Indiana gets its third straight home game to open the season on Saturday, and the Hoosiers are walking into it with plenty of momentum. No.
4 Indiana is 2-0, has scored 53.5 points per game, and has given up just one touchdown through two games. Last week against Howard, the Hoosiers were so in control that the teams agreed to shorten the fourth quarter.
Western Kentucky is the final non-conference test before Indiana turns the page. The Hilltoppers have been outscored 119-34 over their first two games, with 21 of those points coming in the fourth quarter of those lopsided losses.
Indiana and Western Kentucky will kick off at 4 p.m. ET on Saturday, Sept. 19.
The game will stream exclusively on Peacock, with Dan Hicks and Yogi Roth on the call and Caroline Pineda reporting from the sideline.
Indiana enters the matchup with the longest home winning streak in the FBS at 17 games.
The prediction attached to the matchup points to another runaway: Indiana 56, Western Kentucky 10. The Hoosiers could, in theory, choose their own final score if the starters played the full game, but the expectation is they’ll be out early. Western Kentucky’s passing game, once a real strength with a top-25 passing attack in each of the last five seasons, is not expected to get back on track against Indiana’s defense.
Indiana’s schedule from here includes Northwestern on Sept. 25 at 8 p.m. on Fox, followed by Rutgers on Oct. 3 at 8 p.m. Nebraska, Ohio State, Michigan, Minnesota, USC, Washington and Purdue are all listed later in the season with times still to be determined.
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