Indiana University Football Ranked 5th in Associated Press Poll Oregon was the No. 1 team in The Associated Press Top 25 college football poll for the fourth straight week on Sunday as Penn State and Indiana climbed into the top five, Georgia and Miami dropped out of the top 10 and losses by four other ranked teams shuffled the rankings with a month left in the regular season. No team this season has held the top spot for more consecutive weeks than Oregon, which pulled away from Maryland over the weekend to improve to 10-0 and is a unanimous No. 1 for the second straight week. Ohio State moved up one spot to No. 2 and Texas got a two-rung bump to No. 3. Penn State was No. 4, one point ahead of No. 5 Indiana, with Tennessee just three points behind at No. 6.
Penn State, No. 6 last week, returned to the top five after its comfortable win over Washington. The Hoosiers, who beat Michigan 20-15 for their school-record 10th win and first victory by fewer than 14 points, moved up from No. 8 and have their highest ranking since they were No. 4 in the final poll of the 1967 season. Following Tennessee in the top 10 were BYU, Notre Dame, Alabama and Mississippi. The SEC has four teams in the top 10 and nine overall in the AP Top 25 while the Big Ten has four teams in the top five for the first time in history. Georgia and Miami plummeted. The Bulldogs lost 28-10 at Mississippi and went from No. 2 to No. 11, marking the first time they’ve been out of the top 10 since late in the 2020 season. The Hurricanes’ 28-23 loss at Georgia Tech sent them from No. 4 to No. 12. How those losses impact their bids for a College Football Playoff spot will be known Tonight when the selection committee releases its second rankings. Georgia is the fifth-highest ranked Southeastern Conference team in the AP poll, and Miami remains the highest-ranked Atlantic Coast Conference team.No. 23 South Carolina, which has beaten ranked Texas A&M and Vanderbilt teams in consecutive weeks, is in the Top 25 for the first time since the end of the 2022 season. No. 24 Missouri beat Oklahoma on a late fumble return for a touchdown and is back after a one-week absence. No. 25 Tulane, winner of seven straight, made its Top 25 debut under first-year coach Jon Sumrall. Iowa State, Pittsburgh and Vanderbilt dropped out. The Cyclones’ second straight loss came against a Kansas team that entered with two wins. Pitt, beaten soundly by SMU a week earlier, lost at home to Virginia. Vanderbilt has lost two of its last three.
Nine Indiana University Men’s Soccer Hoosiers earn Big Ten Post Season Honors The Big Ten Conference on Friday announced the 2024 Men’s Soccer All-Big Ten Teams and individual honors, according to a vote of the conference’s 11 head coaches. Big Ten regular season co-champion Indiana men’s soccer collected a league-leading eight all-conference selections between the first team, second team and Big Ten All-Freshman Team. IU also led the conference with four first team selections. Nine Hoosiers collected 10 awards in total on Friday – both totals tying co-champion Ohio State for the league lead.
Senior forward Tommy Mihalic was named the Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year after finishing the regular season as the Big Ten’s co-leading scorer with 10 goals. The senior has also posted a career-high five assists. Mihalic is the fourth Hoosier to win the award, joining Will Bruin (2010), Eriq Zavaleta (2012) and Victor Bezerra (2020-21). Mihalic is joined on the All-Big Ten first team by senior forward Samuel Sarver (5 goals, 8 assists), senior midfielder Patrick McDonald (2 goals, 2 assists) and junior defender Quinton Elliot (3 goals, 3 assists). Sarver and McDonald were repeat honorees. Elliot earned his first All-Big Ten selection after transferring from Louisville in January. For the second-straight season, Indiana is represented on the All-Big Ten First Team in attack, midfield and defense. 2018 was the last season four Hoosiers reached the first team (Dorsey, Gutman, Moore, Muse).
Senior defender Jansen Miller (4 assists) and senior goalkeeper JT Harms earned All-Big Ten Second Team selections. Harms repeated as a second team honoree. Indiana has conceded 22 goals in 19 matches (1.16 goals against average), recorded four clean sheets and has not allowed multiple goals in any of its last seven matches. Midfielder Charlie Heuer (4 goals, 2 assists) and Josh Maher (3 assists) earned selections to the Big Ten All-Freshman Team. Indiana has represented in the freshman team each of the last seven seasons. Maher joins brothers Jack (2018) and Joey (2020-21) as Big Ten All-Freshman Team honorees at Indiana. Junior midfielder Jack Wagoner (two assists) was Indiana’s recipient of the Big Ten Sportsmanship award. Indiana has produced a record 124 first-team All-Big Ten honorees. Penn State is the next-best program with 65.
