BLOOMINGTON — Indiana football will pay out a total of $3.075 million for its non-conference games this season.

The cheapest of those games comes Friday night against Indiana State, an in-state FCS foe that IU will also face in 2027 and 2030. The matchup this weekend will cost the program $475,000.

Indiana's only loss to an FCS opponent was to Southern Illinois in 2006. The Sycamores are 0-20 all-time against the current iteration of the Big Ten and haven't defeated a current Power Four opponent since beating Cincinnati in 1987.

They are 0-7 all-time against the Hoosiers.

Indiana's non-conference scheduling strategy became a national talking point over the summer after it canceled a home-and-home series against Virginia . The Hoosiers won't play another Power Four-level non-co

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