With 24 varsity sports and countless amount of club ones, Indiana University has a team for all different types of fans. Here’s a rundown of the marquee sports at IU:
Football
With first-year Hoosiers head coach Curt Cignetti at the helm, Indiana football reached double digit wins for the first time in its history. Their 11-1 regular season record guided the Hoosiers to a third-place finish in the Big Ten and a spot in the College Football Playoff.
Ahead of Cignetti’s second season, Indiana will host its spring game April 19. The Hoosiers welcomed the No. 18 ranked transfer portal class in the nation for the 2025 season.
Men’s basketball
Indiana men’s basketball has five national championships in its history, the fifth most in the nation. Even without much recent success, albeit trips to the NCAA Tournament in 2022 and 2023, the Hoosiers are a program often in the national spotlight.
Just off Interstate 69 sits Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall, one of the iconic venues in college basketball. The Hall seats 17,222 people at its full capacity, with both the men’s and women’s teams playing their games there.
Women’s basketball
While not touting the same level of history as its counterpart, Indiana women’s basketball has produced plenty of successful seasons in recent memory under head coach Teri Moren.
In the 2022-23 season, the Hoosiers finished atop the Big Ten for only the second time in their history, earning a 28-4 record overall and 16-2 in the conference. The next season, Indiana reached the Sweet Sixteen for only the third time ever.
Men’s soccer
Indiana men’s soccer is one of the university’s most prestigious programs. The Hoosiers have won eight national championships, the second most in all of men’s college soccer.
With head coach Todd Yeagley, Indiana finished a successful 2024 campaign, winning a share of the Big Ten title for the second consecutive year. The Hoosiers also reached the NCAA Tournament for the 38th straight year and the Sweet Sixteen for the 10th straight time.
Women’s soccer
Only a season removed from making the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2013, Indiana women’s soccer managed only one Big Ten win. In the offseason, head coach Erwin Bennekom announced his resignation and later joined Florida State University as an assistant coach.
On Feb. 11, Indiana announced the hiring of Josh Rife for the vacancy. Rife played two seasons for the men's program in 2000-01, and he coached Ball State University the past six seasons.
Men’s and women’s swimming and diving
Full of past and present Olympians, Indiana men’s and women’s swimming and diving have touted some of the elite athletes in the sport, including nine-time gold medalist Mark Spitz.
In the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics, former Hoosier swimmers Lilly King and Blake Pieroni earned their sixth and fourth Olympic medals, respectively. Current Hoosier swimmer Anna Peplowski secured a silver medal in a relay event.
At the 2024 NCAA Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships, the men’s squad clinched its fifth top five finish in the previous six seasons. The women’s side weren’t far behind, finishing seventh in the nation.
Baseball
Following its best season in program history in 2013, one in which it reached the College World Series, Indiana baseball has made it to the NCAA Tournament seven times. The Hoosiers have made the tournament in back-to-back years and look to make that streak three consecutive years in 2025.
Softball
While suffering from a regular season Big Ten title drought dating back to 1994, Indiana softball has produced recent success. In the previous two seasons, the Hoosiers have reached the NCAA Tournament, marking only the eighth and ninth times the program has done so.
Last season, Indiana reached the Big Ten Tournament title game for the second straight season. Although it failed to record a win in the NCAA Tournament, the achievement marked the Hoosiers’ first time securing consecutive tournament appearances since 1985-86.
IU also fields volleyball, field hockey and cross country in the fall. Its winter sports include wrestling and water polo, while its spring sports consist of track and field, men’s and women’s golf, men’s and women’s tennis and women’s rowing.
Even with its club sports, Indiana finds success. In 2024, the Hockey at IU club team won the American Collegiate Hockey Association National Championship.
This story was originally published in the Indiana Daily Student's Source print publication March 3, 2025.
