Indiana Football

The study values Indiana football at $386 million and Ohio State at $1.96 billion.

The Hoosier have added 11 players through the transfer portal for next season, including Cal quarterback Fernando Mendoza.

One of the main reasons Cignetti was able to turn Indiana from an also-ran into a top-10 team in his first season was due to the transfer portal.

A Bloomington man is facing his own battle with lessons learned from a football program that has taken the country by surprise.

IU finished the regular season ranked ninth in the nation and will play at Notre Dame Friday night in the inaugural 12-team College Football Playoffs.

The selection committee ranked IU eighth in the inaugural 12-team field, announced Sunday.

Cignetti took a team that won just three Big Ten games in the past three years and went 11-1 overall and 8-1 in the conference, tying for second with Penn State.

The 66-0 win over the rival Boilermakers at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington comes one week since IU’s only loss of the season, against Ohio State. Thousands of fans braved frigid temperatures to attend the nighttime game.

The new deal runs through Nov. 30, 2032, and is worth $8 million per year and includes an annual $1 million retention bonus.

The Hoosiers have a bye next week followed by what should be the toughest game of the regular season, Nov. 23 at third-ranked Ohio State.