BLOOMINGTON — Indiana football hosts Illinois on Saturday night in the first top-20 matchup between the teams since 1950.
It’s a game that could have huge College Football Playoff implications with the No. 17 Hoosiers (3-0) looking to pick up the type of signature win that their résumé lacked last season against No. 8 Illinois (3-0), which cracked the top 10 this year for the first time since December 2001.
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Indiana only has six victory’s against top-10 opponents in program history with the last of those wins coming against No. 7 Penn State, 36-35 OT, in 2020. The Hoosiers only other win over a top-10 opponent at home was a 19-14 win over No. 3 Purdue in 1967.
That remains IU’s only win at Memorial Stadium over a top-10 team.
Indiana football’s wins over top-10 opponents
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11/6/37: at No. 8 Ohio State, 10-0
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11/7/42: at No. 7 Minnesota, 7-0
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11/25/67: No. 3 Purdue, 19-14,
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12/21/79: vs. No 9 BYU, 38-37 (Holiday Bowl)
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10/101987: at No. 9 Ohio State, 31-10
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10/24/20: No. 8/7 Penn State, 36-35 OT
Michael Niziolek is the Indiana beat reporter for The Bloomington Herald-Times. You can follow him on X @michaelniziolek and read all his coverage by clicking here.
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This article originally appeared on Indianapolis Star: Indiana football: How many wins vs top-10 opponents do Hoosiers have?
