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#6Indiana Hoosiers

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In the books
WEEK 1 ยท 2026
Week 1 pregame guide

What fluency looks like in Week 1

The forecast is comfortable; the useful question is whether Indianaโ€™s rebuilt lineup already moves with familiar authority.

Read the rooting guide โ†’
Indiana head coach Curt Cignetti celebrates after the 2026 national championship game.
Indiana head coach Curt Cignetti celebrates a national championship.
CreditPhoto creditBobak Ha'EriWikimedia Commons ยท CC BY 3.0Cropped to 16:9, resized and converted to WebP by Fan Watch.

Your game

North Texas at Indiana
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Final
North Texas
Final ยท North Texas 16โ€“52 IndianaWish granted โœ“
Indiana

Other impactful games

the highlighted team was the result Indiana wanted
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Impact 1
Rooted for
Wisconsin
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Notre Dame
Final ยท Wisconsin 13โ€“41 Notre DameWent the other way โœ—
Projected 2.6-point first-round-bye boost

Notre Dame won instead, so Indiana did not get the result it wanted.

Entering-week projection70% if Wisconsin won68% with the other result2.6-point differenceIndiana first-round bye chance
41 other games had little impact
Washington State at Washington ยท NBC
Massachusetts at Rutgers ยท BTN
Akron at Wake Forest ยท ACC Network
Colorado at Georgia Tech ยท ESPN
UAB at Illinois ยท BTN
San Josรฉ State at Eastern Michigan ยท ESPN+
UTEP at Oklahoma ยท SECN+
Toledo at Michigan State ยท FS1
Miami at Stanford ยท ESPN
Fresno State at USC ยท FOX
East Carolina at Alabama ยท ABC
Oregon State at Houston ยท ESPN
Coastal Carolina at West Virginia ยท TNT
Ohio at Nebraska ยท FS1
Liberty at James Madison ยท ESPNU
Miami (OH) at Pittsburgh ยท The CW Network
Ball State at Ohio State ยท BTN
Kent State at South Carolina ยท SEC Network
Baylor at Auburn ยท ABC
Texas State at Texas ยท ESPN
Boston College at Cincinnati ยท FOX
Tulane at Duke ยท ACC Network
Boise State at Oregon ยท CBS
Marshall at Penn State ยท FS1
Oklahoma State at Tulsa ยท ESPNU
Northern Illinois at Iowa ยท BTN
Wyoming at Colorado State ยท USA Network
Missouri State at Texas A&M ยท ESPN
Arkansas State at Memphis ยท ESPN+
Florida International at South Florida ยท ESPN+
Sam Houston at Troy ยท ESPN+
Clemson at LSU ยท ABC
UL Monroe at Mississippi State ยท ESPNU
Western Michigan at Michigan ยท NBC
Florida Atlantic at Florida ยท SEC Network
UNLV at Hawai'i ยท The CW Network
Central Michigan at New Mexico ยท FS1
UCLA at California ยท ESPN
Western Kentucky at Nevada ยท CBSSN
Louisville at Ole Miss ยท ABC
SMU at Florida State ยท ESPN
The rooting list was:Indiana, then Wisconsin.

Based on 50,000 season simulations entering week 1, anchored to the AP Top 25 (preseason). How the model works.