2014–2026 performance history

Indiana over time

Season-by-season offense and defense game grades, with head-coaching changes placed on the timeline.

Big TenHead coach: Curt CignettiView Indiana games →
Offense · 2026 estimate90.2/100

78.0 average through 2 games

92.2 prior · 8 equivalent games
Defense · 2026 estimate89.0/100

92.1 average through 2 games

88.0 prior · 8 equivalent games

The trajectory

Game and Season Unit Ratings

Each small dot is one offensive or defensive game rating, arranged in the order played. For completed seasons, the short bar is that season’s average game rating. Both dot and bar values are labeled on a percentile scale. For 2026, the bar is the Bayesian estimate, while the outlined circle is the empirical games-only mean. Labeled background bands show each head coach’s era.

Indiana individual offense and defense game grades by seasonEach small point is one game. Horizontal bars show completed-season means and the Bayesian estimate for 2026. The outlined 2026 circle is the empirical games-only mean. Alternating labeled bands identify head-coaching eras.Wilson · ’14–’16Kevin Wilson, 2014–2016Allen · ’17–’23Tom Allen, 2017–2023Cignetti · ’24–’26Curt Cignetti, 2024–2026offenseGame-grade percentile · higher is better9975502512014 Week 1: Indiana vs. Indiana State · W 28–10; offense 53.1 percentile2014 Week 3: Indiana at Bowling Green · L 42–45; offense 67.6 percentile2014 Week 4: Indiana at Missouri · W 31–27; offense 71.5 percentile2014 Week 6: Indiana vs. North Texas · W 49–24; offense 96.4 percentile2014 Week 7: Indiana at Iowa · L 29–45; offense 55.8 percentile2014 Week 8: Indiana vs. Michigan State · L 17–56; offense 20.3 percentile2014 Week 10: Indiana at Michigan · L 10–34; offense 9.5 percentile2014 Week 11: Indiana vs. Penn State · L 7–13; offense 13.9 percentile2014 Week 12: Indiana at Rutgers · L 23–45; offense 16.8 percentile2014 Week 13: Indiana at Ohio State · L 27–42; offense 51.8 percentile2014 Week 14: Indiana vs. Purdue · W 23–16; offense 33.0 percentile2015 Week 1: Indiana vs. Southern Illinois · W 48–47; offense 47.5 percentile2015 Week 2: Indiana vs. Florida International · W 36–22; offense 45.5 percentile2015 Week 3: Indiana vs. Western Kentucky · W 38–35; offense 94.6 percentile2015 Week 4: Indiana at Wake Forest · W 31–24; offense 61.2 percentile2015 Week 5: Indiana vs. Ohio State · L 27–34; offense 34.5 percentile2015 Week 6: Indiana at Penn State · L 7–29; offense 10.7 percentile2015 Week 7: Indiana vs. Rutgers · L 52–55; offense 59.5 percentile2015 Week 8: Indiana at Michigan State · L 26–52; offense 73.6 percentile2015 Week 10: Indiana vs. Iowa · L 27–35; offense 74.3 percentile2015 Week 11: Indiana vs. Michigan · L 41–48; offense 96.3 percentile2015 Week 12: Indiana at Maryland · W 47–28; offense 66.7 percentile2015 Week 13: Indiana at Purdue · W 54–36; offense 65.8 percentile2015 Week 1: Indiana vs. Duke · L 41–44; offense 89.3 percentile2016 Week 1: Indiana at Florida International · W 34–13; offense 44.1 percentile2016 Week 2: Indiana vs. Ball State · W 30–20; offense 44.4 percentile2016 Week 4: Indiana vs. Wake Forest · L 28–33; offense 64.7 percentile2016 Week 5: Indiana vs. Michigan State · W 24–21; offense 53.0 percentile2016 Week 6: Indiana at Ohio State · L 17–38; offense 38.6 percentile2016 Week 7: Indiana vs. Nebraska · L 22–27; offense 22.1 percentile2016 Week 8: Indiana at Northwestern · L 14–24; offense 14.6 percentile2016 Week 9: Indiana vs. Maryland · W 42–36; offense 97.6 percentile2016 Week 10: Indiana at Rutgers · W 33–27; offense 41.0 percentile2016 Week 11: Indiana vs. Penn State · L 31–45; offense 58.3 percentile2016 Week 12: Indiana at Michigan · L 10–20; offense 31.9 percentile2016 Week 13: Indiana vs. Purdue · W 26–24; offense 22.4 percentile2016 Week 1: Indiana vs. Utah · L 24–26; offense 