2024 Big Ten Men’s Soccer Postseason Honors
Offensive Player of the Year: Tommy Mihalic, Indiana
Midfielder of the Year: MICHAEL ADEDOKUN, Ohio State
Defensive Player of the Year: William Kulvik, Maryland
Goalkeeper of the Year: Zac Kelly, Michigan State
Freshman of the Year: Dean Boltz, Wisconsin
Coach of the Year: BRIAN MAISONNEUVE, Ohio State
All-Big Ten First Team
Quinton Elliot, D, Indiana
Patrick McDonald, M, Indiana
Tommy Mihalic, F, Indiana
Samuel Sarver, F, Indiana
Loen Koehl, M, Maryland
William Kulvik, D, Maryland
Zac Kelly, GK, Michigan State
MICHAEL ADEDOKUN, M, Ohio State
Siggi Magnusson, D, Ohio State
Deylen Vellios, D, Ohio State
Andre Ochoa, M, UCLA
All-Big Ten Second Team*
JT Harms, GK, Indiana
Jansen Miller, D, Indiana
Max Rogers, F, Maryland
Colin Griffith, F, Maryland
Bryce Blevins, D, Michigan
Colin McCamy, M, Northwestern
Nigel Prince, D, Northwestern
Marko Borkovic, F, Ohio State
Luciano Pechota, M, Ohio State
Curt Calov, M, Rutgers
Nico Cavallo, D, UCLA
Peter Kingston, M, Washington,
Caden Buckley, D, Washington
Dean Boltz, F, Wisconsin,
All-Freshman Team
Charlie Heuer, Indiana
JOSH MAHER, Indiana
Laurin Mack, Maryland
Kamau Brame, Michigan
Brandon Munson, Michigan State
DAVID AJAGBE, Ohio State
Nick McHenry, Ohio State
Malick Daouda, Penn State
Allan Legaspi, UCLA
Zach Ramsey, Washington
DEAN BOLTZ, Wisconsin
Matthew Zachemski, Wisconsin
Sportsmanship Team
Jack Wagoner, Jr., Indiana
Alex Nitzl, Gr., Maryland
Ethan Wood, Gr., Michigan
Jonathan Stout, Jr., Michigan State
Thaddaeus Dewing, Gr., Northwestern
Parker Grinstead, Sr., Ohio State
Ben Liscum, R-Jr., Penn State
Aidan Flynn, Sr., Rutgers
Andre Ochoa, Sr., UCLA
Chris Peretti, R-Jr., Washington
Ryan Keefe, Sr., Wisconsin
Unanimous selections in ALL CAPS
* – additional players added due to ties in voting
Indiana University Track and Field Announces 2024-25 Schedule Indiana Director of Track and Field and Cross Country Ed Beathea announced the 2024-25 Indoor and Outdoor Track and Field schedules on Friday morning. Indiana opens the season with the Indiana Early Bird meet at Gladstein Fieldhouse on Friday, Dec. 13th. The Hoosiers will host several schools as they begin another competitive season. After the return from winter break, the Hoosiers will hit the road to the Music City on Jan. 10-11th where they will compete at Vanderbilt’s Commodore Challenge in Nashville, Tenn. Another weekend at Gladstein is up next as IU hosts the two-day Indiana Invitational on Jan. 17-18th in Bloomington. Indianapolis has become a host site for several meets this year at the Indiana State Fairgrounds in the Indiana Farmers Insurance Fall Creek Pavillion. First up is the Crossroads of America Classic on Jan. 24-25th.
Week four proves to be a busy weekend for the Hoosiers. They will close out the month of January will four different meets from Jan. 31-Feb. 1st. A portion of the Hoosiers will head back up to the Indianapolis State Fairgrounds for the two-day Midwest Classic. Other event groups will return back to the John Thomas Terrier Classic in Boston, Mass., the Lenny Lyles Classic at the University of Louisville and the Meyo Invitational hosted by Notre Dame. IU opens up the month of February with the Windy City Classic in Chicago, hosted by the University of Wisconsin from Feb. 14-15th before heading to South Bend, Ind., for Notre Dame’s Alex Wilson Invitational on Feb. 22nd. The Big Ten Championships will take place from Feb. 28-March 1 at the conference’s new host site at the Indiana State Fairgrounds. NCAA Championships are scheduled from March 14-15 in Virginia Beach, Va.
