Indiana wins first outright Big 10 football title since 1945 after Ohio State flubs short field goal try

Ohio State kicker Jayden Fielding missed a 27-yard tract extremity successful the last minutes, arsenic Indiana hung connected to triumph the Big 10 shot title 13-10 connected Saturday. For Indiana, it is their archetypal outright league title since 1945, aft winning a stock of the rubric successful 1967. 

The Hoosiers were four-point underdogs going into the crippled against the defending nationalist champions, with the apical effect successful the assemblage shot playoff connected the line. Now, earlier the playoff adjacent starts, Indiana has clinched, arguably, its astir palmy play successful the modern era. 

"I privation to springiness each the glory to God. We were ne'er expected to beryllium successful this position, but by the glory of God, the large coaches, the large teammates, everybody astir us, we were capable to propulsion this off," Indiana backmost Fernandeo Mendoza told Fox Sports aft the game. 

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Indiana Hoosiers linebacker Rolijah Hardy (21) attempts to halt Ohio State Buckeyes moving backmost Bo Jackson (25) connected Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025, during the Big Ten shot title astatine Lucas Oil Stadium successful Indianapolis. (Grace Smith/IndyStar / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)

Mendoza passed for 222 yards with 1 touchdown and 1 interception to assistance propulsion disconnected the win.

Indiana wide receiver Charlie Becker, who caught six passes for 126 yards, besides said, "all glory to God," to Fox Sports aft the win. 

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Indiana Hoosiers kicker Nicolas Radicic (15) kicks a tract extremity during the archetypal fractional of the Big Ten Conference title crippled against the Ohio State Buckeyes astatine Lucas Oil Stadium successful Indianapolis connected Dec. 6, 2025. (Adam Cairns/Columbus Dispatch / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)

"The Hoosiers are real, and we're here," Becker said.

Indiana, present 13-0, volition present look to triumph its archetypal nationalist title ever successful the assemblage shot playoff, arsenic their connection triumph implicit Ohio State should all-but guarantee the No. 1 effect erstwhile the tourney begins. 

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Indiana Hoosiers moving backmost Roman Hemby (1) rushes the shot Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025, during the Big Ten shot title against the Ohio State Buckeyes astatine Lucas Oil Stadium successful Indianapolis. (Grace Smith/IndyStar / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)

Meanwhile, Ohio State is inactive apt to get a first-round bye contempt the loss. 

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