Indiana Hoosier Football: We are Number 126!

    Indiana, under maverick master Curt Cignetti, went and did some of the most unthinkable last year, culminating this January and winning the national championship, ending with a 16-0 final unblemished record. Wow. I will still think this was a pipe dream 5, 10, or thirty years from now. Till my dying day.

    IU has historically been one of the worst programs in college football. Futility year in and year out, despite some good years or epochs on occasion, like 1945, 1967, 1979, 1988, 1991. 2007 was all right, and 2020 (the pandemic season) was decent. But overall, Indiana has been a door mat in the spectrum of the college football world.

    Not any more. Cignetti has made them a powerhouse. Since 2024.

    That said, in its 138-year history of playing intercollegiately, IU is ranked 126th in winning percentage, now out of 138 teams (135 qualify as having enough seasons, maybe 12, to qualify), which means that Indiana has a long way to go. A .424 winning percentage. Behind Buffalo at .425.

    The top programs are 1) Ohio State, .737, 2) Alabama .733 3) Notre Dame .733 4) Michigan .732

5) Bosie State .724.

    And then there college football teams, FBS, or Division I, that ranked 6th through 125th, with better winning records that IU at Bloomington.

    Of course, many or most of them have not won a national championship as Indiana has just done. So, neener neener, neener.

    BYU, my other alma mater, beloved team, is rated 36th all time, with a decent .584 winning percentage. In 101 years of playing. 

    Maybe a few more Cignetti years of greatness can get us to 100th all-time?

    Here's hoping, Hoosiers!

    Go IU. Fight, fight, fight!