2025 Big Ten Football Championship Game

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2025 Big Ten Football Championship Game
Conference Championship
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Indiana Hoosiers Ohio State Buckeyes
(12–0)(12–0)
Head coach: 
Curt Cignetti 		Head coach: 
Ryan Day
AP Coaches CFP
222
AP Coaches CFP
111
DateDecember 6, 2025
Season 2025
Stadium Lucas Oil Stadium
Location Indianapolis, Indiana
Referee Ron Snodgrass
United States TV coverage
Network Fox
Compass Media
Announcers Gus Johnson (play-by-play), Joel Klatt (analyst) and Jenny Taft (sideline) (Fox)
Gregg Daniels (play-by-play) and Chad Brown (analyst) (Compass Media)
Big Ten Football Championship Game
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2025 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
No. 2 Indiana y  9 –0   12 –0  
No. 1 Ohio State y  9 –0   12 –0  
No. 5 Oregon  8 –1   11 –1  
No. 16 USC  7 –2   9 –3  
No. 19 Michigan  7 –2   9 –3  
No. 23 Iowa  6 –3   8 –4  
Washington  5 –4   8 –4  
Illinois  5 –4   8 –4  
Minnesota  5 –4   7 –5  
Nebraska  4 –5   7 –5  
Northwestern  4 –5   6 –6  
UCLA  3 –6   3 –9  
Penn State  3 –6   6 –6  
Wisconsin  2 –7   4 –8  
Rutgers  2 –7   5 –7  
Michigan State  1 –8   4 –8  
Maryland  1 –8   4 –8  
Purdue  0 –9   2 –10  
Championship: Indiana vs. Ohio State
  • $ – Conference champion
  • y – Championship game participant
As of December 3, 2025
Rankings from CFP Rankings

The 2025 Big Ten Football Championship Game (officially known as the 2025 Discover Big Ten Football Championship Game for sponsorship reasons) is an upcoming college football game that is scheduled to be played on December 6, 2025, at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana. It is the 15th edition of the Big Ten Football Championship Game and determines the champion of the conference for the 2025 season, as well as earning the winner an automatic bid to the 2025 College Football Playoff. The game will begin at 8:00 p.m. EST on Fox. [1]

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This game will be the first No. 1 vs. No. 2–ranked AP Poll matchup since the 2024 College Football Playoff National Championship, and the first time in a conference championship game since the 2009 SEC Championship Game between Alabama and Florida. [2]

Teams

The Big Ten eliminated divisions for the 2024 season and featured the two teams with the best overall conference record, matching Indiana and Ohio State. This is the first Big Ten title game appearance for Indiana.

Ohio State Buckeyes

Ohio State clinched a berth in the Big Ten Championship Game following their defeat of rival Michigan on November 29. [3] Ohio State will also attempt to repeat as national champions. Their home opener against Texas reached a record-breaking 16.1 million viewers, making it the most-watched Week 1 game in college football history. The Buckeyes enter the game undefeated in the FBS. This is Ohio State's first Big Ten Championship appearance since 2020, where they defeated Northwestern 22–10.

Indiana Hoosiers

This season included numerous firsts for IU: they defeated a top-five ranked opponent on the road for the first time (Week 7 at Oregon), got their highest AP poll, Coaches Poll, and College Football Playoff rankings in program history (all at No. 2), had a road victory at Penn State in Week 11, marking their first ever win in Happy Valley, and finished the regular season with a perfect 12–0 record for the first time (exceeding their program record of 11 wins from the previous year).

Indiana clinched a spot in the game following its defeat of rival Purdue on November 28. [4]

It will be IU's first Big Ten Championship game appearance, in which it seeks to claim its first conference title since 1967.

Scoring summary

2025 Big Ten Championship Game
No. 1 Ohio State Buckeyes (12–0, 9–0) vs. No. 2 Indiana Hoosiers (12–0, 9–0)
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No. 2 Indiana00000
No. 1 Ohio State00000

at Lucas Oil Stadium • Indianapolis, IN

StatisticsIUOSU
First downs
Plays–yards
Rushes–yards
Passing yards
Passing: comp–att–int
Time of possession
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IndianaPassing
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Ohio StatePassing
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See also

References

  1. ↑ "Big Ten Conference Announces Television Schedule for Early Season Football Games". Big Ten Conference . May 29, 2025.
  2. ↑ https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6849749/2025/11/30/ap-top-25-rankings-osu-indiana-big-ten/
  3. ↑ Marcello, Brandon (November 29, 2025). "No. 1 Ohio State cruises past No. 15 Michigan to snap losing skid in rivalry, clinch Big Ten title game berth". CBS Sports.
  4. ↑ Bode, Josh (November 28, 2025). "IU beats Purdue, clinches spot in Big Ten Championship Game". WISH-TV.
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