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Hoosiers · Big Ten

Head coach Curt Cignetti Year 2 with Indiana

Year-2 HCs (2015-2024) averaged +0.09 W vs SP+ expected · n=47

Season Projection · 2026 W0

10,000 sims
10.1
Expected wins
10-2
Proj record
8 to 12
Win range (90%)
#2 (1–5)
Final rank (90%)
100%
Make playoff
47%
Win conference

Path to Glory

Tap a win or a loss on each pivotal game to see how the playoff probability shifts. Leave any game unset to average across both outcomes.

Make the playoff

100%

Baseline projection.

  • at Michigan
    Away · Oct 24
  • vs Ohio State
    Home · Oct 17
  • at Washington
    Away · Nov 21

Pivotal games are the 5 with the largest playoff-probability swing, ranked by the model. Math: chained Bayesian log-odds update from the conditional simulation set; gets the directionally right answer but won't perfectly capture cross-game correlations until the full Monte Carlo pipeline lands.

Returning production · 2025

39 PCI
  • Quarterback 20% (1/5 players)
  • Offensive line 50% (8/16 players)
  • Skill (RB/WR/TE) 39% (11/28 players)
  • Front 7 (DL/LB) 53% (18/34 players)
  • Secondary 44% (11/25 players)
  • Special teams 50% (4/8 players)

PCI weights returning production by position group (QB/OL heaviest). 70%+ is healthy continuity; 45-70% is a normal rebuild; below 45% is a meaningful turnover.

Situational efficiency · 2025

FBS percentile rank
  • 3rd-down conversion 48.3% 97th — elite
  • Red-zone TD rate 17.5% 74th — strong
  • 4th-down aggression 41.0% 70th — strong
  • Late & close 5.0 yds/play 46th — average

Percentile is across all FBS teams with play-by-play data for the season. "Late & close" is yards per play in Q4+ with a one-score margin — a proxy for clutch offensive performance.

Schedule

Full 2026 slate. Tap a row for the matchup breakdown.

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More coming

Per-team pages get the full treatment in Phase 3: current rating, season projection histogram, schedule with win probabilities, and live overlays on Pylon stream days. For now, this page exists so stories and news have a permanent home as content rolls in.