The College Football Playoff bracket is set, and as the 12 teams competing for the national championship prepare for the postseason, there is no debate about who enters the final stretch of the 2025-26 season ranked No.

Indiana finished the regular season with the most wins in program history (12) and most conference wins (nine) after beating Purdue 56-3. Curt Cignetti's 23 victories in his first two seasons as IU's coach are the second most in Big Ten history by a coach in his first two seasons at a school.