25.5 percentile2017 Week 1: Indiana vs. Ohio State · L 21–49; offense 46.7 percentile2017 Week 2: Indiana at Virginia · W 34–17; offense 26.3 percentile2017 Week 4: Indiana vs. Georgia Southern · W 52–17; offense 51.4 percentile2017 Week 5: Indiana at Penn State · L 14–45; offense 54.7 percentile2017 Week 6: Indiana vs. Charleston Southern · W 27–0; offense 17.3 percentile2017 Week 7: Indiana vs. Michigan · L 20–27; offense 38.6 percentile2017 Week 8: Indiana at Michigan State · L 9–17; offense 10.6 percentile2017 Week 9: Indiana at Maryland · L 39–42; offense 35.0 percentile2017 Week 10: Indiana vs. Wisconsin · L 17–45; offense 44.6 percentile2017 Week 11: Indiana at Illinois · W 24–14; offense 11.9 percentile2017 Week 12: Indiana vs. Rutgers · W 41–0; offense 79.5 percentile2017 Week 13: Indiana at Purdue · L 24–31; offense 50.7 percentile2018 Week 1: Indiana at Florida International · W 38–28; offense 79.1 percentile2018 Week 2: Indiana vs. Virginia · W 20–16; offense 61.1 percentile2018 Week 3: Indiana vs. Ball State · W 38–10; offense 53.0 percentile2018 Week 4: Indiana vs. Michigan State · L 21–35; offense 33.6 percentile2018 Week 5: Indiana at Rutgers · W 24–17; offense 59.0 percentile2018 Week 6: Indiana at Ohio State · L 26–49; offense 44.2 percentile2018 Week 7: Indiana vs. Iowa · L 16–42; offense 55.4 percentile2018 Week 8: Indiana vs. Penn State · L 28–33; offense 84.4 percentile2018 Week 9: Indiana at Minnesota · L 31–38; offense 52.6 percentile2018 Week 11: Indiana vs. Maryland · W 34–32; offense 74.9 percentile2018 Week 12: Indiana at Michigan · L 20–31; offense 70.4 percentile2018 Week 13: Indiana vs. Purdue · L 21–28; offense 44.5 percentile2019 Week 1: Indiana vs. Ball State · W 34–24; offense 63.1 percentile2019 Week 2: Indiana vs. Eastern Illinois · W 52–0; offense 59.5 percentile2019 Week 3: Indiana vs. Ohio State · L 10–51; offense 40.0 percentile2019 Week 4: Indiana vs. UConn · W 38–3; offense 76.6 percentile2019 Week 5: Indiana at Michigan State · L 31–40; offense 57.6 percentile2019 Week 7: Indiana vs. Rutgers · W 35–0; offense 58.3 percentile2019 Week 8: Indiana at Maryland · W 34–28; offense 69.8 percentile2019 Week 9: Indiana at Nebraska · W 38–31; offense 81.2 percentile2019 Week 10: Indiana vs. Northwestern · W 34–3; offense 56.9 percentile2019 Week 12: Indiana at Penn State · L 27–34; offense 85.9 percentile2019 Week 13: Indiana vs. Michigan · L 14–39; offense 48.6 percentile2019 Week 14: Indiana at Purdue · W 44–41; offense 65.3 percentile2019 Week 1: Indiana vs. Tennessee · L 22–23; offense 12.1 percentile2020 Week 8: Indiana vs. Penn State · W 36–35; offense 10.1 percentile2020 Week 9: Indiana at Rutgers · W 37–21; offense 27.4 percentile2020 Week 10: Indiana vs. Michigan · W 38–21; offense 48.6 percentile2020 Week 11: Indiana at Michigan State · W 24–0; offense 58.5 percentile2020 Week 12: Indiana at Ohio State · L 35–42; offense 48.5 percentile2020 Week 13: Indiana vs. Maryland · W 27–11; offense 22.5 percentile2020 Week 14: Indiana at Wisconsin · W 14–6; offense 61.4 percentile2020 Week 1: Indiana vs. Ole Miss · L 20–26; offense 25.6 percentile2021 Week 1: Indiana at Iowa · L 6–34; offense 18.2 percentile2021 Week 2: Indiana vs. Idaho · W 56–14; offense 21.7 percentile2021 Week 3: Indiana vs. Cincinnati · L 24–38; offense 49.7 percentile2021 Week 4: Indiana at Western Kentucky · W 33–31; offense 60.4 percentile2021 Week 5: Indiana at Penn State · L 0–24; offense 16.3 percentile2021 Week 7: Indiana vs. Michigan State · L 15–20; offense 21.7 percentile2021 Week 8: Indiana vs. Ohio State · L 7–54; offense 4.2 percentile2021 Week 9: Indiana at Maryland · L 35–38; offense 44.7 percentile2021 Week 10: Indiana at Michigan · L 7–29; offense 10.0 percentile2021 Week 11: Indiana vs. Rutgers · L 3–38; offense 8.4 percentile2021 Week 12: