IU football returned from its bye week with an impressive 27-13 win against USC on Saturday at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington.
The Hoosiers will conclude the 2026 regular season against Washington (Nov. 21) and Purdue (Nov. 28).
If IU prevails in both contests, it will clinch its return to the Big Ten championship game in Indianapolis on Saturday, December 5.
Indiana ranked No. 9 in the second College Football Playoff rankings released last Tuesday.
On Sunday, the updated US LBM coaches’ top 25 poll was released.
Indiana remained No. 5 in the coaches’ top 25 poll.
The Associated Press top 25 poll was not released Sunday and will be released Monday at 2 p.m. ET. The poll was not released due to the nationwide aviation shutdown, which disrupted the college schedule.
The new US LBM top 10: 1. Georgia; 2. Utah; 3. Notre Dame; 4. UCLA; 5. Indiana; 6. Miami (FL); 7. Alabama; 8. Texas; 9. Tennessee; 10. Wake Forest
Also ranked from the Big Ten in the updated coaches’ poll: No. 13 Iowa, No. 14 Oregon, No. 17 Ohio State and No. 19 USC.
Northwestern, Nebraska and Illinois received votes in the coaches’ poll.
