Looking back at Curt Cignetti's Indiana hiring
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Before taking over at Indiana, Cignetti coached at James Madison for two seasons, racking up a 19-4 record. Cignetti will be celebrating this win for quite a while before getting to work on trying to repeat during the 2026 college football season. Indiana will open that season against North Texas.
Chizik's 2010 title remains the most-recent national title Auburn has won, and it was almost as unlikely as Indiana's this season. Ranked No. 20 in the preseason poll, the Hoosiers are the lowest-ranked preseason team to win the national championship since the 2010 Tigers, which was ranked No. 22 in the preseason AP Poll.
RJ Young: “Michigan head coach Kyle Whittingham, one of the most underrated coaches in the sport, will enter 2026 leading the winningest program in college football history with a quarterback talented enough to help the Wolverines contend for the Big Ten championship.”
Curt Cignetti is proving to be a nightmare for college football. Not for the sport, but for his peers who have long proclaimed that a national championship requires a blue-chip roster as its prerequisite.