Indiana has elevated its program to new heights under coach Curt Cignetti. College football is a different landscape than it was the last time IU had a top-20 game.

Given the College Football Playoff implications, is this the biggest home game in IU football history? Experts debate.

Illinois at Indiana, 7:30 p.m. Saturday

Homefield advantage and Indiana football have not exactly been synonymous but that tide is turning as the Hoosiers have become a hot-ticket item , especially in advance of Saturday.

No. 17 IU hosts No. 8 Illinois in a high-stakes Big Ten opener between a pair of teams who swept their nonconference slates with relative ease. It's a game good enough for NBC to want it for its 7:30 p.m. time slot as part of the league's media rights deal, and it is the only ins

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