National Football Foundation

The NFF recognized Indiana (16-0) as the recipient of the 2025 NFF MacArthur Bowl National Championship Trophy following the team's 27-21 victory over Miami (FL) in the College Football Playoff (CFP) National Championship Presented by AT&T before a sellout crowd of 67,227 fans on Jan. 19, 2026, at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida.
 
The championship marked Indiana's first national title since fielding a team in 1887. Coached by Curt Cignetti, the Hoosiers became the first team in the modern era to go 16-0 and finish undefeated, a feat last accomplished by Yale, which posted a 16-0 season in 1894.

Coach Cignetti led the Hoosiers to a 27-2 record in his first two seasons as head coach, including a 2025 Big Ten title and back-to-back College Football Playoff appearances, which included CFP victories over Ohio State, Alabama and Oregon en route to the 2025-26 national crown.

In just two short years, Coach Cignetti and his staff transformed the Hoosiers from the losingest program in college football history into national champions, an achievement that is simply unprecedented.