The Indiana Hoosiers are now 10-0 overall and 7-0 in the Big Ten as they survived a thrilling 27-24 win against the Penn State Nittany Lions on the road. The Hoosiers secured their tenth win in a row keeping them securely in their No. 2 ranking the AP and Coaches Poll this week.
Indiana has been nationally ranked for 24 consecutive weeks including being ranked No. 2 five weeks in a row.
The game was back and fourth early on and for the majority of the first half it was 10-7 and 17-7 going into the half.
Penn State trailed the Indiana Hoosiers 20-7 early in the third quarter, but the Nittany Lions took the lead in the fourth with a pair of touchdowns on back-to-back drives by star running back Nick Singleton. Indiana and junior signal-caller Fernando Mendoza had a true legacy drive at the end of the game to take the lead late in the fourth quarter though. Mendoza and the Hoosiers offense final, 80-yard drive through the final two minutes lead to a score score on a 7-yard, game-winning touchdown by Omar Cooper Jr. in what was one of the best throws and catches of the year and the most memorable in Hoosiers history.
The Hoosiers hosts (3-5) Wisconsin on Saturday, the game will be televised on the Big Ten Network. Wisconsin is coming off their biggest win off the season against No. 23 Washington in a 13-10 win. The Badgers also announced they will be retaining head coach Luke Fickell after his up and down tenure in Madison.
Indiana will then head into a bye week, the last regular season game of the season will be at Purdue on Nov. 28 in its regular season finale.
This week’s AP Top 25:
- Ohio State
- Indiana
- Texas A&M
- Alabama
- Georgia
- Ole Miss
- Oregon
- Texas Tech
- Notre Dame
- Texas
- Oklahoma
- BYU
- Vanderbilt
- Georgia Tech
- Utah
- Miami (Fla.)
- USC
- Michigan
- Louisville
- Virginia
- Tennessee
- Cincinnati
- Pittsburgh
- James Madison
- South Florida
You can see the full AP Top 25 rankings here.