As Indiana has embarked upon a dream football season in 2025, analysts have showered the Hoosiers with praise over and over—with a catch.
For illustrative purposes, every commentator giving Indiana kudos for its success has felt compelled to point out how bad the Hoosiers have been historically. It's true—teams with higher winning percentages than Indiana as major colleges include, per College Football Reference, Florida Atlantic, Rice, Columbia, Temple and Richmond. Casual college sports fans who primarily know the Hoosiers for basketball may not realize the depth of their gridiron struggles.