Indiana vs. Minnesota · L 14–35; offense 38.3 percentile2021 Week 13: Indiana at Purdue · L 7–44; offense 8.3 percentile2022 Week 1: Indiana vs. Illinois · W 23–20; offense 43.7 percentile2022 Week 2: Indiana vs. Idaho · W 35–22; offense 40.1 percentile2022 Week 4: Indiana at Cincinnati · L 24–45; offense 18.2 percentile2022 Week 5: Indiana at Nebraska · L 21–35; offense 7.9 percentile2022 Week 6: Indiana vs. Michigan · L 10–31; offense 14.9 percentile2022 Week 7: Indiana vs. Maryland · L 33–38; offense 56.0 percentile2022 Week 8: Indiana at Rutgers · L 17–24; offense 23.5 percentile2022 Week 10: Indiana vs. Penn State · L 14–45; offense 7.4 percentile2022 Week 11: Indiana at Ohio State · L 14–56; offense 20.5 percentile2022 Week 12: Indiana at Michigan State · W 39–31; offense 34.2 percentile2022 Week 13: Indiana vs. Purdue · L 16–30; offense 28.7 percentile2023 Week 1: Indiana vs. Ohio State · L 3–23; offense 15.8 percentile2023 Week 2: Indiana vs. Indiana State · W 41–7; offense 66.9 percentile2023 Week 3: Indiana vs. Louisville · L 14–21; offense 28.1 percentile2023 Week 4: Indiana vs. Akron · W 29–27; offense 16.8 percentile2023 Week 5: Indiana at Maryland · L 17–44; offense 22.7 percentile2023 Week 7: Indiana at Michigan · L 7–52; offense 51.6 percentile2023 Week 8: Indiana vs. Rutgers · L 14–31; offense 47.3 percentile2023 Week 9: Indiana at Penn State · L 24–33; offense 92.7 percentile2023 Week 10: Indiana vs. Wisconsin · W 20–14; offense 30.9 percentile2023 Week 11: Indiana at Illinois · L 45–48; offense 91.7 percentile2023 Week 12: Indiana vs. Michigan State · L 21–24; offense 57.9 percentile2023 Week 13: Indiana at Purdue · L 31–35; offense 40.6 percentile2024 Week 1: Indiana vs. Florida International · W 31–7; offense 75.3 percentile2024 Week 2: Indiana vs. Western Illinois · W 77–3; offense 86.3 percentile2024 Week 3: Indiana at UCLA · W 42–13; offense 96.2 percentile2024 Week 5: Indiana vs. Maryland · W 42–28; offense 88.7 percentile2024 Week 6: Indiana vs. Northwestern · W 41–24; offense 91.6 percentile2024 Week 8: Indiana vs. Nebraska · W 56–7; offense 99.3 percentile2024 Week 9: Indiana vs. Washington · W 31–17; offense 45.0 percentile2024 Week 10: Indiana at Michigan State · W 47–10; offense 66.4 percentile2024 Week 11: Indiana vs. Michigan · W 20–15; offense 37.4 percentile2024 Week 13: Indiana at Ohio State · L 15–38; offense 20.7 percentile2024 Week 14: Indiana vs. Purdue · W 66–0; offense 88.5 percentile2024 Week 1: Indiana at Notre Dame · L 17–27; offense 16.3 percentile2025 Week 1: Indiana vs. Old Dominion · W 27–14; offense 87.3 percentile2025 Week 2: Indiana vs. Kennesaw State · W 56–9; offense 93.9 percentile2025 Week 3: Indiana vs. Indiana State · W 73–0; offense 98.7 percentile2025 Week 4: Indiana vs. Illinois · W 63–10; offense 99.3 percentile2025 Week 5: Indiana at Iowa · W 20–15; offense 74.9 percentile2025 Week 7: Indiana at Oregon · W 30–20; offense 74.1 percentile2025 Week 8: Indiana vs. Michigan State · W 38–13; offense 89.0 percentile2025 Week 9: Indiana vs. UCLA · W 56–6; offense 83.4 percentile2025 Week 10: Indiana at Maryland · W 55–10; offense 99.6 percentile2025 Week 11: Indiana at Penn State · W 27–24; offense 72.6 percentile2025 Week 12: Indiana vs. Wisconsin · W 31–7; offense 85.6 percentile2025 Week 14: Indiana at Purdue · W 56–3; offense 98.7 percentile2025 Week 15: Indiana vs. Ohio State · W 13–10; offense 82.2 percentile2025 Week 1: Indiana vs. Alabama · W 38–3; offense 98.5 percentile2025 Week 1: Indiana vs. Oregon · W 56–22; offense 96.3 percentile2025 Week 1: Indiana vs. Miami · W 27–21; offense 65.6 percentile2026 Week 1: Indiana vs. North Texas · W 52–16; offense 73.2 percentile2026 Week 2: Indiana vs. Howard · W 55–0; offense 82.3 percentile2014 offense season mean: 44.4 percentile2015 offense season mean: 66.3 