The outdoor portion of the season begins on March 27-29th with NC State’s Raleigh Relays. The Hoosiers will also attend LSU’s Battle on the Bayou from March 28-29th. A three-meet weekend is up next after a couple of weeks off. Indiana will send athletes to Indiana State’s Gibson Invitational (April 17-19th), Wake Forest Invitational (April 17-18th) and the Tom Jones Memorial (April 18-19th) in Gainesville, Fla. The Hoosiers head to Austin, Texas, for the Texas Invitational on April 25-26th for their final road trip. The cream and crimson will finish out the regular season with the one-day Billy Hayes Invitational on May 9th. Newly added Big Ten team, Oregon, will host the Big Ten Outdoor Championships in Eugene from May 16-18th. The final portion of the season will end on May 28-30th with the NCAA East Prelims at the University of North Florida in Jacksonville. NCAA Outdoor Championships will be hosted again by Oregon on June 11-14th.
2024-25 Indoor Track and Field Schedule
Dec. 13: Indiana Early Bird Meet (Bloomington, Ind.)
Jan. 10-11: Commodore Challenge (Nashville, Tenn.)
Jan. 17-18: Indiana Invitational (Bloomington, Ind.)
Jan. 24-25: Crossroads of America Invitational (Indianapolis, Ind.)
Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Midwest Classic (Indianapolis, Ind.)
Jan. 31-Feb. 1: John Thomas Terrier Classic (Boston, Mass.)
Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Lenny Lyles Invitational (Louisville, Ky.)
Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Meyo Invitational (South Bend, Ind.)
Feb. 14-15: Windy City Classic (Chicago, Ill.)
Feb. 22: Alex Wilson Invitational (South Bend, Ind.)
Feb. 28-March 1: Big Ten Championships (Indianapolis, Ind.)
March 14-15: NCAA Indoor Championships (Virginia Beach, Va.)
2025 Outdoor Track and Field Schedule
March 27-29: Raleigh Relays (Raleigh, N.C.)
March 28-29: Battle on the Bayou (Baton Rouge, La.)
April 18-19: Tom Jones Memorial (Gainesville, Fla.)
April 17-19: Gibson Invitational (Terre Haute, Ind.)
April 17-18: Wake Forest Invitational (Winston-Salem, N.C.)
April 19-20: Kentucky Invitational (Lexington, Kent.)
April 25-26: Texas Invitational (Austin, Texas)
May 2-3: Kentucky Invitational (Lexington, Ky.)
May 9: Billy Hayes Invitational (Bloomington, Ind.)
May 16-18: Big Ten Championships (Eugene, Ore.)
May 28-31: NCAA East Prelims (Jacksonville, Fla.)
June 11-14: NCAA Outdoor Championships (Eugene, Ore.)
Adam Howard Dismissed as Indiana University Men’s Basketball Assistant Director of Recruiting and Operations Adam Howard, Indiana men’s basketball assistant director of recruiting and operations, was fired Friday. The Indianapolis Star’s Zach Osterman first broke the news on X. An Indiana basketball spokesperson said there is no comment from the program at this time. Howard was a four-year student manager at Indiana before he became a graduate manager over the past two seasons. In July, he was promoted to the position he held until Friday. He was with the team Wednesday during the Hoosiers’ victory over Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. Howard serves as the president of men’s basketball operations for Grow The Game, a manager-run organization that provides student managers with resources to begin their career. An Indianapolis native, Howard played basketball under his father, Todd Howard, at Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School. On Nov. 1, Indiana defeated Marian University, where Todd is an assistant on head coach Pat Knight’s staff.
