Indiana football made history on Monday, Jan. 19, finishing the 2025 college football season as the only undefeated team in all of Division I football.
As impressive as the Hoosiers' 16-0 season was, however, it isn't unprecedented in the annals of college football history.
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With their 27-21 win over Miami to claim the College Football Playoff national championship, Curt Cignetti's 2025 Hoosiers team now joins an exclusive group of major college football teams to reach the 16-0 mark. While Indiana is the first team in the modern era to reach those heights, and the first in over 130 years to do so, it isn't the first in college football history.
So, who was the first? Here's a look at the exclusive group Indiana joined on Jan. 19, as well as a look at other impressive undefeated seasons:
