Indiana Football: Hoosiers Land In B/R's Way-Too-Early Top 25 For Next Season

For the first time in Indiana Hoosiers football history they will have pre-season hype and be a likely pick to make the College Football Playoffs in 2025. After the Hoosiers historic 2024 season under Curt Cignetti, IU went 11-2 making the college football playoffs.

It was the best season in Hoosiers football history in Cignetti's first season and there only two losses came to Notre Dame and Ohio State, both teams will play each other in the national championship game in Atlanta, Georgia on Jan 20th.

Although it's a bit, honestly way too early to be talking about rankings for football in 2025 it's the new world we live in with digital media so it's really never too early. We have the trasnfer portal closing, NFL Draft declares and the 2025 recruiting class all to consider but Indiana will be a force to be reckon with regardless.

One of the first way too early top 25 rankings comes from Bleacher Report, who rank the the Indiana Hoosiers at No. 24 overall.

California quarterback Fernando Mendoza will replace Kurtis Rourke at quarterback for the Hoosiers try and replicate this season's success. IU also brings back Aiden Fisher, Amare Ferrell and Mikal Kamara on defense.

IU also added key transfers in running backs Lee Bebee Jr and Roman Hemby, wide receiverTyler Morris and offensive lineman Khalil Benson.

The portal re-opens in mid-April for a 10-day period coming out of spring practice.

Here’s a look at Indiana’s full schedule for 2025

• Aug. 30 (Saturday) vs. Old Dominion at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, Ind.
• Sept. 6 (Saturday) vs. Kennesaw State at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, Ind. 
• Sept. 13 (Saturday) vs. Indiana State at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, Ind. 
• Sept. 20 (Saturday) vs. Illinois at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, Ind.
• Sept. 27 (Saturday) vs. Iowa at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City, Iowa.
• Bye week
• Oct. 11 (Saturday) vs. Oregon at Autzen Stadium in Eugene, Ore.
• Oct. 18 (Saturday) vs. Michigan State at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, Ind.
• Oct. 25 (Saturday) vs. UCLA at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, Ind.
• Nov. 1 (Saturday) vs. Maryland at SECU Stadium in College Park, Md.
• Nov. 8 (Saturday) vs. Penn State at Beaver Stadium in University Park, Pa.
• Nov. 15 (Saturday) vs. Wisconsin at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, Ind.
• Bye week
• Nov. 29 (Saturday) vs. Purdue at Ross-Ade Stadium in West Lafayette, Ind. 

Curt Cignetti and his staff will make sure the Hoosiers are not a “one-hit wonder” and that they are here to stay.