If one were in search of a racing counterpart to Curt Cignetti's 16-0, national championship-winning season as the head coach of the Indiana Hoosiers this season, Alex Palou's 2025 NTT IndyCar Series campaign might be the most apt comparison.
The Indiana Hoosiers had a historic season in 2025, making the College Football Playoff once again. This time, they finished with a perfect record of 16-0 and secured the school's first national championship.
Indiana will enter the 2026 college football season in unfamiliar territory as it is the hunted across the sport and not the hunter. The Hoosiers, of course, capped their improbable national championship campaign not quite two weeks ago in Miami and now turn the page to next season.
When Curt Cignetti was introduced as Indiana's new football coach on Dec. 1, 2023, he sensed the fan base was dejected after three seasons with a 9-27 record.
Anticipation built. Players left their huddle after one final word of pre-game instruction and took their spot on Branch McCracken Court. Fans rose to their feet. That included the giant amongst them all.
Just over a week has passed since the end of the 2025 college football season. A seven-month hiatus separates the first weekend of the 2026 college football season from the College Football Playoff National Championship game.
One week after delivering the first national championship in program history, Indiana Hoosiers head coach Curt Cignetti experienced a more personal celebration of the College Football Playoff title run.
Following his historic national championship victory, Indiana head coach Curt Cignetti shared where the current king of college football had the rest of the field ranked in final coaches poll ballot of the season.
The Indiana Hoosiers are preparing for the defense of their College Football Playoff title without several key contributors following an impressive 16-0 championship campaign.
The Indiana Hoosiers continue to capitalize on the momentum from their historic 16-0 championship season, using the spotlight to attract top national recruits and bringing them to campus.
Well, that's it, folks. The 2025 college football season finally came to a close last Monday night, as Indiana claimed its first-ever national title after defeating Miami.
At Indiana’s national championship celebration at Memorial Stadium on Saturday, AD Scott Dolson recalled his call to Curt Cignetti on late November, 2023.
Indiana University President Pamela Whitten heard her fair share of cheers and jeers on a frigid Saturday afternoon as the Hoosiers celebrated the first national championship in school history at Memorial Stadium.
The Indiana Hoosiers finished the 2025 college football season a perfect 16-0, defeating the Miami Hurricanes in the national championship game. It also won its first Big Ten title since 1967.
The Indiana Hoosiers are still navigating roster turnover in the aftermath of their national championship season, with another defensive contributor exiting the program through the transfer portal.
The Indiana Hoosiers had their schoolwide celebration for their historic national title win today and head coach Curt Cignetti seemed to do a great job of channeling his former boss Nick Saban at the event.
Of the all the National Champs crowned in the history of college football, none will compare to the 2025 Indiana Hoosiers. Let's face it, the Hoosiers were the laughing stock of college football before Curt Cignetti arrived in Bloomington.
Indiana accomplished a long list of program firsts during its historic 16-0 national championship season. One stat in particular displays just how large of a jump the program has made under coach Curt Cignetti, compared to decades of history.
The Pittsburgh Steelers now need a new head coach. During the 2025 season and even in the years prior, there was plenty of noise from insiders around the Steel City that the Mike Tomlin era might be nearing its end.
Indiana Hoosiers head coach Curt Cignetti continues to enjoy his program’s College Football Playoff national title victory. Cignetti has quickly become a household name in college football, and now Chipotle is even honoring him with a menu item with his name on it.
Indiana head coach Curt Cignetti completed perhaps the greatest coaching achievement in U.S. sports history by leading the Hoosiers to its first-ever national title last night.
Cignetti and Indiana won Monday's national championship game over Miami, putting an exclamation point on a 16-0 season that delivered IU its first national championship. For the next 12 months, the Hoosiers will be known as the champions of college football.
The Indiana Hoosiers needed a response. They shut out the Miami Hurricanes in the first half of the College Football Playoff national championship game, but Miami responded in a big way coming out of the locker room.
Curt Cignetti was not in the mood for warm words one day before his Indiana Hoosiers face the Miami Hurricanes in the College Football Playoff title game.
Cignetti responded to a question about his future, with several in the NFL media suggesting teams might be interested in hiring him after his wildly successful turnaround in Bloomington.