LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Ranked matchups don't come to Memorial Stadium often. Saturday night marks just the sixth time in history Indiana hosts a top-20 matchup — and the first since 1987.
This one brings plenty of weight: No. 19 Indiana (3-0) faces No. 9 Illinois (3-0) in both teams' Big Ten opener. The Hoosiers are coming off a 73-0 rout of Indiana State and carry an 11-game home win streak, the longest in program history. The Illini, meanwhile, bring a seven-game winning streak — tied for the nation's longest — and a solid Big Ten roster across all phases.
Add in red-hot quarterback play, two top-15 scoring defenses, and a top national television window, and it's one of the most compelling Indiana home games in decades. Neither team has been seriously tested, so the element of the u