Could a return to the College Football Playoff be on the cards for Curt Cignetti's Hoosiers in Year 2? Here are our game-by-game picks.

Can Indiana do it again?

College football will begin asking that question in earnest when Curt Cignetti and his Hoosiers take the field Aug. 30 for their opener against Old Dominion. After a shock turnaround ended with a College Football Playoff berth in 2024, hope runs high in Bloomington again this fall.

Some of last year's best players are gone, but key figures remain: Aiden Fisher , D'Angelo Ponds , Mikail Kamara , Elijah Sarratt , Carter Smith . And Cignetti did good work reloading his roster in important positions, with players like Fernando Mendoza , Roman Hemby , Kellen Wyatt and Pat Coogan .

The Hoosiers won't sneak u

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