2025 Big Ten Football Championship Game

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DateDecember 6, 2025
Season2025
2025 Big Ten Football Championship Game
Conference Championship
"Game of the Century" [1][2]
1234Total
Indiana 337013
Ohio State 730010
DateDecember 6, 2025
Season2025
StadiumLucas Oil Stadium
LocationIndianapolis, Indiana
MVPFernando Mendoza, QB, Indiana
FavoriteOhio State by 4.5[3]
RefereeRon Snodgrass
United States TV coverage
NetworkFox
Compass Media
AnnouncersGus Johnson (play-by-play), Joel Klatt (analyst), Jenny Taft, and Tom Rinaldi (sideline reporters) (Fox)
Gregg Daniels (play-by-play) and Chad Brown (analyst) (Compass Media)
Big Ten Football Championship Game
  2024  2026  
2025 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
No. 1 Indiana y$#^ 90  160 
No. 5 Ohio State y^ 90  122 
No. 4 Oregon ^ 81  132 
No. 20 USC 72  94 
No. 21 Michigan 72  94 
No. 17 Iowa 63  94 
Washington 54  94 
Illinois 54  94 
Minnesota 54  85 
Nebraska 45  76 
Northwestern 45  76 
UCLA 36  39 
Penn State 36  76 
Wisconsin 27  48 
Rutgers 27  57 
Michigan State 18  48 
Maryland 18  48 
Purdue 09  210 
Championship: Indiana 13, Ohio State 10
  • # College Football Playoff champion
  • ^ College Football Playoff participant
  • $ Conference champion
  • y Championship game participant
As of February 14, 2026
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2025 Big Ten Football Championship Game (officially known as the 2025 Discover Big Ten Football Championship Game for sponsorship reasons) was a college football game played on December 6, 2025, at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana. It was the 15th edition of the Big Ten Football Championship Game and determined 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 began at 8:00 p.m. EST on Fox.[4] The Hoosiers upset the Buckeyes to win their first outright Big Ten championship since 1945 and first Big Ten championship overall since 1967.

This game was 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.[5] It also reached a record-breaking 18.3 million viewers, making it the most-watched conference championship in college football history.[6]

Ohio State Buckeyes

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 was the first Big Ten title game appearance for Indiana.

The Buckeyes entered the Big Ten Championship Game undefeated and top-ranked, never having trailed in the second half during the regular season. They clinched a berth following their defeat of rival Michigan on November 29.[7] This was Ohio State's first Big Ten Championship appearance since 2020, when they defeated Northwestern 22–10.

Indiana Hoosiers

This season included numerous firsts for IU: they defeated a top-5 ranked opponent away for the first time (Week 7 at Oregon); received their highest AP poll, Coaches Poll, and College Football Playoff rankings in program history (all at No. 2); achieved a 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 previous program record of 11 wins from the 2024 season. Indiana clinched a spot in the game following its defeat of rival Purdue on November 28.[8] This was IU's first Big Ten Championship game appearance, in which it sought to claim its first conference title since 1967.

Scoring summary

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