Indiana and Ohio State dominated The Associated Press All-Big Ten honors. The Hoosiers’ Curt Cignetti repeated as coach of the year, quarterback Fernando Mendoza took two individual awards and Ohio State safety Caleb Downs and quarterback Julian Sayin each received one.

Julian Sayin, Fernando Mendoza make NCAA football history before Ohio State, Indiana play for Big Ten title originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. It's No. 1 vs. No. 2 on Saturday in the Big Ten Championship, and not just because Ohio State is taking on Indiana.

Indiana leans on its stingy defense to shut down No. 1 Ohio State in a 13-10 victory to capture its first Big Ten championship since 1967.

"This is an unbelievably exciting day in (Indianapolis),” Cardinals coach Pat Kelsey said, who in his first two years has taken Louisville from a two-season implosion of 12-52 to 27 wins last season and an 8-1 start and No. 6 ranking this one. “There was a buzz in the city and there was a buzz tonight.”

No. 1 Indiana is headed to its first Rose Bowl in 58 years to face Oklahoma or Alabama. The Hoosiers made a storybook transformation into a college football powerhouse over the past two years, and now they’re headed to the most fabled arena in the sport.

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.

Curt Cignetti refused to “play not to lose,” dialing up a deep shot late to seal Indiana’s 13-10 win over Ohio State.