Indiana football's New Year Resolution in 2025 should be to block out all the hate and disrespect that is continually being thrown at them. The Hoosiers have heard it all at this point: that they didn't belong in the College Football Playoff, they didn't play tough enough opponents, their season was. fluke, they have heard it all.
Now, with the season almost over and the National Championship just a week away between 8-seed Ohio State and 7-seed Notre Dame, of course, Vegas oddsmakers are debuting their way-too-early odds for the 2026 National Championship.
Looking at the odds on FanDuel Sportsbook, the Ohio State Buckeyes currently have the best odds to win the National Championship at +450. In order to find the Hoosiers odds of winning the National Championship, fans would have to scroll quite a bit until they see Indiana's name with +8500 odds.
This is just another time Indiana is being disrespected when it comes to football because teams such as Michigan, Louisville, Oklahoma, Auburn, and Florida, all teams with a worse record than Indiana in 2024, had better odds at winning it all in 2026.
All of the teams mentioned above were also barely bowl-eligible this season, especially a team like Oklahoma, which seemed like it was on the verge of firing its head coach. It clearly doesn't matter that Indiana had their best season in program history and a head coach who can actually build on the success.
A big reason for Indiana's odds being so low probably comes from the fact that the Hoosiers are losing quite a few of their starters in 2025 due to the NFL, eligibility, or the transfer portal. However, head coach Curt Cignetti has been very active in the transfer portal and has worked to fill a lot of the holes left on this team.
At this point, Indiana can either completely tune out the disrespect, or they can embrace it, either way, it will help them going into 2025. Cignetti clearly knows how to run this team and make them a force to be reckoned with, so bring on the disrespect, the Hoosiers can handle it and just prove everyone wrong.