Indiana Pacers beat the New York Knicks at Gainbridge Fieldhouse Bennedict Mathurin scored a career-high 38 points, including a career-best seven 3-pointers, and Tyrese Haliburton added 35 points and 14 assists to lead the Indiana Pacers to a 132-121 victory over the New York Knicks on Sunday. Myles Turner finished with 26 points for the Pacers, who drained a season-high 21 3-pointers and outscored New York 63-21 from beyond the arc. Indiana went 8 of 13 on 3s in the fourth quarter, while the Knicks suffered through a 7 of 25 effort for the game. Jalen Brunson had 33 points, 10 assists and six rebounds for the Knicks while Karl-Anthony Towns finished with 30 points and nine boards. New York led 61-58 at halftime and 94-92 entering the fourth quarter. Bennedict Mathurin scored a career-high 38 points, including a career-best seven 3-pointers, and Tyrese Haliburton added 35 points and 14 assists to lead the Indiana Pacers to a 132-121 victory over the New York Knicks on Sunday.
The Pacers’ 3-point barrage was enough to make the Knicks forget about the 25-point pounding they put on Indiana in the teams’ first meeting of the season. Just before the start of the game, the Pacers announced they will be without their starting wings for an extended period. Aaron Nesmith has a sprained left ankle and isn’t slated to return until December. Andrew Nembhard will miss at least two weeks because of soreness in his left knee. Things were still going fairly well for the Knicks near the midpoint of the fourth quarter when Towns drove through two defenders and completed a three-point play to cut New York’s deficit to two points with 7:11 left. But Indiana scored on its next four possessions, to take a 114-107 lead with 4:52 remaining. Things were still going fairly well for the Knicks near the midpoint of the fourth quarter when Towns drove through two defenders and completed a three-point play to cut New York’s deficit to two points with 7:11 left. But Indiana scored on its next four possessions, to take a 114-107 lead with 4:52 remaining. The Pacers visit Orlando on Wednesday. The Knicks play at Philadelphia Tonight.
The Buffalo Bills Beat the Indianapolis Colts 30-20 at Lucas Oil Stadium The Indianapolis Colts committed four costly turnovers in their 30-20 loss to the Buffalo Bills at Lucas Oil Stadium Sunday afternoon. The loss was the Colts’ third straight. Before its recent losing streak, Indianapolis had won four out of five to eclipse the .500 mark in week 7. The 10-point final margin was the Colts’ first loss by more than one score this season. The trouble started on the Colts’ first play of their first possession, as Buffalo cornerback Taron Johnson intercepted quarterback Joe Flacco and returned the takeaway for a 23-yard touchdown and early 7-0 lead. The Colts picked up two first downs on their next drive, but Flacco was picked off again — this time by Bills’ defensive tackle Austin Johnson. Buffalo turned the takeaway into a Tyler Bass 29-yard field goal to make the game 10-0. Running back Jonathan Taylor helped get the Colts’ offense moving in a positive direction with a 58-yard run on the Indy’s third possession. The drive ended with a 27-yard Matt Gay field goal.
After the defense stopped Buffalo on fourth-and-3, Flacco put together an 11-play, 72-yard drive capped by a 2-yard touchdown pass to running back Tyler Goodson to tie the game at 10. The Colts then briefly took the lead. Linebacker E.J. Speed picked off Bills quarterback Josh Allen, leading to a Gay 23-yard field goal for a 13-10 advantage. The interception was the first of Speed’s career. Buffalo answered right back with an eight-play, 70-yard drive. Allen showed his big-play ability with a 13-yard touchdown run to put the Bills back in front, 17-13. Buffalo tacked on a 47-yard Bass field goal to lead 20-13 at halftime.
The Colts put together a promising drive in the third quarter, but defensive end Greg Rousseau strip-sacked Flacco at the Buffalo 47-yard line and defensive back Damar Hamlin recovered for the Bills. Allen gave the ball right back to the Colts on an interception to cornerback Kenny Moore II, but Indianapolis couldn’t capitalize, turning the ball over on downs. The turnover was forced with defensive tackle Quinton Jefferson sacked Flacco on a fourth-and-2 at the Bills’ 20-yard line. Buffalo added a 28-yard Bass field goal to make it a two-possession game early in the fourth quarter. Desperate for some offense, Flacco threw his third interception of the game as safety Taylor Rapp picked off a pass intended for wideout Alec Pierce. Running back James Cook scored on a two-yard touchdown with just over three minutes to play to put the game out of reach. Flacco connected with Pierce for a 10-yard touchdown with two seconds to play to provide the final score. The Colts fall to 4-6 on the season with the loss and now head back on the road next week to take on the New York Jets at 1 p.m. on CBS.