins will be featured on Fox's Big Noon Saturday Kickoff on October 25th. The game will air on FOX at noon ET, immediately following the show.

Following a 0-4 start, UCLA has now won three games in a row following their close battle with Maryland beating the Terrapins 20-17. UCLA fired head coach DeShaun Foster and former Indiana co-offensive coordinator and QB coach Tino Sunseri following their losses to Utah, UNLV, New Mexico and Northwestern.

Since interim head coach Tim Skipper and offensive coordinator Jerry Neuheisel the Bruins have won three games in a row with wins over the previously mentioned Maryland, Penn State and Michigan State.

Indiana and Curt Cignetti are now ranked No. 2 and 7-0 for the second straight season, after Saturday’s 38-13 win over Michigan State.

Indiana won 38-13 over Michigan State on Saturday, while Fernando Mendoza threw for 332 yards on 24-of-28 attempts (85.7%) with four touchdowns and no interceptions. Kaelon Black carried the ball 10 times for 64 yards and scored one touchdown. Omar Cooper had eight receptions for 115 yards and one touchdown.

Cignetti led Indiana to the College Football Playoff and an 11-1 regular-season record in 2024 after taking the head coaching role after leaving James Madison. Indiana finished 11-2 with losses only to Ohio State and Notre Dame, who played for the national championship to end the season.

Indiana also has the Heisman Trophy frontrunner in junior signal-caller Fernando Mendoza. Mendoza, is completing 73.5 percent of his passes with 21 touchdowns and two interceptions on the season.

Indiana is currently favorite over UCLA according to Fan Duel Sportsbook, the Hoosiers are favorite by - 23.5 points as of Sunday morning.

The crew for the Fox college football pregame show Big Noon Kickoff for this season includes host Rob Stone, former Ohio State and Florida three time national championship coach Urban Meyer, Former Heisman winners Mark Ingram II and Matt Leinart, Notre Dame legend Brady Quinn, Chris "The Bear" Fallica, and Barstool Sports' Dave Portnoy.