Indiana gives Big Ten first national title three-peat since World War II era

January 19, 2026

By Cody Nagel, CBS Sports: For nearly two decades, college football’s balance of power went one way: south. From 2006 through 2022, the SEC collected 13 national championships, a run fueled by Nick Saban’s Alabama machine. The league looked untouchable. Now, the Big Ten has done something it hadn’t done since Franklin D. Roosevelt was president and the world was at war: win three consecutive national championships.

Michigan in 2023. Ohio State in 2024. And now Indiana in 2025 with its first national title, ever, after holding on to defeat Miami in the College Football Playoff National Championship on Monday night.

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The last time the Big Ten pulled off a three-peat, college football looked very different. Minnesota won in 1940 and 1941, Ohio State followed in 1942 and World War II was raging as players left for military service.

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Indiana gives Big Ten national title three-peat for first time since World War II era

The Big Ten has done something it hadn't done since Franklin D. Roosevelt was president

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