"It's pretty simple: I win. Google me." That was the first soundbite from the first press conference after Curt Cignetti was named the Head Coach of Alabama football. And in his first two years at Indiana, that's exactly what he's done.
Cignetti immediately turned the program around in year 1 and won 11 games and was selected for a College Football Playoff berth in 2024. The encore in 2025 was something that no one could have seen coming – a perfect 15-0 season with a Big Ten Championship and a National Championship – except maybe Cignetti himself.
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Indiana Head Coach Curt Cignetti prepares to lift the trophy on the podium after the College Football Playoff National Championship college football game at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens on Monday, Jan. 19, 2026. Credit: USA TODAY Network via Reuters Connect (Reuters)
Now, as we sit on the eve of the 2026 season, a guy who does nothing except win finds himself sitting 6th in the AP Poll, directly after winning a National Championship. What gives? What is up with this disrespect of Cignetti and his Hoosiers?

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