Updates Indiana Football 2025 Spring game date, time announced

Indiana Football has announced a new date for his spring game 2025, which was expected two days earlier than originally expected. The Hoosiers will now organize their spring game 2025 8 p.m. ET on Thursday, April 17th in the Memorial Stadium in Bloomington.

Entry is free for all fans. Further details will be announced at a later date. No Broadcast information has yet been made available, although Big Ten Network generally broadcast most spring games on television at the entire conference.

This will mark this second spring game under Cigneti and return to a more well-known format in the scrimmage style in 2024. Indiana previously went from a traditional spring game under the former head coach Tom Allen, but Cignetti's arrival before the 2024 season brought the format back in scrimmage format.

The IU continues to achieve national dynamics and attention, which leads to Cignetti's second campaign. In ESPNS 2025-WEG-to-EARLY-TOP-25 rankings, IU was on the tab No. 17 in the countryThe most remarkable in a long list of sales outlets that include the Hoosiers in their pre -season ranking

“Fresh from the biggest season in the 126-year history of the Indiana program, in which the Hoosiers won more than nine games for the first time and reached the CFP, coach Curt Cignetti tries to carry out the transfer portal again,” wrote Mark Schlabach from ESPN. “The Hoosiers bring in almost 20 transfers, led by the former Cal Quarterback Fernando Mendoza, who threw in 2024 for 3.004 yards.

“Defensive, the HOOSIERS HAVE Good Production Returning at LineBacker and Cornerback. Kamara's Return Gives Thema a Pass-Rushing Threat, and Defensive Tackles Hosea Wheeler (Western Kentucky) and Dominique Ratcliff (Texas State) Could Hole in the Interior Line. Indiana's Nonconference Schedule is soft (Old Dominion, Kennesaw State and FCS Program Indiana State at Home), and it'll Play Big Ten Road Games at Iowa, Oregon and Penn State.

Indiana is the fifth highest Big Ten team between Illinois and Michigan in the first ranking of ESPN and the sixth overall Big Ten team. The rest of the conference is as follows: No. 1 Ohio State, No. 3 Penn State, No. 6 Oregon, No. 13 Illinois and No. 21 Michigan.

ESPN's ranking comes only one day after 247sports Indiana placed in 23rd place in his decent ranking.

“Expect a decline after the first playoff appearance of the program,” wrote Brad Crawford from 247sports, “but that is not the expectation for Curt Cignetti After the Hoosiers have met with 19 additions in the portal. How Indiana Reaction to the expectations is fascinating. “

The Hoosiers ended the 2024 season in the last AP Top 25 survey of the year in 10th place. It is only the third time in the program history that the IU ended an AP Top-10 campaign.

In 2025, the Hoosiers will try to reproduce their success in the long term and to prove that they are not a one -year miracle. All except for one coach will return after the integration of new two-year contract extensions (Tino Sunseri was hired as an UCLA offensive coordinator, while Indiana was employed in the winter transfer portal Almost 20 transmission commitments.