percentile2016 offense season mean: 44.3 percentile2017 offense season mean: 37.3 percentile2018 offense season mean: 60.2 percentile2019 offense season mean: 60.0 percentile2020 offense season mean: 36.1 percentile2021 offense season mean: 21.6 percentile2022 offense season mean: 24.5 percentile2023 offense season mean: 48.1 percentile2024 offense season mean: 74.6 percentile2025 offense season mean: 92.2 percentile2026 offense Bayesian estimate: 90.2 percentile2026 offense empirical mean: 78.0 percentiledefenseGame-grade percentile · higher is better9975502512014 Week 1: Indiana vs. Indiana State · W 28–10; defense 80.4 percentile2014 Week 3: Indiana at Bowling Green · L 42–45; defense 24.4 percentile2014 Week 4: Indiana at Missouri · W 31–27; defense 66.2 percentile2014 Week 6: Indiana vs. North Texas · W 49–24; defense 28.0 percentile2014 Week 7: Indiana at Iowa · L 29–45; defense 51.6 percentile2014 Week 8: Indiana vs. Michigan State · L 17–56; defense 17.0 percentile2014 Week 10: Indiana at Michigan · L 10–34; defense 23.7 percentile2014 Week 11: Indiana vs. Penn State · L 7–13; defense 72.0 percentile2014 Week 12: Indiana at Rutgers · L 23–45; defense 50.4 percentile2014 Week 13: Indiana at Ohio State · L 27–42; defense 74.1 percentile2014 Week 14: Indiana vs. Purdue · W 23–16; defense 71.5 percentile2015 Week 1: Indiana vs. Southern Illinois · W 48–47; defense 0.4 percentile2015 Week 2: Indiana vs. Florida International · W 36–22; defense 40.0 percentile2015 Week 3: Indiana vs. Western Kentucky · W 38–35; defense 55.7 percentile2015 Week 4: Indiana at Wake Forest · W 31–24; defense 35.2 percentile2015 Week 5: Indiana vs. Ohio State · L 27–34; defense 67.1 percentile2015 Week 6: Indiana at Penn State · L 7–29; defense 31.6 percentile2015 Week 7: Indiana vs. Rutgers · L 52–55; defense 9.6 percentile2015 Week 8: Indiana at Michigan State · L 26–52; defense 38.9 percentile2015 Week 10: Indiana vs. Iowa · L 27–35; defense 23.2 percentile2015 Week 11: Indiana vs. Michigan · L 41–48; defense 31.8 percentile2015 Week 12: Indiana at Maryland · W 47–28; defense 59.5 percentile2015 Week 13: Indiana at Purdue · W 54–36; defense 23.7 percentile2015 Week 1: Indiana vs. Duke · L 41–44; defense 27.7 percentile2016 Week 1: Indiana at Florida International · W 34–13; defense 76.4 percentile2016 Week 2: Indiana vs. Ball State · W 30–20; defense 81.2 percentile2016 Week 4: Indiana vs. Wake Forest · L 28–33; defense 28.7 percentile2016 Week 5: Indiana vs. Michigan State · W 24–21; defense 55.9 percentile2016 Week 6: Indiana at Ohio State · L 17–38; defense 63.5 percentile2016 Week 7: Indiana vs. Nebraska · L 22–27; defense 74.5 percentile2016 Week 8: Indiana at Northwestern · L 14–24; defense 88.9 percentile2016 Week 9: Indiana vs. Maryland · W 42–36; defense 6.4 percentile2016 Week 10: Indiana at Rutgers · W 33–27; defense 54.7 percentile2016 Week 11: Indiana vs. Penn State · L 31–45; defense 81.7 percentile2016 Week 12: Indiana at Michigan · L 10–20; defense 96.0 percentile2016 Week 13: Indiana vs. Purdue · W 26–24; defense 74.5 percentile2016 Week 1: Indiana vs. Utah · L 24–26; defense 45.6 percentile2017 Week 1: Indiana vs. Ohio State · L 21–49; defense 46.3 percentile2017 Week 2: Indiana at Virginia · W 34–17; defense 84.6 percentile2017 Week 4: Indiana vs. Georgia Southern · W 52–17; defense 47.9 percentile2017 Week 5: Indiana at Penn State · L 14–45; defense 95.2 percentile2017 Week 6: Indiana vs. Charleston Southern · W 27–0; defense 72.6 percentile2017 Week 7: Indiana vs. Michigan · L 20–27; defense 69.7 percentile2017 Week 8: Indiana at Michigan State · L 9–17; defense 91.6 percentile2017 Week 9: Indiana at Maryland · L 39–42; defense 23.3 percentile2017 Week 10: Indiana vs. Wisconsin · L 17–45; defense 42.2 percentile2017 Week 11: Indiana at Illinois · W 24–14; defense 58.7 