Indiana's First National Title: Top Photos

A hall of fame coach's son takes the most-losing program in history to a perfect 16-0 season.

Curt Cignetti, head coach of the Indiana Hoosiers, at the media day press conference in the Miami Beach Convention Center ahead of the 2026 College Football Playoff National Championship versus the Mi
Curt Cignetti at media day before the national championship. Days earlier, he'd visited the College Football Hall of Fame for the first time and stood before his late father Frank's plaque — twelve years after the induction he skipped to coach practice. © Bobak Ha'Eri, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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