IU has been scrutinized for its football schedule this summer. It hopes to march to 3-0 against Indiana State on Friday night.

The Hoosiers are paying the Sycamores the least of their three opponents, which included wins over Old Dominion and Kennesaw State.

BLOOMINGTON — Indiana football will pay out a total of $3.075 million for its nonconference 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 game Friday night will cost the Hoosiers $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 i

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