After 46 attempts, the No. 7 Indiana Hoosiers secured their first road win against an AP top-five opponent in school history, knocking off No. 3 Oregon by a 30-20 score in Autzen Stadium on Saturday.
The top 10 tilt between 5-0 teams was the biggest stage of the day in college football on CBS, and it was Curt Cignetti’s Hoosiers squad that delivered the most significant blows in a hard-hitting battle of the Big Ten’s best. One year after being overwhelmed in the trenches against the likes of Ohio State and Notre Dame, Indiana came out and imposed its will early with an attacking defense that won on third downs and eventually forced turnovers from a quarterback in Dante Moore, who had played clean for most of the season.
Oregon’s offense as a unit did not find much of a rhythm at all against the Hoosiers, with the only offensive touchdown of the afternoon coming on a 44-yard pass play from Moore to Malik Benson late in the first quarter. Every other possession ended in either a field goal, punt or turnover on downs, and that lack of success began to wear on an Oregon offense that was used to scoring more than 40 points per game.
There was a lot that Indiana exposed from Oregon that wasn’t previously seen from the Ducks in 2025. The team entered the game allowing just one sack total on the season yet gave up six sacks to Indiana. Moore had just one interception on the first five games of the season to go with 14 touchdowns, but against the Hoosiers, he finished with one touchdown and two interceptions. An Oregon offense that prides itself on establishing the run was held to just 81 rushing yards, and 267 yards of total offense.
Of course, the other side of Oregon’s shortcomings after losing as a touchdown favorite at home is the celebration of Indiana in what was the biggest “prove it” win of the Curt Cignetti era. The Hoosiers went 0-2 against ranked opponents in 2024 and are already 2-0 against ranked competition in 2025. The efforts to improve the lines of scrimmage were evident with how they stacked up against the Ducks and played a key role in those tone-setting drives in the second half that ultimately decided the game. No matter what happens for Indiana from here on out, their bona fides have now been established. This isn’t just a team that can beat up on bad teams, it’s a group that can go into the house of the reigning Big Ten champs and hand them their first loss since 2023.
Read on below for takeaways from Indiana’s signature win over Oregon on Saturday.
