Two years ago — impossible. But against the odds, Miami and Indiana have a date in the College Football Playoff final — a first-of-its-kind matchup on Jan. 19 in the second national title game of the expanded-playoff era.

Indiana had always been known as a basketball school with five national championship banners, but Curt Cignetti's arrival in Bloomington has come with a shift.

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Just over a year after Penn State fell one game short of the national championship, a former Nittany Lion is now set to join one of the teams competing in this year’s title game.

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The Indiana football program has re-signed safety Amare Ferrell as the team prepares for the national championship game.

Preston and Marsh, who transferred from Michigan State, figure to form a strong trio with current sophomore Charlie Becker. The Hoosiers are also in line to get back senior receiver Tyler Morris, a Michigan transfer who missed this season due to a knee injury suffered in spring practice.

It's unbeaten and top-ranked Indiana against 10th-seeded Miami for the College Football Playoff National Championship later this month in Miami Gardens, Florida — just like we all thought. The 2025 season was anything but predictable and that has continued throughout the bowl slate,