BLOOMINGTON — Indiana football players all toed the company line this week as they framed Saturday's primetime matchup against Illinois as a big game only because it's the next one up on the schedule.

The messaging comes straight from their taciturn coach Curt Cignetti, who opened the season by telling the No. 17 Hoosiers (3-0) to ignore all the "noise and clutter."

Indiana did just that as they prepared for a rare top-20 matchup at Memorial Stadium against No. 8 Illinois (3-0). It's the sixth ever top-20 matchup played in Bloomington and first since Oct. 20, 1987, when the No. 15 Hoosiers beat No. 20 Michigan.

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