The 2025-26 College Football Playoff brought Miami back into the national conversation for the first time in two decades, and it introduced the country to a new superpower in the sport, as Indiana proved wrong one doubter after another. As the season ends with the Hoosiers crowned new national champs, this should be a time of celebration.

The Indiana Hoosiers defeated the Miami Hurricanes 27-21 in the College Football Playoff National Championship.

The Hoosiers secured their first national championship Monday night in a hard-fought 27-21 win over the Hurricanes, in a game that came down to the final possession.