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Indiana Hoosiers finished 11-2 and performed in the College Football Playoff for the first time in the program history last season and seeks to build on this success in 2025.
The Hoosians start the season with Old Dominion, Kennesaw State and Indiana State before the Big Ten conference game begins against Illinois on September 20. However, Hoosiers’ schedule was the topic of conversation in the Big Ten Media Days on Tuesday.
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Indiana -head coach Curt Cigetti speaks to the media under the Big Ten NCAA College Football Media Days at Mandalay Bay Resort in Las Vegas on July 22, 2025. (Lucas Peltier-Preferred Pictures)
Hoosier’s main coach Curt Kignetti talked about why the school canceled a home-and-home series against Virginia Cavaliers and took an iron in SEC in the process.
“It was a planning philosophy that started before I was hired. But I signed up for it when I was hired before our first season,” he said via on3 sports. “Look, here’s the bottom line – we picked up an extra home game and we play nine conference games.
“The two best conferences in college -Football -Any football guy who is goal will tell you -are the big ten and sec twelve of the 16 seconds playing play three G5 (group of 5) or an FCS game. Twelve of these teams play 36 games -29 G5 games and seven FCS games, and a smaller conference game. People.
Indiana Hoosier’s main coach Curt Kignetti looks at during the game against Michigan Wolverines at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, Indiana, November 9, 2024. (Trevor Ruszkowski-Published Pictures)
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Cignetti continued to break down planning in an attempt to support the Big Ten schools that may be worthy of an automatic qualification for the extended college -football game.
“You want to put the best teams in the playoffs? Give the best leagues (automatic qualifications) but get them to earn it with play-in games,” cignetti added. “And we wouldn’t be against Big Ten-Sec regular seasonal matches every year.
“We need to standardize the schedule everywhere if we want objective criteria for who should be in the playoffs and who should not, and we have to take the decision -making from the committee to some extent.”
Indiana Hoosier’s main coach Curt Kignetti goes towards the sidelines after a timeout against Ohio State Buckeyes in the fourth quarter of the Columbus football match, Ohio, Saturday, November 23, 2024. (Kyle Robertson / Columbus Dispatch / USA Today Network via Imag images)
The Hoosis are set to take the course with Fernando Mendoza under the middle. Omar Cooper Jr., who had 21.2 meters per year. Reception is also ready to return.
