A Way Too Early Look at the Hoosiers 2025 Football Schedule Highlights, Quirks and More

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Written by Sammy Jacobs (@Hoosier_Huddle)

The 2025 Indiana Hoosiers football schedule was released on Wednesday afternoon. While the Hoosiers still have at least one massive game left in the 2024 season, it’s tempting to look ahead to 2025 and plan out the season. It’s too early to give record projections and all that, but here are the highlights and quirks.

2025 IUFB Schedule

Saturday, Aug. 30 vs. Old Dominion

Saturday, Sep. 6 vs. Kennesaw State

Saturday, Sep. 13 vs. Indiana State

Saturday, Sep. 20 vs. Illinois

Saturday, Sep. 27 at Iowa

Week of Oct. 4 BYE WEEK

Saturday, Oct. 11 at Oregon

Saturday, Oct. 18 vs. Michigan State

Saturday, Oct. 25 vs. UCLA

Saturday, Nov. 1 at Maryland

Saturday, Nov. 8 at Penn State

Saturday, Nov. 15 vs. Wisconsin

Week of Nov. 22 BYE WEEK

Saturday, Nov. 29 at Purdue

Highlights

  • Seven home games.

    • The Hoosiers finished the 2024 season 8-0 at home and sold out the final four home games of the season. IU’s early home schedule gives fans a chance to see their team before the weather turns.

  • Road Trips to Bucket List Venues

    • IU will make road trips to Oregon, Penn State and Iowa in 2025. All three of these venues are special in the sport of college football. If you can get to all three venues, I would recommend it.

  • Spittoon Game is Likely Homecoming

    • IU always puts their homecoming game in mid-October and unless their philosophy changes, the Spittoon game against Michigan State will likely be IU’s homecoming game.

Quirks

  • Two Bye Weeks Again

    • The Hoosiers will have two bye weeks again in 2025. The first on October 4th and the other on November 22nd, a week before the Bucket Game

  • Back-to-Back Long Road Trips East

    • The Hoosiers will play at Maryland in week 10 and at Penn State seven days later. That’s a lot of mileage for fans traveling to watch the Hoosiers.

  • IU Doesn’t Hit the Road Until September 27th against Iowa

  • No Friday Games…yet

    • Right now the Hoosiers are not slated to play a week night game. That could change as those games are announced closer to the start of the season.

  • No Michigan and Ohio State

    • I am not celebrating because it makes IU’s schedule easier, but it’s nice not having to face either of these teams that IU has played every year since 2013.