percentile2017 Week 12: Indiana vs. Rutgers · W 41–0; defense 87.5 percentile2017 Week 13: Indiana at Purdue · L 24–31; defense 34.2 percentile2018 Week 1: Indiana at Florida International · W 38–28; defense 61.8 percentile2018 Week 2: Indiana vs. Virginia · W 20–16; defense 86.4 percentile2018 Week 3: Indiana vs. Ball State · W 38–10; defense 60.3 percentile2018 Week 4: Indiana vs. Michigan State · L 21–35; defense 44.9 percentile2018 Week 5: Indiana at Rutgers · W 24–17; defense 28.1 percentile2018 Week 6: Indiana at Ohio State · L 26–49; defense 35.7 percentile2018 Week 7: Indiana vs. Iowa · L 16–42; defense 2.0 percentile2018 Week 8: Indiana vs. Penn State · L 28–33; defense 65.4 percentile2018 Week 9: Indiana at Minnesota · L 31–38; defense 19.5 percentile2018 Week 11: Indiana vs. Maryland · W 34–32; defense 16.7 percentile2018 Week 12: Indiana at Michigan · L 20–31; defense 25.7 percentile2018 Week 13: Indiana vs. Purdue · L 21–28; defense 38.6 percentile2019 Week 1: Indiana vs. Ball State · W 34–24; defense 65.7 percentile2019 Week 2: Indiana vs. Eastern Illinois · W 52–0; defense 86.9 percentile2019 Week 3: Indiana vs. Ohio State · L 10–51; defense 18.1 percentile2019 Week 4: Indiana vs. UConn · W 38–3; defense 91.1 percentile2019 Week 5: Indiana at Michigan State · L 31–40; defense 31.6 percentile2019 Week 7: Indiana vs. Rutgers · W 35–0; defense 98.1 percentile2019 Week 8: Indiana at Maryland · W 34–28; defense 15.4 percentile2019 Week 9: Indiana at Nebraska · W 38–31; defense 11.1 percentile2019 Week 10: Indiana vs. Northwestern · W 34–3; defense 90.0 percentile2019 Week 12: Indiana at Penn State · L 27–34; defense 40.8 percentile2019 Week 13: Indiana vs. Michigan · L 14–39; defense 12.9 percentile2019 Week 14: Indiana at Purdue · W 44–41; defense 11.4 percentile2019 Week 1: Indiana vs. Tennessee · L 22–23; defense 36.9 percentile2020 Week 8: Indiana vs. Penn State · W 36–35; defense 30.5 percentile2020 Week 9: Indiana at Rutgers · W 37–21; defense 78.1 percentile2020 Week 10: Indiana vs. Michigan · W 38–21; defense 58.5 percentile2020 Week 11: Indiana at Michigan State · W 24–0; defense 87.5 percentile2020 Week 12: Indiana at Ohio State · L 35–42; defense 40.0 percentile2020 Week 13: Indiana vs. Maryland · W 27–11; defense 92.1 percentile2020 Week 14: Indiana at Wisconsin · W 14–6; defense 57.7 percentile2020 Week 1: Indiana vs. Ole Miss · L 20–26; defense 61.9 percentile2021 Week 1: Indiana at Iowa · L 6–34; defense 54.0 percentile2021 Week 2: Indiana vs. Idaho · W 56–14; defense 19.4 percentile2021 Week 3: Indiana vs. Cincinnati · L 24–38; defense 85.9 percentile2021 Week 4: Indiana at Western Kentucky · W 33–31; defense 40.7 percentile2021 Week 5: Indiana at Penn State · L 0–24; defense 49.3 percentile2021 Week 7: Indiana vs. Michigan State · L 15–20; defense 71.6 percentile2021 Week 8: Indiana vs. Ohio State · L 7–54; defense 13.5 percentile2021 Week 9: Indiana at Maryland · L 35–38; defense 60.7 percentile2021 Week 10: Indiana at Michigan · L 7–29; defense 36.2 percentile2021 Week 11: Indiana vs. Rutgers · L 3–38; defense 16.7 percentile2021 Week 12: Indiana vs. Minnesota · L 14–35; defense 22.7 percentile2021 Week 13: Indiana at Purdue · L 7–44; defense 8.2 percentile2022 Week 1: Indiana vs. Illinois · W 23–20; defense 61.0 percentile2022 Week 2: Indiana vs. Idaho · W 35–22; defense 20.2 percentile2022 Week 4: Indiana at Cincinnati · L 24–45; defense 67.9 percentile2022 Week 5: Indiana at Nebraska · L 21–35; defense 38.9 percentile2022 Week 6: Indiana vs. Michigan · L 10–31; defense 75.7 percentile2022 Week 7: Indiana vs. Maryland · L 33–38; defense 12.3 percentile2022 Week 8: Indiana at Rutgers · L 17–24; defense 36.9 percentile2022 Week 10: Indiana vs. Penn State · L 14–45; defense 38.0 percentile2022 Week 11: Indiana at Ohio State · L 14–56; defense 