Now that the confetti has been cleared and cleaned up, the party is over after the college football world crowned the Ohio State Buckeyes as the 2024-24 College Football National Champions.
Former UMass and Penn State tight end Adam Breneman recently released his too early top 25 rankings and the Indiana Hoosiers have made the cut.
The Indiana Hoosiers come in at No. 20 in the nation on Breneman's list and that is abiut where most pundits have them, between the 15-20 range.
Indiana is the fifth-highest ranked Big Ten team, between the Illinois Illini and the Michigan Wolverines, in Breneman's initial rankings and sixth overall Big Ten team included. The rest of the conference is as follows: No. 1 Ohio State, No. 2 Penn State, No. 8 Oregon, No. 15 Illinois and No. 21 Michigan.
Here is Adam Breneman's full way-too-early Top 25 rankings for the 2025 season below.
🚨 My WAY Too Early Top 25 for 2025 🚨 pic.twitter.com/F5NPBJR2OA
— Adam Breneman (@AdamBreneman81) February 4, 2025
Key returning players: WR Elijah Sarratt, WR Omar Cooper Jr., OT Carter Smith, G Drew Evans, LB Aiden Fisher, CB D’Angelo Ponds, S Amare Ferrell, DE Mikail Kamara
Key losses: QB Kurtis Rourke, RB Justice Ellison, TE Zach Horton, C Mike Katic, LB Jailin Walker, S Shawn Asbury II, NT CJ West, DT James Carpenter
Key additions: QB Fernando Mendoza, RB Lee Beebe Jr., WR Makai Jackson, TE Holden Staes, DT Hosea Wheeler and DT Dominique Ratcliff
Indiana's season opener will be against – Old Dominion on August 30th at home in Memorial Stadium.