26.6 percentile2022 Week 12: Indiana at Michigan State · W 39–31; defense 43.3 percentile2022 Week 13: Indiana vs. Purdue · L 16–30; defense 13.9 percentile2023 Week 1: Indiana vs. Ohio State · L 3–23; defense 52.0 percentile2023 Week 2: Indiana vs. Indiana State · W 41–7; defense 76.1 percentile2023 Week 3: Indiana vs. Louisville · L 14–21; defense 14.9 percentile2023 Week 4: Indiana vs. Akron · W 29–27; defense 25.7 percentile2023 Week 5: Indiana at Maryland · L 17–44; defense 22.0 percentile2023 Week 7: Indiana at Michigan · L 7–52; defense 20.0 percentile2023 Week 8: Indiana vs. Rutgers · L 14–31; defense 16.2 percentile2023 Week 9: Indiana at Penn State · L 24–33; defense 64.3 percentile2023 Week 10: Indiana vs. Wisconsin · W 20–14; defense 67.0 percentile2023 Week 11: Indiana at Illinois · L 45–48; defense 9.4 percentile2023 Week 12: Indiana vs. Michigan State · L 21–24; defense 8.7 percentile2023 Week 13: Indiana at Purdue · L 31–35; defense 56.2 percentile2024 Week 1: Indiana vs. Florida International · W 31–7; defense 96.0 percentile2024 Week 2: Indiana vs. Western Illinois · W 77–3; defense 80.4 percentile2024 Week 3: Indiana at UCLA · W 42–13; defense 49.0 percentile2024 Week 5: Indiana vs. Maryland · W 42–28; defense 60.9 percentile2024 Week 6: Indiana vs. Northwestern · W 41–24; defense 21.4 percentile2024 Week 8: Indiana vs. Nebraska · W 56–7; defense 91.7 percentile2024 Week 9: Indiana vs. Washington · W 31–17; defense 70.2 percentile2024 Week 10: Indiana at Michigan State · W 47–10; defense 94.5 percentile2024 Week 11: Indiana vs. Michigan · W 20–15; defense 93.0 percentile2024 Week 13: Indiana at Ohio State · L 15–38; defense 79.1 percentile2024 Week 14: Indiana vs. Purdue · W 66–0; defense 98.8 percentile2024 Week 1: Indiana at Notre Dame · L 17–27; defense 61.3 percentile2025 Week 1: Indiana vs. Old Dominion · W 27–14; defense 66.9 percentile2025 Week 2: Indiana vs. Kennesaw State · W 56–9; defense 94.2 percentile2025 Week 3: Indiana vs. Indiana State · W 73–0; defense 93.6 percentile2025 Week 4: Indiana vs. Illinois · W 63–10; defense 98.2 percentile2025 Week 5: Indiana at Iowa · W 20–15; defense 97.4 percentile2025 Week 7: Indiana at Oregon · W 30–20; defense 97.0 percentile2025 Week 8: Indiana vs. Michigan State · W 38–13; defense 62.7 percentile2025 Week 9: Indiana vs. UCLA · W 56–6; defense 79.3 percentile2025 Week 10: Indiana at Maryland · W 55–10; defense 71.4 percentile2025 Week 11: Indiana at Penn State · W 27–24; defense 75.9 percentile2025 Week 12: Indiana vs. Wisconsin · W 31–7; defense 73.9 percentile2025 Week 14: Indiana at Purdue · W 56–3; defense 90.0 percentile2025 Week 15: Indiana vs. Ohio State · W 13–10; defense 85.5 percentile2025 Week 1: Indiana vs. Alabama · W 38–3; defense 98.6 percentile2025 Week 1: Indiana vs. Oregon · W 56–22; defense 90.6 percentile2025 Week 1: Indiana vs. Miami · W 27–21; defense 67.8 percentile2026 Week 1: Indiana vs. North Texas · W 52–16; defense 93.2 percentile2026 Week 2: Indiana vs. Howard · W 55–0; defense 90.9 percentile2014 defense season mean: 50.6 percentile2015 defense season mean: 29.3 percentile2016 defense season mean: 65.6 percentile2017 defense season mean: 66.4 percentile2018 defense season mean: 37.4 percentile2019 defense season mean: 49.1 percentile2020 defense season mean: 65.9 percentile2021 defense season mean: 38.0 percentile2022 defense season mean: 38.0 percentile2023 defense season mean: 33.1 percentile2024 defense season mean: 80.7 percentile2025 defense season mean: 88.0 percentile2026 defense Bayesian estimate: 89.0 percentile2026 defense empirical mean: 92.1 percentile2014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Individual gameSeason bar · 2026 is the estimate2026 empirical meanCoaching-era band
2016Kevin Wilson / Tom Allen
2017Tom Allen
2024Curt Cignetti

How to read 2026

The current-season estimate intelligently blends last season with new data.

The 2026 estimate is a Bayesian weighted average of normal-score Z-values. The 2025 season mean counts like 8 games of prior evidence; each completed 2026 game counts once. The result is then translated back to the 0–100 percentile scale.

2026 Z = (8 × 2025 mean Z + games played × 2026 mean Z) ÷ (8 + games played)

Season record

Every annual grade and coach

Retrospective rows average the available single-game grades in normal-score space. The result is shown as a percentile. Roughly speaking, a 95th-percentile season corresponds to about the eighth-best team in a 160-team field.

SeasonHead coachGamesOffenseDefense
2026Live estimateCurt Cignetti2
90.2 estimate78.0 games-only average
89.0 estimate92.1 games-only average
2025Curt Cignetti1692.288.0
2024Curt CignettiCoaching change1274.680.7
2023Tom Allen1248.133.1
2022Tom Allen1124.538.0
2021Tom Allen1221.638.0
2020Tom Allen836.165.9
2019Tom Allen1360.049.1
2018Tom Allen1260.237.4
2017Tom AllenCoaching change1237.366.4
2016Kevin Wilson / Tom AllenCoaching change1344.365.6
2015Kevin Wilson1366.329.3
2014Kevin Wilson1144.450.6